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.