Re: [at-l] esbitt stove report

[Tom Caggiano <hikenet@interactive.net>]

At 6:48 PM -0500 10/31/98, Phillips wrote:
>Just back from a week on the AT in NC. I used a sterno stove and an
>esbitt stove in liue of my favorite peak 1. One of the listers had
>opined that I was obviously a " rank amateur"- so be it!
>Here's my opinions.
>I hated the sterno, even when closed and off it gave off a disgusting
>odor. Actually made me heave ho once. Its slowness was irrelevant- I
>wasn't in a hurry.
>The esbitt was great. I used 3 hexamine tablets to start, and then fed
>dry twigs in underneath to get a roaring fire going.Some smell, pots
>sooty, who cares. I loved the size and weight. Hikers around me were
>intrigued. Saw a svea,and a trangia, as well as thre usual msr. I will
>be fashioning a windscrean from a ccokie tin though- Jim
>

See http://members.aol.com/hikenet/ultralightstove.html  works 50% faster
than the esbit and weighs even less. Cost is about 25 cents but you must
cut the dryer vent with a cutter..  time to build.. less then 2 minutes :)

Tom Bear Bells Caggiano


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