gear freak,<br><br>I could not agree more about the stove choice. I use both the MSR Whisperlite and the original multifuel (G/K?) stoves. I find both to have been completely reliable, have great performance and most importantly are easily field maintainable. Only once have I had to repair my G/K in the field, (really dirty kerosene), and it took me about 5 minutes before I was cooking at full roar once again.<br><br>There are many reasons to carry surplus fuel for such stoves, big time tea drinking, melting snow, hot chocolate for the entire Boy Scout troop you find by the lake....boiling up water after you have broken your leg, and waiting for your companion and the SAR team to arrive...