[pct-l] stove question..

[Timothy Nye]

In my humble opinion, everyone who enters Washington after August should carry a stove. A hot drink is the first, easiest and quickest way to respond to the first symptoms of incipient hypothermia. Further, boiling water in a water bottle has warmed my bag on the nights my water bottles have frozen, the warmth retained by the down insulation until just before dawn.

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On Jan 25, 2014, at 6:49 PM, Brick Robbins <brick at brickrobbins.com> wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 24, 2014 at 9:46 PM, Jake Handy <jakers329 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> i read on pcta.org today that due to extremely dry conditions in California that alcohol stoves will be banned in most sections of the PCT in 2014, and that I should switch to contained canister style stove.<
> 
> The PCTA said "much of the trail" NOT "most of the trail." There IS a
> difference.
> 
> The thing to remember is that each agency has their own regulations
> for the piece of land they manage, and there are several levels of
> fire restriction that they may, or may not, impose. The fire/stove
> restrictions in So-Cal will be different from the Sierra, and from
> OR/WA. For example, right now, Cleveland National Forrest (the most
> southern agency and one that often restricts stoves) does allow alky
> stoves. Who knows if they will in May.
> 
> It is also difficult to know the fire restrictions in currently in
> place, especially since a thru hikers travels from one jurisdiction to
> another without any markings on the trail indicating that, and that
> the controlling agencies may change them without notice.
> 
> Another thing to remember is that you will be traveling from the
> scorching deserts in So-Cal in May to the rain in Washington state in
> September. I didn't cook in the deserts of SoCal because I got hot
> food from the sun. I did cook in the Sierra in the freezing conditions
> of the high snow year of when I hiked. There were one time, after an
> unexpected swim at a river crossing, where I survived only because I
> was able to light a fire.
> 
> The "right equipment" changes. I suggest you know what the real rules
> are, pay attention to what the real dangers are, whether from fire
> danger, or hypothermia, and that you make the right decision for you.
> 
> Be safe, be sane. HYOH.
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