You know, in searching through the internet to try to prove Jim wrong I
stumbled across an interesting comment (it's an amusing - annoying -
habit of mine to try to prove the guy who wrote the section on risk
management in the fieldbook and contributed to _the_ guidebook on
outdoor risk management wrong. Goes back to my days as a student
trying to prove my professors wrong, I'm sure Jim's students do the
same).
Anyway, the comment - why risk the stress of getting it taken away even
if it is legal (which I think it isn't and will trust the honorable law
professor on this one). Better to spend a few bucks on a stove or two
(I like the coleman featherweight 442s for ease of use, cost, and
durability myself) and leave 'em with someone at camp. That way you
know you're flying with an empty stove there and have extra room for
souveniers coming home (incidentally - to make more extra room, throw
out your trail underwear when you get back too - you probably don't
want it anymore anyway).
I think (and I'm not by any means an expert on US law) you could
accomplish the same thing with MSR stoves by buying a new fuel bottle
and leaving it there - am I correct?
In any case, I'd pretty much guarantee that whatever you left would get
used by somebody.
I've always wondered if there was a Scout troop between Philmont and
the airport that had a lot of nice gear (or at least stoves) - who
knows there might be a Scoutreach program you could donate them to.
In any case - lots of alternatives to flying with your stove - it just
ain't worth the hassle.
Cheers
Bing
On 14-Jun-04, at 1:54 PM, Jim Moss: BSA Law wrote:
> You sir, are wrong and so is your TSA employee friend.
>
> It is against the law to take any combustible or container that has
> ever
> held a combustible on a commercial flight. It always has been against
> the
> law. 911 created the need to enforce it.
>
> The JD stands for Juris Doctorate, for those of you who do not know,
> that
> means Attorney at Law.
>
>
> James H. Moss, JD
> PO Box 16743
> Golden, CO 80402
>
> jhmoss@earthlink.net
> jmoss@cmc.edu
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