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 -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.gasp-seakayak.net/paddlewise/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Dec 16 1998 - 15:58:53 PST
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