sorry--for a canoe country ditch vest the Bic's are out..
i'm sure i'll find a good torch lighter between now and when
the lakes open in the spring..this lighter would not be a
long term..many use sort of thing..it only has to light ONE
fire..and thats the one i would make ASAP pulling myself out
of the lake and grubbing together a pile of wood and getting
a heat tab into it..the altitude would never be over the
1500 foot level..and all down hill to Hudson's Bay..i would
not expect freezing weather--just wet and cold..i won't be
refilling the lighter--i just want something that i can strike
and get a big flame without holding the lever down so i can
"hose down" a heat tab--candle stub--birch bark--twigs--
whatever and get a fire going..that done i can warm up..
make a hot drink..build a shelter and blow in that whistle
untill help comes..----the chances of this happening are
so remote that i don't even think i would invest in a PLB
unless i was going much farther north..i have no problem
making a fire--see my "one match--wet wood" post..