Only YOU can prevent campfires!

Most people know that campfires are smelly, messy, dangerous, wasteful, and remove us even further from the nature and wilderness we're trying to experience while out camping. Nevertheless, wherever I go in the backcountry I'm always running into the charred and scarred remains of some over-sized campfire that'll be a blight on our fragile Colorado landscape for the next decade. Whenever you create a campfire you're scaring away the wildlife, blocking out the stars, and shrouding your own camp in useless light and smoke. So, why not try camping WITHOUT a fire next time? If you really need to heat a meal, or brew some coffee, try one of those very energy efficient Earth-friendly backpacking stoves or even a solar oven! The main thing is that we need to stop denuding the forest just to roast a few marshmallows and hot dogs - neither of which aren't healthy for us anyway!!!

Oh, here's my personal page on other low impact techniques for the backcountry:

http://www.rogerwendell.com/softly.html

07-27-2008

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[benrennik]

New Hampshire Wildfire fighter here.....thank you for posting this video.....oh and just putting it out there for the people that bash this guy...the fines associated...yeah you'll think twice next time when lighting a fire in a restricted area.. just putting it out there....thank you again for posting this video

[zeekzilch]

Thank you for the fires you've fought for us!

- Roger J. Wendell

Golden, Colorado

[relic934]

Brings wild life in Ecpesially Green wood of soft tree's

[666JoshF666]

o shut up

fire saves lives

keeps hyperphermia from kicking in

cooks food

scares off insects an animals

therefore making camping alot safer

thar is nothing wrong with making a big campfire

go film a nuclear power station and complain about how much co2 THAT gives off, and how much THAT ruins the view

[backpackeroven]

I agree lets use Stoves or Backpacker Oven to cook. Todays stove can weigh as little as 5 oz. and the Backpacker Oven can bake items in less than 10 min. So save energy and resorces and lets not detroy the wilderness.