[pct-l] Fires

[marmot marmot]

To all of you starting on the trail soon,remember just because you have a fire permit it does not mean you should make a fire. Some folks have a romantic dream of cooking their food each night over a fire---I ran into a few last year. Please leave that idea at home.  Most fires are dangerous to our forests and deserts. Even though we've had some rain, a lot of the plants/low bushes are highly flammable. Watch the fire permit video. Do you have any of that stuff. A shovel?Water? A ten foot diameter area without vegetation?----of course not. If there's any spot like that it's filled with tents. So please use a backpacking stove so we don't end up with even more forest burned. You don't have to be experienced to do the PCT. Just don't burn it down while you're learning 
Have a wonderful hike 
Marmot


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