Stoves????? What friggin' kind of KOA camping are you guys doing???

Camping to me is heading out into the wilds with minimal provisions,
sleeping gear and weapons. I cook over an fire and don't pack much in the
way of food except for basics like flour, sugar. salt. lard/margarine,
baking powder, onions, rice, garlic, coffee, tea and some spices. One
carbon steel frying pan and a 1 quart pot, 2 metal cups and fork, spoon and
chopsticks.

A gourmet meal can be made if you know what is edible and are familiar with
your environment.. With the above gear I have bread and can cook whatever I
harvest or kill. I can easily survive for a month with minimal supplies in
remote regions. I can .... because I have bothered to practice ... start a
fire without matches or lighter/ magnifying glass etc.

I can make my location extremely visible or disappear completely. I take
rope. monofilament fishing line and brass wire for fishing &snares as well
as a reloader with powder, bullets and primers for my guns since it takes
half the space as commercial ammo. A tarp is always packed for rain.

BTW - I'm 50 years old and can still do a 2 hour snorkel/ spearfishing run
in the North Atlantic waters.

I think most Americans are Pussies..... Gilligan excluded.... he's a
Mountain Man.

CM


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I admit, I have gotten whimpy in my old (49) age and have given up back
packing, too many "death marches". Had to give up serious caving too
because I get dehydrated withiut knowing it and it nearly kills me. I
actually considered a pop-up camper but my wife nearly gave me hell for
that cuz she loves the tent.
We hated the original pressurized alchohol stove so much that I took it
out. She wanted to try cooking on sterno so I modified the burner
plate stand-offs. Now, we just drop a large size sterno down into the
old burner well and cook. This works better than you'd think as it
traps the heat much better than most sterno cookers. We've done a lot
of simple (read camping style food) meals on it. I decided that I
really do not like methanol stoves as the stuff burns with sucha clear
flame that it seems dangerous.