[pct-l] Fires

[Gary Schenk]

Thank you. It's amazing that people can walk through mile after mile of burn and then think it's OK to build an illegal campfire.

What's good on the AT is not necessarily good on the PCT.

Gary
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On Tue, 5/2/17, marmot marmot <marmotwestvanc at hotmail.com> wrote:

 Subject: [pct-l] Fires
 To: "pct-l @backcountry.net" <pct-l at backcountry.net>
 Date: Tuesday, May 2, 2017, 1:07 PM
 
 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