[philmont] Disposing of gas cannisters

You all need to lighten up and have fun. Quit over
thinking and have fun with the kids.
--- Richard Hasting <richard@hasting.org> wrote:

> Geez Jim,
> Leave no trace? So you are going to expend huge
> amounts of resource and
> energy and leave a waste trail behind your crew the
> size of a very large
> refrigerator, not to mention the carbon footprint
> involved merely in
> getting there, and you are going to go ballistic on
> a canister because you
> might have to throw it away? What do you do with the
> food packaging while
> on the trail? Do you eat it all? :-)
>
> There may (or may not be) good reasons to use one
> stove over another, but
> LNT is not one of them.
> I happen to prefer canisters and external frame
> backpacks myself. Your
> mileage may vary. There is a LOT of religion around
> this one, and a lot of
> misinformation as well.
> We prepared our crew's dinner (on a shakedown trip)
> on two canister stoves
> without incident and I have run a canister stove
> above the treeline on
> several occasions with good success. Since we rarely
> get below freezing
> here in Central Texas, temperature was not a factor
> in determining the
> type of stove.
>
> Having been the scout when the fuel bottle leaked
> and ran down my back and
> legs, which caused a pretty serious chemical burn,
> did factor in.
>
> Just my $.02
>
> Richard Hasting
>
>
> -------Original Message-------
> From: Jim Moss
> Subject: [philmont] Disposing of gas cannisters
> Sent: Apr 03 '07 09:08
>
> Leave NO Trace.
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Dave
> Smith
> Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2007 8:52 AM
> To: philmont List Member
> Subject: [philmont] Disposing of gas cannisters
>
> Two years ago we took 2 white gas stoves to
> Philmont, which worked fine.
>
> Since we were flying in, I shipped the stoves by
> UPS, and bought the gas
> at
> Philmont.
>
> This year, the scouts are talking about wanting to
> take cannister
> stoves.
> Some questions:
>
> 1) Which type of cannister does Philmont sell at
> the backcountry trading
> posts?
>
> 2) Will the staffed camps accept empty cannisters
> as trash?
>
> 3) Will headquarters accept empty cannisters as
> trash?
>
> 4) Can we ship full or empty cannisters, or check
> them on the airline as
> luggage?
>
> I'm more interested in answers to these questions,
> and less interested
> in
> "are white gas stoves better than..." discussions,
> but who can control
> this
> group :-)
>
> Thanks for your help,
> Dave Smith
> Troop 32
> Santa Rosa, CA
> 2007 703-O
>
>
>
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