Originally Posted by
gauvins
Yup. And not obvious what to do (ex refill an "official" fuel bottle, strap on top of the other stuff; do you discard excess fuel, how, etc.).
The more info I get, the more I think that, in Ladakh, canister will be the default option (available in several towns due to the popularity of trekking), in addition to a small emergency alcohol stove and hand sanitizer. Or perhaps learning the best way to cook on yak dung which apparently can fuel a backpacking wood stove
Ya, I've jammed an oversize flexible-ish France grocery store bought large bottle into a bottle cage after filling my official red MSR bottle, just to take it along, figuring if it leaked it would be better there than in a pannier. I probably left this in a campsite area for others, and at end of trips, I have also given extra fuel to regular people for them to use.
That makes sense about cannisters with trekking popularity, and an alcohol stove as backup seems like a good idea.
Cow dung is burnt in India non? I know someone who grew up in a house where they used peat in the stove, and it apparently has a very particular smell, as I'm sure Yak dung does also !