[pct-l] Cooking Systems

[Ken Powers]

The last time I asked UPS and FedEx about shipping canisters of fuel they 
showed me the requirements I had to meet on a long sheet of paper. After 
reading PART of it I decided it was not worth the effort.

That was 10 years ago before the regulations changed for commercial 
truckers. I expect the requirements got harder in recent years, but I 
haven't checked.

Ken
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Edward Anderson" <mendoridered at yahoo.com>
To: "Frank Dumville" <fdumville at earthlink.net>
Cc: <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 8:13 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Cooking Systems


You can also ship canisters via UPS.



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 From: Frank Dumville <fdumville at earthlink.net>
To: pct-l <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2012 7:40 PM
Subject: [pct-l]  Cooking Systems

If you ship fuel you can't use USPS Priority Mail, you have to ship it by 
ground parcel post which can take a long time. You will probably want to 
ship your bounce box Priority between stops.

I prefer to ship fuel canisters separate from my resupply box which I'll 
send Priority. That way if the surface mail gets delayed I don't lose my 
whole resupply.

I had pretty good luck acquiring fuel canisters locally on my hikes. I would 
suggest asking where canisters where available this year in a couple of 
months after the thru-hikers finish up.

Snap
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