Re: [Paddlewise] Canadian Customs

From: <rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 1998 19:00:55 -0800
Patrick Maun wrote:
> 
> >Maybe the trick is to convince the customs personnel that the
> >fuel deposit of the stove is made to carry alcohol, not kerosene.
> >
> 
> The thing is, the Trangia doesn't even look like a stove -- no knobs or
> parts really. Just a little cup that fits into a windscreen. The fuel can
> really be carried in anything as the alcohol is just poured into the stove
> when needed. Maybe I should just carry the hooch in a whiskey bottle.
> 
> Made in Sweden, Trangia has a site at http://www.trangia.se/ and yes, MSR
> does carry them in the US, but you rarely see the full stove sold anywhere
> MSR stoves are carried. I smell a conspiracy! The only place I know of that
> carries them in the midwest is Rutabaga in Madison.

Campmor sells Triangla through its catalog.  So no conspiracy.

ralph
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