[Philmont]: Homemade stoves and gear for Philmont

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From: Lorie McGraw (lmcgraw@sc.rr.com)
Date: Tue Feb 25 2003 - 01:28:01 CST

At 09:45 PM 2/6/2003 -0600, you wrote:
>If you are going to have to get new stoves, get the MSR Dragonfly. They =
>will work at any altitude and will simmer. They do cost more than a =
>Whisperlite, most of what I've seen is 99.95.
Love the Dragonfly, but they are pricy.
I have seen a number of home-made backpacking stoves (made from catfood
cans and using mostly alcohol as a fuel). Very clever. (Look at the one
made from an Altoids tin.)

Here is a link to one (and some good links selsewhere on this site, like
making tarps).
Can a troop take a few stoves like this or are they forbidden? What about
using alcohol instead of regular camp fuel?

http://www.backpacking.net/makegear.html

Cheers
Lorie McGraw

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