Re: [at-l] Yes there's water at Tray Mntn Shelter

["Cora Drake" <cora_drake@hotmail.com>]

The mixed good news is that aliminum foil DOES "burn" if it's not too wadded 
and the fire's hot enough; I've heard questions raised, tho, about the gases 
that produces.  Do our on-board chemists have anything to add?  jpJane


>From: "Coosa" <coosa@alltel.net>
>To: <Slyinmd@aol.com>, <at-l@backcountry.net>
>Subject: Re: [at-l] Yes there's water at Tray Mntn Shelter
>Date: Sun, 12 Dec 1999 20:29:34 -0500
>
>
>Sly wrote:
> >Way to go Coosa!  I also hate to see a needlessly trashed shelter and 
>will
>do
> >my best to correct it.
> >PS Great advice to the doting mother and all of us for that matter.
> >
> >
> >
>I have a feeling that since this area is so close (under a mile) from the
>Tray Gap Road, that much of the stuff was from overnighters -- the 3 (count
>them THREE) beer bottles (I'm assuming no backpacker carries bottled beer 
>on
>a hike), and the McDonald's bag! (from that I got a laugh),  but the rest
>was either IN the fire rings (why do people think that a campfire will get
>hot enough to melt aluminum foil and 'tin' cans?) or was left in the
>shelter -- like tuna cans (not the mouse-hung ones) and a backpacker's
>pantry package and a broken messkit.  Oh and a broken toy?!
>
>Most backpackers carry it in and carry it out, thankfully.   This is the
>worst I've seen this shelter.  During Thru-Season, the hikers keep it 
>clean.
>
>Coosa
>
>
>
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