pct-l-digest V1 #1173

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> pct-l-digest         Thursday, June 22 2000         Volume 01 : Number
1173
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> In this issue:
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>     RE: [pct-l] Ice Axe Required?
>     Re: [pct-l] The Cat Stove Simmers!
>     [pct-l] Re: English hiker's dilemna
>     RE: [pct-l] Ice Axe Required?
>     [pct-l] Heat??
>     RE: [pct-l] Ice Axe Required?
>     [pct-l] Re: pct-l-digest V1 #1172
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> Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 15:26:55 -0700
> From: "Robinson, Brian A" <brian.robinson@compaq.com>
> Subject: RE: [pct-l] Ice Axe Required?
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> When are you going?  -B
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> - -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Simon [mailto:simontom@cgocable.net]
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> Can anybody give me some advice regarding Forester Pass. I cannot decide
if
> I really need to carry my ice axe on a trip from Bishop Pass to Mt.
Whitney.
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> Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 19:36:47 EDT
> From: ROYROBIN@aol.com
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] The Cat Stove Simmers!
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> Jim Mayer writes:
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> << Cool!  And, speaking of "cool," did you come up with a good way to
adjust
>  the simmer ring on a burning stove.  I never could figure out how to do
it
>  on my old Trangia burner. -- Jim >>
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> Just whup out my 4 pound Bowie knife (all real lightweight hikers carry a
> couple of these) and whisper, "Down!"   OK, I knew it was going to get
> compicated if I added a moving part.
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> Not a lot of experience with this yet, but I had no trouble coaxing the
ring
> into the simmer position with match sticks.  Maybe it would be a good idea
to
> add a couple small ears when you cut out the ring, to help the process.
How
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