[pct-l] alcohol fuel

[mblnchrd001 at yahoo.com (Mike Blanchard)]

sorry if this information is available elsewhere, but I am new to the list and I won't have access to my PCT guides and Yogi's book until right before I leave for the hike...
   
  do most folks include alcohol fuel in their resupply boxes (it appears to be legal to do so in the small quantities that a solo hiker would use, per this extremely useful compilation of USPS regs on shipping flammables) http://www.gottawalk.com/shipping_fuel.htm
   
  Anybody have experience/problems with mailing alcohol?  Or do folks generally buy it along the way?  If so, since denatured alcohol comes in those monster jugs, what do you do with the rest?  HEET comes in smaller bottles but has lower BTU content, and I wonder how easy it is to come by along the trail?
   
  I live in CA so shipping costs don't seem like they'd be prohibitive if I went with the mail option, and this idea seems workable provided the bottle doesn't leak all over my carefully dried foods :)
   
  Thanks for any help you can provide...
  Mike

			
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