[pct-l] IDEAS on what stove to use when cooking for 4

[abiegen at cox.net]

Charles wrote: 
> 
Thanks, Gary. You get it. I was having trouble wrapping my head around my 
family being demoted to "trail friends." 
>

Well, that certainly wasn't my intent either. I responded by referring to my closest relationship - Piper, my best friend, lover and SO for over ten years. Doh! Now I gave out private information without asking! But I have to add, my advice is still the same, everyone should be relatively self reliant just in case. Piper and I went up to Apache Peak Sunday. Same place I fell off and got my helicopter ride last year. Piper wanted to carry the car keys just in case. I pointed out that I am not the only subject to gravity. We hid the keys near the car so at least one of us could get out.

Piper wrote:

>Trailhacker likes to get rides in
>helicopters or fire trucks, so if we're somewhere without cell
>service, it's probably a good idea I have enough gear to get me to
>some place where I can call his ride should he be lying in a canyon
>or clinging to Apache Peak or something. I like to get mad at being
>lost and plow forward into an abyss of tangled brush, leaving him
>behind. Probably someday I'll find myself completely lost without him
>and he'll need to call a chopper for me after calmly finding his way
>with his GPS. We all have our quirks, I guess.

It's not so much that I LIKE getting rides in helicopters and fire trucks, it's just that for some reason I seem to be very good at it and if you are good at something, you should try the best.

I love my GPS and Half-Miles maps, Piper, not so much. Piper loves her alcohol stoves, me, not so much. Honest Doctor Phil, we are very happy.

TrailHacker

"When my feet hurt, I catch a ride in a helicopter or ambulance."
Abraham Lincoln