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re: [pct-l] Titanium vs. aluminum cookware

All I know is on the PCT this year with all the 50 hikers I met in 1500 miles about 40% had Titanium,  Steel 55%, and maybe 5% Aluminum.  I carried Ti because it is the lightest.
Cheers
Globetrotter

sf <sfox@eskimo.com> wrote:
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>Titanium is 60% heavier but 100% stronger than aluminum (approximately).
>Stainless steel is 100% heavier than titanium. It is also 100% stiffer
>(more rigid).
>
>So the lightest cookware should be aluminum, but it dents easier unless
>it's thicker gage. I'll let others comment on how food sticks to the pot
>for each material. 
>
>
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