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SLX and Kleen Strip both make "green" denatured alcohol that is 85-90% ethanol. Lowes carries it. One quart cans. Decant to smaller bottles from your at home stash for short trips. Ethanol has...

Bluedog, I am no expert. But having used alkie stoves for years I'd like to suggest it really doesn't matter so much which stove you pick. The steel mesh pot support you refer to I assume is...

DG does not usually have Nido nor any other powdered milk.

Congrats.. Keep hiking. It is too good to give up. http://www.trailquest.net/mechanics.html#back try this link for how another hiker deals with back back and knees.

Thanks Bird Brain. I carry Aqua Mira and the two bottles weigh 3 oz. Repackaging in small dropper bottles will be great. I had read about that before.
4 for a dollar food color bottles is a great...

In Spring sunburn can be a problem until the trees leaf out. This is later than one might think in the higher elevations. (June) I have fair skin and find a wide brim hat is not enough so use sun...

Check Nimblewells web page. 2010 Gordon slacked NNomad, and I think also in 2011 but can't remember for sure.

If not too cold I take off the socks and wear the boots with bare feet around the shelter. If it is too cold for that, I just live with the damp boots.

You can google White Box Stove. They are light, robust, needs no pot support and not expensive.

Regulations require use of shelter and no tents allowed this time of year in shelter area. Reservations for shelter space required this time of year. You have to specify which nite you will be at...

Thanks again to all.

Thanks so much for everyone's experience and insights. It is a pleasure to receive knowledgeable and thoughtful answers. Thanks again.
Trillium Trekker

For real cooking go with a one liter pot. I can barely stir a Lipton/Knorr noodle in a 700 ml pot, and just cook a Mac+Cheese in the 1 liter. If I were buying again I'd go to 1.3 liter.

It'll...

Try Campmor catelog online. www.campmor.com
They have coated nylon rainwear with taped seams at cheap prices. The durabiliity in my experience is based on washing the jacket. The washer kills...

This is not about wind. This is not about cold. I recently saw some boil time stats that gave first boil for a new canister and last boil for the same canister. Last boil much slower. Internal...

Walmart has in the hunting section blaze orange baseball style caps for only $3. They are logo, writing, and camo free. Just what you want when you don't really want one. Need is not the same as...

Just take half

REI has both 4 ounce and ounce "flat" containers with a flip top nozzle, and a more rigid round container. I think they are both Nalgene. My experience is both leak a little. It may be just that...

+1 on the butter and some foil packed meat. Squeeze parkay keeps a week on the trail even in warm weather.

I have not used hot rocks to dry boots. I have used pint Nalgene lexan bottles of hot water to try to dry the boots. SInce it is not down in the toe, it wasn't much help. It did unfreeze my boots...

I never owned a Hank Roberts Ministove. I did have one of the first model Coleman Peak One white gas stove. I never really liked it. I watched a lot of Svea stove masters on the trails when I...

I ordered a pair of Sahara zip off leg pants in a short inseam. Being shipped to the store.

Mens pants in the store were only 32 inches or longer, all styles and makes of pants. I found that...

Thanks, Hiking Jim. I saw your photos of the inverted canister and read your comments to warm up the stove, turn it down, keep the canister low when flipping. I saw one photo of the canister...

Thanks for all the replies. I think the best answer is to get out more!

I have a 5 yo WindPro. MSR says they tweeked the generator tube and valve for the new model. I know people have been inverting the canister on the old model but I haven't. Wonder if I can buy just...