Do you cook under your tarp?

[Bushwhacker]

fight the coons and mice off, from a comfortable position.

And you have the benefit of a tripwire to warn you when they're making their move.

[Eddie Robinson]

I've used gas under the tarp, I'd happily use my alchol stove too, wouldn't be able to bring myself to use a wood burning stove or fire near the tarp for fear of burning holes in the tarp or hammock
I've some home made wax burners (tuna can with tightly rolled corrugated card in it then filled with molten wax) that once I've tried them mat get used under the tarp

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[Eddie Robinson]

Oh and being in uk smell of cooking under the tarp isn't likely to attract anything higher up the food chain 😉

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[outsidezion]

http://http://paulkirtley.co.uk/2011...your-day-pack/

I have a fire under my tarp all the time: backpacking, day hiking, hunting.... keep it small and no worries. Would I risk it under a cuben fiber? Yeah, I probably would while backpacking but I would find dry, non-sappy wood. You would not believe how warm a small fire under a tarp can be.

You will note that your tarp and gear will smell of woodsmoke.... can it get any better?

[Bushwhacker]

http://http://paulkirtley.co.uk/2011...your-day-pack/

I have a fire under my tarp all the time: backpacking, day hiking, hunting.... keep it small and no worries. Would I risk it under a cuben fiber? Yeah, I probably would while backpacking but I would find dry, non-sappy wood. You would not believe how warm a small fire under a tarp can be.

You will note that your tarp and gear will smell of woodsmoke.... can it get any better?

Do you have a hammock? If so, would you use it near your underquilt?

[outsidezion]

Do you have a hammock? If so, would you use it near your underquilt?

This forum would be an odd place to hang if I didn't have a hammock.

No, I do not use an open flame near my underquilt. It takes about 3 seconds to drop one side of of my hammock from a whoopie sling/toggle for backpacking stove cooking or fire purposes.

[Pyrogen]

I don't think boiling water for oatmeal really counts, and my alcohol stove making skills are pretty bad, but if you think it counts, then yes.

[zukiguy]

I "cook" under the tarp all the time when the weather is bad but that's just boiling water and dumping in a bag. In fact, my other hiking buddies had to hide out under there with me in a rainstorm. I don't think I'd ever try a wood fire or stove. Silnylon is going to lose the fight with most any kind of spark/ember. I don't have the experience with trying to keep the fire small even in a small stove.

[Scouter_Ken]

Keep food well away from your sleeping area unless you are 1000% sure that there are no bears within miles. OK to boil water, but unless you want to be a tempting soft taco for some hungry bear

best practice is to have your cooking area and all smelling stuff well away from your sleeping area

link to bearmuda triangle
http://www.toothoftimetraders.com/be...angle/640/dept

[Wise Old Owl]

Clearly nobody here has used a titanium wood stove. So you get a small hole from an "accident" Your tarp was never designed to last forever.