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6 Miler today
- Thread starter TFin04
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Nice pics TFin. I like that narrow trail through the grass.
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That burner is new to me.
It's a Trangia stove I bought from a surplus store. I've made a few of my own pot stands and windscreens for it, but the old school Sterno box works well too. It's a pot stand and windscreen in one, and it folds flat for easy carry.
It isn't the lightest, but when I carry a GI canteen w/ cup, I don't really have room for a circular stand and windscreen. This is easy to slide into my pack.
Here is another set up for it:
Everything pictured fits into the pot and then into a stuff sack:
In all honesty, the REI kit works better but I like to mix it up and try new things every now and then.
It isn't the lightest, but when I carry a GI canteen w/ cup, I don't really have room for a circular stand and windscreen. This is easy to slide into my pack.
Here is another set up for it:
Everything pictured fits into the pot and then into a stuff sack:
In all honesty, the REI kit works better but I like to mix it up and try new things every now and then.
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Nice. Looks like a good day. I was wishing I had a pistol on my person today on my hike..I saw some fresh bear sign..and thought "great! no gun" But I didnt see anything other than chipmonks. How about you? Any wildlife spotted? Gene
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Great pics man. Love the singletrack pic. Looks like a nice little outing.
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TFin04, hola
Aha, I though I recognized the Trangia bit, it was the Sterno bit throwing me off. I'd not seen those and it looked too well crafted to be home-baked. I took them as coming together as a unit.
It isn't the lightest, but when I carry a GI canteen w/ cup, I don't really have room for a circular stand and windscreen. This is easy to slide into my pack.
Makes sense.
+1 on the mix and match thing. I've currently got a less pretty version of your wire job running myself. Smaller grid mesh just wrapped in foil. It's mainly a windshield for a gas burner but if I pull of some of the foil it's a serviceable stand to go round some hexi blocks. Most ambitious to date was trying to come up with a shield /stand with a simpler, smaller, MSR Heat Exchanger type aspect, using copper sheet from a model shop. Thus far it's evaded me as more trouble than it's worth, so I go back to KISS and bin it off. Given MRS quote a 25% increase in fuel efficiency with theirs though the idea nags away at me.
Aha, I though I recognized the Trangia bit, it was the Sterno bit throwing me off. I'd not seen those and it looked too well crafted to be home-baked. I took them as coming together as a unit.
It isn't the lightest, but when I carry a GI canteen w/ cup, I don't really have room for a circular stand and windscreen. This is easy to slide into my pack.
Makes sense.
+1 on the mix and match thing. I've currently got a less pretty version of your wire job running myself. Smaller grid mesh just wrapped in foil. It's mainly a windshield for a gas burner but if I pull of some of the foil it's a serviceable stand to go round some hexi blocks. Most ambitious to date was trying to come up with a shield /stand with a simpler, smaller, MSR Heat Exchanger type aspect, using copper sheet from a model shop. Thus far it's evaded me as more trouble than it's worth, so I go back to KISS and bin it off. Given MRS quote a 25% increase in fuel efficiency with theirs though the idea nags away at me.
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Thanks for the pics, looked like a great hike.
Indeed it is. We should hit up the trail some time.
As for wildlife, I saw a ton of chipmunks, some squirrel, lots of deer scat and tracks, and what I believe to be the back end of a deer running away from me.
Yesterday was more of a workout hike than an enjoyment hike. I was moving along pretty quickly and certainly would have spooked whatever was in earshot. Still saw a few things though.