[pct-l] Plea for Fire Safety 2014

[Diane Soini]

Going stoveless is not the same thing as not having any fire starting  
materials. Eating cold food is not the same as not having survival  
equipment. In fact, going stoveless doesn't even necessarily mean  
you're not carrying a stove. It just means you are eating food that  
need not be cooked. Does that make more sense to everyone? Can we all  
stop being so darn pedantic?

On Jan 22, 2014, at 10:00 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

> From: gary_schenk at verizon.net
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Plea for Fire Safety 2014
> To: pct-l at backcountry.net
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>  On 01/21/14, Diane Soini wrote:
>
> Are we all discussing hiking in the cascades in the winter during
> severe weather? Or are we discussing hiking the PCT in the spring/
> summer/fall?
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> Yes! :-) IMHO, the ability to make fire is possibly a question of  
> survival. In the Sierra Nevada, spring, summer or fall, anything  
> can happen.
>
> Yeah, I know the odds are slim of ever really getting into that  
> sort of survival situation, but it has happened.  It's not all  
> unicorns and rainbows out there!
>
> Cheers,
> Gary