I did about 750 miles of the AT over 10 years ago (2002 - 2005) and am planning to get back into it in 2017, maybe even an attempt at a thru. I have some questions about how things might have changed since I was hiking regularly. Hope to get some help getting up to speed as I look over my gear and get ready for starting around March 1, 2017. Not sure if this is the right way to start asking quick questions, but here goes.
Back when I was going out regularly the alcohol stove was very common. I have a bunch of them and am wondering if they are still used a lot on the trail and can you still get fuel easily.
As a side question, is there some stove I should really look at buying instead? Not interested in so much in all the numerical comparisons like fuel consumption versus speed to boil (etc) but just more general recommendations on what's being used now that I might want to look at. Thanks.
Dad