[pct-l] Plea for Fire Safety 2014

[Jennifer Zimmerman]

I never thought I'd consider going stoveless since I love a hot meal (and
pasta), but after this summer I've definitely come around to the idea.  If
we hadn't put so much work into our meals ahead of time we probably would
have made the switch after Tahoe.  On days when we were trying to move
especially fast we'd usually skip cooking lunch anyhow.

Never once had a fire while backpacking (PCT or otherwise) and never once
felt it was a hardship.  All I ever wanted to do was crawl into my bag, eat
my snacks and maybe do a little reading.  I think we were under burn
bans from Campo to Yosemite at least plus large sections north of there.
We passed more than one campsite where hikers had obviously built a fire
and did not ensure it was doused cold.

JZ
On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 10:42 AM, marmot marmot
<marmotwestvanc at hotmail.com>wrote:

> I did most of the PCT and all of the CDT without a stove or means to start
> a fire.  Just found out that dried food reconstituted in cold water too.
>  Marmot
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Jan 17, 2014, at 8:14 AM, "Ed Jarrett" <edjarrett at msn.com> wrote:
> >
> > Easy to do for someone like me who never has a campfire, travels the PCT
> stoveless, and lacks any means of even starting a fire.
> >
> > Ed Jarrett A Clay Jar: http://aclayjar.blogspot.com/  Eeyore Hikes
> http://eeyorehikes.blogspot.com/Twitter: https://twitter.com/EdJarrett53Facebook:
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> >
> >> From: chiefcowboy at verizon.net
> >> To: palomino.pct at gmail.com; pct-l at backcountry.net
> >> Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2014 06:41:16 -0800
> >> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Plea for Fire Safety 2014
> >>
> >> 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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