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susan peplow
climber
Desperately Seeking Climbing Related Topic!!
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I just asked Russ how he missed this thread. Nice story....told with a bit Largo-type flare.
What's next?
~Susan
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nature
climber
Flagstaff, AZ
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awesome trip report.
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Brian
climber
Cali
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Damn that was funny. Worth a response to bump it back to the top so someone else can laugh...
Brian
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Anastasia
Trad climber
Mammoth Lakes, CA
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Bump!
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Aya
Uncategorizable climber
New York
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I love it!
My story's not as good - I used to work at EMS (the east coast's version of REI, for those who don't know), and people would return stoves from time to time. We couldn't resell them, so I took a few and put together a working whisperlight. I didn't have any place to test it at work, so I did it at home. I live in an apartment building in Manhattan, so the most logical place seemed to be the bathtub. Thank goodness, because I stupidly had the thing flare up, start singing the shower curtain (don't ask why it wasn't up!) and I turned on the shower to put it out, pronto! Oh well. I've still got the thing and it works beautifully now that I cleaned it out a bit!
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mack
Trad climber
vermont
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Whew...That was really funny!!!
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JOEY.F
Social climber
sebastopol
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That was FUNNNNY!!!
I wish I had an attic to play in.
At least you didn't try it in the tent.
I agree with Tahoe-pocket rocket is no fuss easy.
You are definately in touch with your inner story teller!
Glad you're safe!
ps-is the door fixed yet?
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dfrost7
Social climber
Ca
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Hey, do you have any more devices you can go try out upstairs and come
back with a sequel/prequel? Maybe, Stove Wars Episode II: Ebay Killer Deals,
Episode III: Cooking With Methane
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mack
Trad climber
vermont
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Not quite as funny but still worth telling. We were backpacking in the Monagahaela (sp?) National Forest in West Virginia, in the Otter Creek Wilderness area. We had stopped for the night at a lean to area. There were 3 or 4 other groups of people there and we were trying to get a central campfire going. It had been a drizzly day and there wasn't any dry kindling. We had all gone through our wallets/packs looking for scraps of paper to use and we had a tiny flame/embers started. A woman walks up with a fuel container in her hand and says "don't try this at home" and proceeds to pour white gas on the small glowing embers...we all jumped and screamed nooooo...too late. The flame shot straight up the stream of gas, back to the bottle, the woman screeched and threw the flaming bottle spreading firey hell in a wide arch which despite the damp conditions threatened to burn the entire forest. Everyone did a mad stomping dance and extinguised the flames...Whew. Anyway we got the campfire going nicely and she redeemed herself by reading "The Cremation of Sam Mcgee" aloud by headlamp...very fitting.
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N0_ONE
Social climber
Utah
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Damn!!! Thats funny stuff!!
Didos on the jetboil.
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Crimpergirl
Social climber
St. Louis
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I completely missed this thread until tonight. Friggin' hilarious!!! Thanks for making me laugh out loud!
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ewto
Mountain climber
slOwHIO
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Topic Author's Reply - Nov 7, 2006 - 12:44am PT
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ok ... first, thanks for all the comments, I really didn't think it would get this out of hand... second, I went backpacking in the Red River Gorge (Kin tucky)this weekend ... just got back ...and the stove never exploded once!
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stovegeek
Social climber
olean, NY
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Nov 11, 2006 - 07:40pm PT
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One time i was demonstrating an old optimus 111t to a friend. I carefully filled it to the brim with coleman fuel. (i didn't understand the concept that you can't compress liquid.) I had lit the stove many a time and felt quite comfortable indoors. I pumped the stove 25 or 30 times and lit the stove. It was a little quirky on the startup, but i kept going. After a couple of minutes burning the safety valve on the fuel tank blew sending a small spurt of liquid fuel onto the carpet. It seemed to me that time itself slowed down as i realized what was about to happen. With a whoosh my living room was on fire. Before i could react my friend grabbed a towel and we smothered the stove.
Here's a tip... A wire brush can help break up fused carpet fibers.
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Scoopy
Big Wall climber
Both feet on the ground
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Nov 11, 2006 - 07:56pm PT
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Thanks, this story brought back many many fond memories of students attempting to burn down the John Muir Wilderness. How come youngins can't remember when priming a MSR Whisperlite you must turn the fuel on and then OFF before igniting?
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Crimpergirl
Social climber
Hell on earth wondering what I did to deserve it
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May 20, 2007 - 05:31pm PT
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Um, how did the stove work on the trip?
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Raydog
Trad climber
Boulder Colorado
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May 20, 2007 - 06:03pm PT
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Mighty Hiker - that's a cool drawing of the Nansen Cooker - nest time I'm in Neptune's I'll take some pics of his old stoves, I think he has similar ones.
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perswig
climber
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Jul 29, 2007 - 09:38am PT
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Bump. Cause no-one should miss the OP (and I just came across my saved copy).
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Crimpergirl
Sport climber
Boulder, Colorado!
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Bump again. It's still funny after all these years!
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Fletcher
Trad climber
from the place of breath
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Sep 23, 2010 - 02:56pm PT
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Awesome story... I also have tales of throwing flaming XKG's from tents, but nothing as good as that story.
It reminds me of an all time classic funny story about the squirrel and a cop as told on This American Life. If you have the time, it's worth the listen:
http://www.thisamericanlife.org/radio-archives/episode/115/first-day
Eric
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Roger Brown
climber
Oceano, California
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Sep 23, 2010 - 07:35pm PT
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Thanks,
A little laughter does a heart good:-)
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