[pct-l] Backpacking Stoves

[CWillett at pierce.ctc.edu (Chris Willett)]

If you are using an alcohol stove, I would take two since they are so light.  If you are using a canister stove or whitegas one, I would only take one.  Personally, I would go the alcohol route.  Building them can be simple or complicated.  Take a V8 can and cut off the bottom 2 inches with a pair of scissors. This is your stove.  You'll need a pot support, too.  Cut up a can of beans with a pair of metal snips, including a lot of space for air to get through.  The pot should rest about 2-3 inches above the top of the stove. You can also bend up a metal hanger as well.  You'll want a wind screen, too, and can make it out of a lot of things, like heavy tin foil.

Suge

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Christopher Willett
cwillett@pierce.ctc.edu
www.pierce.ctc.edu/faculty/cwillett
Pierce College
9401 Farwest Drive SW.
Lakewood, WA. 98498-1999

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> From: 	pct-l-bounces@mailman.backcountry.net on behalf of Rebecca Schroeder
> Sent: 	Wednesday, March 9, 2005 8:41 AM
> To: 	pct-l@mailman.backcountry.net
> Subject: 	[pct-l] Backpacking Stoves
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> This is my first time posting so I hope I am doing this right.  I had a 
> quick question.  My friend and I are doing a section of the PCT, 
> lasting roughly two months.  I was just wondering wether we should take 
> two stoves or one?  Since I have never done a serious long trip like 
> this, I wanted to get opinions from veterans.  Any information or 
> opinions would be helpful.  Thank you! 
> 
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