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[pct-l] Fuel and Bears

Tough questions:
1-How much are you cooking? Many [most?] thruhikers only boil 2-3 cups of
water for dinner. If you are planning to do that get an alcohol stove.
Contact Monte or Roy.

2-Need versus required! Big difference. To obey all laws you need to pick up
a canister in Mammoth [don't camp close] and carry it to the end of
Yosemite. Using this approach you need to use bear boxs between Forrester
pass and Woods Creek.

Need depends on when you traverse the Sierra. In my NOT humble opinion,
based on ZERO thruhiker experience, but being undoubtly the most intelligent
person on the list, I would not bother with a canister I I planned to reach
Tuolumne Meadows before July 1. I would simply toss my food on the ground or
hang it low from a bush. If I lost my food I would go hungry. I would NOT
sleep with my food. You should know this advice is practical but illegial.

"The rogue"

-----Original Message-----
From: Jason Porto [mailto:socrboy79@yahoo.com]
Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 6:32 PM
To: pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
Subject: [pct-l] Fuel and Bears


Two more questions for everybody out there.

1.  I will be using an MSR Dragonfly stove on my PCT
Hike and since Ive heard that White Gas is illegal to
send through the mail (please confirm that this is
true) I want to get some ideas, or time tested
methods, on how to keep myself stocked with fuel.  Is
it hard to find it at the food drops or will I need to
use another type of fuel?

2.  Bear canisters.  Ive been told that hikers must
use bear canisters in some of the National Parks /
Forests.  I want to know a)Do I need them?, anf if so
b)Where exactly do I need them?

Thanks for the help.

              Jason/"Porno"

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