[pct-l] Fires

[marmot marmot]

There have been so many references on line to making a fire on the trail. Hikers--class of 2017---you do not make fires. This is southern Calif. Every section you have walked through has had enormous burns. Most of those burns were caused by people. ALL of those people thought that they knew what they were doing. You are only allowed to use a backpacking stove with a shut off valve. No Alcohol, No esbit tabs. NO STUPID CAMPFIRES. I don't care if you imagine that just because you have a fire permit that you can burn up the forest because you want to have Somemores. Campfires require a shovel,water,a huge diameter of plant free dirt. Do you have that?  I doubt it. This is mindless behavior. The Lake Fire burned 30,000 acres. This is not a nice email. It is not meant to be. The animals,trees and plants you kill by carelessness, will never come back. It does not matter that you imagine you can control a fire. So did everyone who thought that they could not live without a "romantic" fire. 
Marmot

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