rangewalker
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Post by rangewalker on Mar 1, 2021 20:11:58 GMT -8
Favorite winter beverage? Winter for me is when the liquid gas stove comes out even on hikes, snow shoes, or ski days. I am pretty tame on my choices. It has to be a light mix and I do not have cocoas or alcohol at home. Two packages of Lands'o Lakes instant cocoa and a stick of Starbucks Via. Occasionally a Chai Tea, coconut cream, and dollop of ghee. Gear Junkie Notes: Fuel bottle is an MSR from the late 70's. Pump is 2018. Stove is my second Whisperlite International on white gas. -5 F deg below that day.
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Post by bluefish on Mar 2, 2021 4:59:56 GMT -8
My oldest bottles were confiscated by TSA in 2001 because they had a very small residual amount of fuel in them. Basically, enough to make them smell. Ghiradelli dark chocolate with Via for me. Whisperlites are personal campfires. That loud hiss is very comforting on below zero mornings. My wife prefers tomato soup, so that's been done, too. We just lost some snow and the fat bike may be useful again. I think I'll throw the stove and accoutrement in a pannier our next pedal.
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Post by ErnieW on Mar 5, 2021 13:06:50 GMT -8
I have my original beat to hell XGK. I went through a number of pumps but somewhere I have the original one with the aluminum pump shaft. I used to also carry it in the winter regularly. It's easy to not pay attention to hydration in the cold but a nice Swiss Miss hot chocolate or cup of soup was always good for both hydration and morale. My wife has a Dragonfly and we tend to use that now when liquid fuel is called for. Cooking on it is easy. Cooking with an XGK is an art bordering on witchcraft. I wanted to find out where it was in the history of the stove and found this interesting (mid 1980's BTW): www.msrgear.com/blog/evolution-msr-xgk-ex-stove/
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Post by walkswithblackflies on Mar 8, 2021 7:48:56 GMT -8
Spruce tea
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Post by BigLoad on Mar 13, 2021 16:07:44 GMT -8
I don't intentionally backpack in winter conditions, but I've tempted fate often enough to get the occasional snow to go with the cold. I stick with the basics: Starbucks Via or one of the more chocolatey varieties of Swiss Miss. Sometimes together. Actually, it's what I always bring regardless of the season.
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Post by bobcat on Mar 13, 2021 17:09:15 GMT -8
I like instant soups, hot cider, and hot sweet tea. My winter stove is a relatively new MSR Dragonfly. Very noisy but otherwise great to use for all kinds of cooking.
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Post by ErnieW on Mar 14, 2021 7:38:43 GMT -8
You have to watch caffeine consumption in the cold.It is a vascodialator and can make you lose heat faster.
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Post by crawford on Mar 14, 2021 10:11:02 GMT -8
Cup o Soup (basically salty broth), Earl Grey Tea, Via Columbian are my go to hot drinks. Ernie's comment on caffeine is noted.
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Post by rangewalker on Mar 18, 2021 5:34:46 GMT -8
Cooking with an XGK is an art bordering on witchcraft. Oh man, is that not the true story. I had a new "chili" can version in '78 when my Optiumus 70 (Svea 123 clone) died and I wanted a multi-fuel I could use in my travels. Long lost but I found an '84 at a garage sale. I swear I am going to buzz the name "snowburner" onto its shell. It works with the newest MSR pumps. For groups it has been great to have along as a back-up just to heat water for clean-up or great pots of soup or tea. I seriously lost 2 pots from charring in my earlier years to the XGK.
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Post by High Sierra Fan on Mar 19, 2021 11:28:11 GMT -8
Hot cocoa made with coffee for me. Though, truth be told, not just for winter.
Melting snow having to be about the most boring camp chore ever invented the roaring of the XGK is a tiny price to pay for its heat output, and out in Anza Borrego it was a useful beacon for locating camp when unmindfully wandering around looking for wildflowers while a friend did the food prep. Even when car camping or base camping I rarely to never do “real” cooking so boiling water is my bottom line goal. For that I’ve long found the MSR liquid fueled stoves reliance and for me, simple to use (I’m still not entirely comfortable with the “invisible” remaining fuel aspect of canisters) of the XGK, Dragonfly pumped line. Though for car camping and short overnights a Pocket Rocket has moved up the list.
All my fuel bottles, MSR and some SIGGs are red. I’ve never carried one for anything but fuel so the color wasn’t really functional.
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Post by ecocentric on Mar 20, 2021 9:44:33 GMT -8
Take the XKG, because you never know when you might need to do some welding.
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Post by Lamebeaver on Apr 8, 2021 14:00:59 GMT -8
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Post by johntpenca on Apr 13, 2021 12:09:15 GMT -8
I always enjoyed Alpine Spiced Apple Cider when I was still doing winter backcountry ski trips. Paired it with schnapps.
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Post by calidream on May 22, 2021 17:11:03 GMT -8
Evening: packet of miso soup.
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Post by nextridgeover on Aug 3, 2021 9:51:03 GMT -8
A cup of bone broth. Miso soup is another excellent choice as calidream mentioned.
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