[pct-l] Plea for Fire Safety 2014

[marmot marmot]

The mountains above Glendale(L.A.) are on fire again. 3 guys in custody who started a campfire. Please everyone, NO FIRES, EVER!!!!!!. lots of space around stoves---more than you think you need
Marmot

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> On Jan 17, 2014, at 7:11 AM, gary_schenk at verizon.net wrote:
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> On 01/17/14, chiefcowboy at verizon.net wrote:
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> My personal pledge is that I will not have ANY campfires along the PCT this 
> year. I will also have at least a 3' clearing when I use my stove. Any 
> others want to join me in that commitment?
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> I am fortunate to live in SoCal and am able to dayhike and/or backpack the PCT year round. I get a lot of satisfaction destroying fire rings. For the most part these are in places where only a PCT hiker would camp. 
> 
> Last summer at Snow Lakes in Oregon, we ran into Peanutbutter Platypus. She'd stopped to have dinner. She carefully found a good sandy spot, cleared it of any duff, and then built a moat around her alcohol stove. If everybody took that sort of care the trail would be much the better for it.
> 
> Gary
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