[pct-l] So there I was... staring into a PCTA Contact us *Message dialog box

[ned at mountaineducation.org]

Starting about 8-10 years ago, I began noticing scorch rings, sometimes multiple ones, on the wooden table tops in campgrounds along the PCT. Since I don't visit many in SoCal, it must have been in Inyo's Horseshoe Meadow, Cottonwood Pass TH to the PCT. Those were the days where the UL philosophy was taking root and everyone was talking about how light alcohol stoves were and little about how you can't see their flames. I don't know if that is still a concern these days, but I wondered if all those small, perfectly circular burnt rings were caused by thru hikers?

Ned Tibbits, Director
Mountain Education, Inc.
ned at mountaineducation.org 

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From: Pct-L [mailto:pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net] On Behalf Of Laurie Hallum
Sent: Sunday, January 14, 2018 6:18 AM
To: Gary Schenk <gary_schenk at verizon.net>; pct-l at backcountry.net
Subject: Re: [pct-l] So there I was... staring into a PCTA Contact us *Message dialog box

     I have seen two fires started from the stove with a pump-up canister and little dish of fuel below the fire.  The two backpackers were different people on two different hikes.  Fortunately they were small fires and put out quickly.  I'll stick with my Jet Boil.  Lady Pegasus 

    On Saturday, January 13, 2018 5:03 PM, Gary Schenk <gary_schenk at verizon.net> wrote:
 

 
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From: Drew Smith <jdrewsmith at gmail.com>
Cc: pct-l <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Fri, Jan 12, 2018 1:05 pm
Subject: Re: [pct-l] So there I was... staring into a PCTA Contact us *Message dialog box

Query: are there ANY data (not anecdotes about spilling cat food can
stoves) which indicate that alcohol stoves are more likely to start a wildfire than other kinds of stoves? White gas stoves, with their priming pans, high pressure and many potential leak points, have always seemed to me to be far more dangerous.
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