[pct-l] To Stove or not to Stove

[Gary Schenk]

I'm not intending this to pick on Mike, so my apologies in advance, Mike!

But it amazes that people on this list, and folks that I know and 
backpack with, will obsess over a matter of a few grams. They'll refuse 
to carry a stove or rain jacket because they're too much unneeded 
weight. The idea of 3 ozs horrifies them. Then they'll carry 
electronics, books, guns and road flares.

HYOH!
Gary

On 2/10/2011 6:38 AM, Mike Chapman wrote:
> I forgot to mention,I will bring a road flare for emergency on the
> pct(fire option,bear deterant,signal,and it looks cool) I know this
> may upset people,but what dosent anymore? Heck,you could close up a
> big cut with that kind of flame. Hike on.
>
> On 2/10/11, Mike Chapman<altathunder76 at gmail.com>  wrote:
>> Ive always used a propane stove and torch option for those reasons,but
>> its too heavy and takes up huge space. Esbit is my pct stove,but its
>> no life saver. Maybe a fire-gel would relax your mind? Ive camped in
>> the some of the worst conditions possible in cali,and still made fire
>> with some of that gel,even through iced up twigs. They found his body
>> yesterday and already determined it was because of freezing?
>> Interesting. Hike on,and stay warm.
>>
>> On 2/9/11, Pinnacle2reach4u<pinnacle2reach4u at aol.com>  wrote:
>>>
>>>   To stove or not to stove.  That is the question.
>>>
>>> For me it is very simple and basic.  Besides a hot meal, it is an added
>>> measure of safety especially in fall, winter and spring.  Your core body
>>> temperature only has to drop 4 degrees for you to get hypothermia.  If
>>> you
>>> are miles from your car or a highway and you get cold how do you get your
>>> body rewarmed if you get cold for some reason?  Perhaps you are on snow
>>> or
>>> in a storm where building any kind of fire is next to impossible.  A
>>> stove
>>> will save your life.  Just ask Rick Gentry (supposedly an experienced
>>> hiker)
>>> who was on a day hike and got caught in a severe winter storm last
>>> November.
>>>   They just found his body yesterday.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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