A butane lighter will only stay warm enough for a few seconds once held out in the open. 5L total would have been adequate. Almost everbody takes way too much fuel probably because of the fear of potentially running out and not being able to melt snow for water. We found that there was only just enough room in there for two however. 1 person died in a climbing fall on Denali pass.
People die here almost every year usually by descending in marginal conditions without belays.
His climbing partner had bruised and or broken ribs and was rescued by helicopter a week later when the weather improved. The other 3 fatalities were caused by a bivvy in a bergshrund to shelter from the storm when the roof fell in on top of them. Since we waited a couple of days for good enough weather to fly out to the glacier we had plenty of time for a little research into the Talkeetna hostelries. In our opinion the only place worth going to is the Latitude. The service in all the other restaurants in town is really lousy.