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If there's cedar trees and maybe birch, you've got a very good chance. Don't "waste" anything.. know in advance.In bad weather your better off conserving your warmth and wrapping up in a space blanket than wasting your time trying to start a fire 8n the cold rain even with a bic...
Absolutely. In some situations you'll die if you get too cold though. let's all try to not dieWell, its not just about starting a fire... Its about keeping it going. In order to do that you have to expose yourself to the rain to collect enough wood to last all night. If you can find any dry enough wood at all.
That's the general goal yes.Absolutely. In some situations you'll die if you get too cold though. let's all try to not die
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I prefer the drier lint to have the wax/vaseline/et. al. on the outside and not on the inside of the lint. This makes it easier to start with the plain lint (after you break it open) and then the covering helps it last longer.
A few months into the rainy season, all wood outside that isn't under some kind of cover is soaked all the way through and it takes weeks of being inside a low humidity house for it to dry out. You can throw a gallon of gas on it and it won't stay burning once the gas has burnt off.
Yep. Fire is generally bad. Read it on the innermet. lol
I hears ya. A shovel is nice and handy to dig a hole for yourself is what you're saying? lolWhen you live on a mountain covered in trees, yes, fire is bad - at least during the summer. More than once a fire has gotten out of control up here. Fortunately we have a fire dept. that is quick to respond.
but what does that mean?Well how 'bout the" one truth ".. do what you gotta/can do to keep yourself alive.
What does that mean?but what does that mean?.
I hears ya. A shovel is nice and handy to dig a hole for yourself is what you're saying? lol
Did I ever say that people don't and won't die of hypothermia? Of course they do and will. I honestly don't think warmth caused someone to die of hypothermia.but what does that mean?
when someone asks about survival, you just tell them to man up and do what ever you gotta do?
then they go out and SHTF and they spend all night getting soaked trying to keep a fire going they get exhausted and the fire goes out then they get hypothermia and die, even though they might have lived wrapped up like a burrito in a space blanket, or teepee (tent).
I always think of the red herring too.What I am saying is that way too much emphasis is placed on being able to build a fire as a survival skill, and not enough on staying dry, dressing in layers and being able to carry/find shelter out of the elements. I.E., being prepared.
When I first moved to the mountain it was a very dry summer and we had zero rain until late October and then I felt safe from the city idiots who thought whenever they went out into the woods to get their deer that they just had to build a campfire even though the daytime temps were in the 60s and nights in the high 40s to 50s, and there was a high fire danger warning.
Those of us who have more than a few acres, each acre with about $10K to $20K worth of timber, and a decent house/shop on top of that, tend to worry about such things, even here on the wet-side (which gets drier every summer due to climate change).
We put blood sweat and tears into our properties and we don't want to come home to this:
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