Re: [at-l] Stoves & Cookpots

["Amy Friends" <coelura@hotmail.com>]

>Aw, gee, Amy, I'd never do anything so cruel as to cut apart one of her
>AirBake cookie sheets.  "Out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth
>speaks" would be your next reply, yep.

*laugh*  You'd never get more cookies, anyway!

>Well, I still have my disk, it works well, at least when I remember to 
put
>it in my pack.  That's the trouble with this sport, too many neat 
things to
>remember to take.  

The way I remember what to take is I keep it all packed in the backpack.  
That way, all I need to do is put in the sleeping bag, some clothes and 
food.  When I get home and put the stuff away I refill the fuel bottle 
if neccessary, check that my bottle of bug stuff has a decent supply in 
it, check that my tiny journal and pencil is there, my extra 
bandannas...  I check the batteries in the headlamp before I leave 
though.

>Know what I mean?  They all add up to extra weight.  One
>of these days I'll make up a firm packing list and stick to it.

I oughtta do that one of these days too.

>When I lose my disk, I'll likely try out the pie plates as was 
suggested by
>Highlander (Alice).  

Yeah, I might try that too, now since I haven't got any diffuser at all, 
but I might also try Will's Bakepacker...

>I utilize multi-layer foil now when I make up pouch
>meals for day hikes.  It uses lots of aluminum foil, and the >principle 
of layering with air spaces does help to prevent the food >from burning.  

Hmmm... might be something to try once in a while.

>Besides, if someone happens to stray by, sees the results, they'd say 
"Wow,
>how'd you do that?"  It's almost as convincing as hiking north to south 
in
>Georgia in April, greeting everyone hiking northerly saying "Whew, 
almost
>finished, almost finished.  Just a few more steps, and this thru hike 
from
>Maine will be finished."

*chuckle* 



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Where you've been is good and gone
all you keep's the getting there.
To live is to fly low and high
so shake the dust off of your wings
and the sleep out of your eyes...


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