Boiling water with hot rocks.

[Wulf202]

you need to slowly heat the rocks to bake the moisture out of their center to keep them from exploding while being heated. theres no real cure for them exploding when theyre quenched in the water as thats rock selection. finding a flat rock to put in the center of your coals to stack your hot rocks on will keep them out of the soot/ash. an initial rinse would be advised. you can also place hot rocks in your bedding to keep warm on cold nights. exchange them when they get cold and stoke your fire

[Irving]

The flat rock is a good idea, but I can't imagine having such a large fire that I could sacrifice coals, or not have active flames.

[jerrymrc]

Does anyone else find this weird? Better to burn the body that to just pile hot rocks on it Stuart. Oh sorry, wrong topic. Continue.

[Wulf202]

How about pasteurizing at 165 F?

Great idea but if you're using rocks to heat water you literally don't have a pot to piss in, so you probably not have a temperature device.

[Wulf202]

it was just pointed out to me that this does not apply to volcanic rock. It contains micro organisms that can live at 900 degrees F

[Irving]

Yeah but are they bad organisms? I assume they are.

Anyway, is ashy water safe to drink?

[Wulf202]

Depends on the ash. Coal? hell no. Wood ash yes in moderation, though it may cause digestion problems. If you're burning printed paper, I'd advise against it due to the funky stuff that can be produced from the inks but I have no real proof that it will harm.

Eating some charcoal from your (cooled) fire is a good way to stop the runs, FYI.