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Originally Posted by MikeWaters
It's disappointing that he was not able to make a fire. I imagine that most of fuel was wet, but still...I was reading on one of the sites above...you get tree lichen and put it on your stomach to dry it. Good tinder to start a fire.
I think I will practice fire building. My asst. SM bought a magnesium/flint thing, and was unable to start a fire with it. I'll get my own and practice.
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Primitive fire-starting is more difficult than you think.
Those flint and steel things are fun, but not practical. If you have the foresight to bring one of those, why not take a pocket full of regular lighters?
I haven't followed the Kim story very closely. Did they have a car? There were some folks a few years ago that got stuck in the snow in a rented jeep in southern Utah and froze to death after a week or so. Seems to me that they could have drained a little gas from the tank and used the cig lighter or something to ignite it.