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I feel like campfire is necessary to complete the camping experience.


Then you definitely don't want to backpack west of the Mississippi. Out here in the west, fires are increasingly banned for most of the backpacking season (which corresponds to forest fire season). Even if it's unusually wet, fires are often illegal above a certain altitude (due to a shortage of fuels) or in popular areas.
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May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view--E. Abbey