[pct-l] Plea for Fire Safety 2014

[Doug Swam]

Eating where you sleep? What happened to keeping interesting smells in your bear/food bag a ways away from your sleeping area? Is it bravado, skill or lack of knowledge? I'm confused.
 

 
> Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 11:24:36 -0600
> From: jenniferlzim at gmail.com
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Plea for Fire Safety 2014
> 
> I never thought I'd consider going stoveless since I love a hot meal (and
> pasta), but after this summer I've definitely come around to the idea.  If
> we hadn't put so much work into our meals ahead of time we probably would
> have made the switch after Tahoe.  On days when we were trying to move
> especially fast we'd usually skip cooking lunch anyhow.
> 
> Never once had a fire while backpacking (PCT or otherwise) and never once
> felt it was a hardship.  All I ever wanted to do was crawl into my bag, eat
> my snacks and maybe do a little reading.  I think we were under burn
> bans from Campo to Yosemite at least plus large sections north of there.
> We passed more than one campsite where hikers had obviously built a fire
> and did not ensure it was doused cold.
> 
> JZ
> On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 10:42 AM, marmot marmot
> <marmotwestvanc at hotmail.com>wrote:
> 
> > I did most of the PCT and all of the CDT without a stove or means to start
> > a fire.  Just found out that dried food reconstituted in cold water too.
> >  Marmot
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> > > On Jan 17, 2014, at 8:14 AM, "Ed Jarrett" <edjarrett at msn.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > Easy to do for someone like me who never has a campfire, travels the PCT
> > stoveless, and lacks any means of even starting a fire.
> > >
> > > Ed Jarrett A Clay Jar: http://aclayjar.blogspot.com/  Eeyore Hikes
> > http://eeyorehikes.blogspot.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/EdJarrett53Facebook:
> > https://www.facebook.com/ed.jarrett.71
> > >
> > >> From: chiefcowboy at verizon.net
> > >> To: palomino.pct at gmail.com; pct-l at backcountry.net
> > >> Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 06:41:16 -0800
> > >> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Plea for Fire Safety 2014
> > >>
> > >> My personal pledge is that I will not have ANY campfires along the PCT
> > this
> > >> year.  I will also have at least a 3' clearing when I use my stove.  Any
> > >> others want to join me in that commitment?
> > >
> > >
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