RE: [Paddlewise] PaddleWise V1 #331

We don't have Meths here in the States, but you can purchase denatured
alcohol at any hardware shop or pharmacy.

cya!

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> Sent: Friday, December 18, 1998 5:55 AM
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> Subject: Re: [Paddlewise] PaddleWise V1 #331
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> 
> >So I ask you, what good is a Trangia stove? I remember my 
> last trip, this
> >funny foreign guy had one, and I just assumed that it was a 
> funny foreign
> >stove and not worth my attention since it didn't make an 
> impressively big
> >fireball when ignited followed by a pleasant low growling roar
> 
> 
> Do ALL Americans think that foreign people are funny? I won't 
> elaborate 
> on what we here in Wales think of Americans! 
> 
> But to talk about stoves... Trangias are well used here in 
> the UK. One of 
> their best features is that they burn better when there is a 
> draught - 
> they like the wind! (They are called 'storm cookers'). My 
> partner and I 
> use them all the time for camping - both mountaineering and 
> paddling. One 
> downside is that the 'meths' fuel leaves a very sooty finish 
> to the pans, 
> you can reduce this to an aceptble level by diluting the fuel 
> with water, 
> experiment to find out how much! 
> 
> When we vist the USA we don't bring the Trangia - we use our MSR - as 
> fuel is sometimes hard to find. Also the Trangia can be a 
> little bulky 
> compared to a stripped down MSR and say one pan for a 
> light-weight trip, 
> though the smaller Trangia setup is quite compact also. If 
> you were buing 
> one new then go for the Teflon non-stick coating and make 
> sure you also 
> get the very neat kettle for heating water for your tea or 
> coffe in the 
> morning.
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Keith, Fachwen, North Wales.
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