RE: [Philmont]: Back On Topic: Stoves

We used MSR Whisperlites last year ... less expensive than the Simmerlite
and you really don't do much simmering at Philmont ... its really all about
boiling water ... period. Also, in anticipation of the next question - Had
two crews of 12, each arrived at the ranch with 4 22oz fuel bottles, three
stoves and a repair kit. Hit the trail with two stoves and three bottles,
left a bottle, stove and repair kit in basecamp ... One stove was a spare as
we only used one except for one night when we used both. Had plenty of fuel
and it was cheap (.04 per oz) in base camp and on the trail. Tried the
turkey bag thing with mixed results but I'll leave that to another thread.
  -----Original Message-----
  From: owner-Philmont@troop47.com [mailto:owner-Philmont@troop47.com]On
Behalf Of Gbeaglegolf@aol.com
  Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 5:01 PM
  To: Multiple recipients of list Philmont
  Subject: Re: [Philmont]: Back On Topic: Stoves

  We used MSR Simmerlite last year and would recommend these. Light 8 oz.
and boils a 6 qt. pot in less than 3 minutes. White gas is available at the
trading posts on the ranch so you can refill your bottles and not have to
carry a full trek supply from base.
  Garry Black
  Troop 718
  Dallas, TX

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Received on Mon Dec 13 17:53:55 2004