[pct-l] Alcohol and altitude...

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At 07:35 PM 6/16/03, David Albert wrote:
>Just wondering how denatured alcohol fares at higher 
>altitudes?  Specifically does denatured alcohol or methanol boil water 
>above 10k feet and how long does it take? (of course this depends in large 
>part on the construction of my stove but in general what has been your 
>experience).

I used my pepsi can stove on a Colorado Trail trip last summer. Spent lots 
of time above the common elevations on the PCT. The stove worked fine, and 
the fuel used and boil times didn't change enough for me to notice with all 
the variation caused by wind and weather.