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Post by High Sierra Fan on Jan 19, 2022 10:53:38 GMT -8
For myself cold season means snow melting for water season, and for that I reach into the back of my closet for the stove designed for that specific purpose: an MSR XGK (iirc, Larry Penberthy had been researching high elevation climbing issues and had concluded a lot of the health challenges had as a root cause dehydration and one of his solutions was a stove to make melting snow to get stocked up with drinking water less onerous, so climbers would be more likely to drink up) www.msrgear.com/msr-origin-story.html
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rangewalker
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Post by rangewalker on Jan 19, 2022 12:26:26 GMT -8
an MSR XGK (iirc, Larry Penberthy had been researching high elevation climbing issues and had concluded a lot of the health challenges had as a root cause dehydration I nicknamed my '80s XGK "Snowburner". When you forget to put some free water in the pot before loading with snow. Keeps the burnt taste out of your water too. And I can attest to experience with dehydration as the leading cause of sickness among O&G exploration crews working winter in Colorado above 9500'when the damned Texans wouldn't drink water. Finally made them keep their pop in coolers and made them drink a can of Snappy Tom or two every day for electrolytes. BTW: I was a subscriber at 18 in 1971 to the MSR newsletter. A handful of mimeograph pages still reeking print alcohol. It was priceless. I was booted (2018) from MSR newsletter and some user pages after I went on a rant about MSR and its "pro's" greenwashing heli-skiing in wilderness.
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Post by gabby on Feb 7, 2022 21:55:39 GMT -8
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Post by gcvrsa on Aug 4, 2023 13:53:59 GMT -8
I'm glad my ancient MSR RapidFire, the original inverted-canister stove, still works. I just need to add a little silicone grease to the canister o-ring now and then.
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