How much fuel is needed for a 2 night backpacking trip?
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2012 9:14 pm
I'm going on a 3 day/2 night backpacking trip next week and I'm not sure how much fuel to bring. I just bought a whisperlite internationale and I am new to liquid fuel. I want to melt 3 liters of water at night and enough for a couple dehydrated meals a day. I'm using white gas. I'd like to have some extra for emergency use.
How many ounces of fuel would you bring? I'm going to be in the white mountains. We'll be at ~4,000 feet.
On MSRs website they say 1 ounce of white fuel boils 1.3 liters of water. I have a 20 ounce fuel can, so using 20 ounces I should get 26 liters. How do they get these numbers? Are they testing the stoves with room temperature water inside in some lab/office? I will be melting and then boiling snow. Plus it will be around 10 degrees. Any idea how this will change how much fuel I will need?
How many ounces of fuel would you bring? I'm going to be in the white mountains. We'll be at ~4,000 feet.
On MSRs website they say 1 ounce of white fuel boils 1.3 liters of water. I have a 20 ounce fuel can, so using 20 ounces I should get 26 liters. How do they get these numbers? Are they testing the stoves with room temperature water inside in some lab/office? I will be melting and then boiling snow. Plus it will be around 10 degrees. Any idea how this will change how much fuel I will need?