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meselfs
Sep 26, 2015

The body may die, but the soul is always rotten
Trangia + methanol.



I know it kind of sucks, but I love it and have a soft spot for this kind of ancient technology :). The reliability and the fact that it'll work pretty much anywhere is worth something.

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meselfs
Sep 26, 2015

The body may die, but the soul is always rotten

Butch Cassidy posted:

Build a fire and hang a billy like a man, you pussies.

Out of snow on a barren mountain?


Stove-related: though I won't go far from home without a Zippo (especially after forgetting it on Mt Adams and begging neighbors for any firestarter to melt snow with), I think this thing is super cool:



You press the button and a tiny hot spark comes out the other end. I haven't used it much yet, but it seems to light alcohol in pretty much any condition (intended for gas though).

meselfs
Sep 26, 2015

The body may die, but the soul is always rotten

Killing Flies posted:

...though you DO have to worry about toxic fumes of you burn HEET, and it'll also blacken the hell out of your pot.

You only worry about toxic fumes when it's not burning, and it won't blacken anything. Cleaner burning that ethanol (everclear), it's one of the cleanest burning liquid hydrocarbons you can get. Might you be confusing it with Iso-HEET?

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