[pct-l] Stoves and night hiking

[randy_forsland@hotmail.com (Randy Forsland)]

It shrivels ???

----- Original Message -----
From: <Bighummel@aol.com>
To: <fkroger1999@yahoo.com>; <pct-l@backcountry.net>
Sent: Tuesday, December 17, 2002 4:34 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Stoves and night hiking


> --
> [ Picked text/plain from multipart/alternative ]
> Frank Kroger writes:
>
> > But I would suggest a heat proof jar as when I ran into campers who made
me
> > some hot water the jar shrivilled(sp?) up.
>
> At the 2001 ADZPCTKO a couple designed and constructed, on-site, an ultra
> light, hot water capable, insulated, cup.  They made it out of a plastic
> water bottle cut off and then wrapped with a piece of Styrofoam cup and
held
> on with, of course, duct tape.  The first time that they put hot-near
boiling
> water in it, it shriveled up also.  They found, however, that once
shriveled
> it would retain its shape thereafter when exposed to heat, so this is a
one
> time shrivel effect.  Except, I imagine, that it might shrivel a bit more
if
> significantly hotter water is introduced to it after the initial shrivel.
So
> pre-shrivel your container at home and then you wont have any problem
later
> on.
>
> This seems to be contrary to other things that shrivel when exposed to
cold!
> ;-)
>
> Your shrivelling may vary,
>
> Strider
> _______________________________________________
> PCT-L mailing list
> PCT-L@mailman.backcountry.net
> http://mailman.backcountry.net/mailman/listinfo/pct-l
>