Quote Originally Posted by Tuckervill View Post
How do you cook if you don't have a fire? How do you stay warm in February if you don't have a fire?

I realize there are many, many different camping situations. I just don't think I could camp if I didn't have a fire. It just wouldn't be camping!

Karen

Camping stove, layers, look at the stars and then go to bed. Cooking on fire is dirty, ineffecient, and wrecks your pots

I detest campfires, and here's why
destructive - once you get out of developed campground, people do incredibly destructive things in the name of having a fire. Multiple fire rings, stripping a forest of down fall, leaving their garbage in it. Few people put fire out correctly.

Who here has ever heard the term "white man fire"? Most people don't know how to build a small utilitarian fire. They think bigger is better. You can cook on a small fire better than a big one.

If you are depending on a fire for warmth, you haven't brought the right kind of clothes and gear. Former snow camper here, I've camped in tents down into the zeros.