Stove fuel on Vinson
Also called: Enough gas, Fuel, Fuel to cook and melt snow
What it is for
Gas canisters or liquid fuel for the stove. You cannot fly with fuel, so it is bought on arrival.
What Vinson asks for
Standard
Your operator's; climbers carry a share on the move up
⚖Fuel, empty fuel containers and cartridges, batteries and plastics leave Antarctica with whoever brought them; on Vinson all garbage, leftover food and fuel is carried off the mountain.
Source
Protocol on Environmental Protection to the Antarctic Treaty, Annex III (Waste Disposal and Waste Management), Art. 2(1), 2(2) and 4(3) — https://documents.ats.aq/recatt/Att010_e.pdf; ALE environmental ethic — "All garbage, leftover food and fuel are removed from the mountain", https://antarctic-logistics.com/about-ale/environmental-ethic/
Kinds
- Fuel Canisters
- Fuel Bottles
Other mountains
- Standard on: Everest, Aconcagua, Denali, Vinson, Kosciuszko, Carstensz Pyramid
- Team equipment on: Kilimanjaro, Elbrus
