[pct-l] White Gas/ and Stove Question.

[kentr-lists at sbcglobal.net (Kent Ryhorchuk)]

I do believe that the 10,000 ft rule is to keep people from gathering
campfire amounts of wood where there is very little available. It is
easy enough to grab a handful of sticks at 9,999 ft and stuff them in
your pocket. On the PCT it is probably impossible to spend an entire day
in the campfire restricted zone.

Kent.


-----Original Message-----
From: pct-l-bounces@mailman.backcountry.net
[mailto:pct-l-bounces@mailman.backcountry.net] On Behalf Of Ken Marlow
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 5:58 PM
To: Pacific Crest Trail List
Subject: Re: [pct-l] White Gas/ and Stove Question.

As small as the materials placed in a Zip Stove are,
'No woodfires above 10,000 feet' is posted in several wilderness areas
throughout the Sierra (sorry, I can't remember the exact units,
however).

-Ken M. 

On 1/14/04 10:30 PM, "Kent Ryhorchuk" <kentr-lists@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> 
> Alternatives I am looking at are the Sierra Zip, Nimblewill Nomad or
> Garlington Wood-gas stoves which use natural fuels. Then you carry no
> fuel at all. They have their drawbacks - hard to light, bad in the
rain,
> etc. I saw a few people in '02 just using cook fires on the ground. No
> way will I be doing that - too much risk of starting a wildfire.

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