[pct-l] Pct-L Digest, Vol 122, Issue 4

[marmot marmot]

Thank you for adding to this conversation. If everyone agrees ----could someone who is on Facebook repost this stream on the 2019 page. More PCT hikers read that site. Each year the new hikers need to learn about this part of "leave no trace" behavior. Maybe some day no one would think of starting a campfire. It used to be normal to find trash, cans,dirty TP  garbage of all sorts etc,etc on the trail. No more. People have figured it out
We had over 80% of the public lands burn in the Santa Monica mtns last fall.  Every time a hiker talks about walking through burn areas and then talks about having a fire at night--I wonder where the mental disconnect is. Yes, many times electrical wires or motor cycle exhaust start fires, but let's not add to it. 
Marmot

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> On Apr 16, 2019, at 11:37 AM, William E Frenette <groundpounderbill22 at verizon.net> wrote:
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> I use a pocket rocket for cooking , that's it. I do carry fire starter for emergencys but have never used it. BE SAFE ALWAYS -Ground Pounder Bill
> On Tuesday, April 16, 2019 David Woods <dkwoods33 at gmail.com> wrote:
> A guy I hiked with briefly in 2005 started a grass fire north of I-10 with
> an alcohol stove in a high wind (the usual condition in the area) and ended
> up in jail.
> 
> I like the "You are not Grizzly Adams" admonition. There are no lions or
> tigers or other predators on the PCT. We have down jackets. We have stoves
> or can eat cold food. We do not need a fire for any rational reason.
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>> Even stoves are
>>> tricky in high wind around tall dry grass and brush.    There certainly
>>> are plenty of stories about mishaps with alcohol stoves, particularly.
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