pict: I'm glad you said it before I did <img src="images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /> I don't have nearly the wilderness experience Gene seems to have, but I was a little shocked <img src="images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" /> to read about an experienced outdoorsman going into a situation like that without even waterproof matches.

Florida's one thing - I'd hate to make a mistake like that in northern Alberta at 30 below <img src="images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />

Maybe "book-learning" isn't such a bad idea after all, Gene. <img src="images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

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