Very elegantly put - can I borrow that quote for similar circumstances?
Elegant eh? If you say so. Gets the point I inteded to make I suppose
Very, very hard in deed - if your fingers are frozen. Even mild hypothermia can make this simple task close to impossible.
No offence, I do not know what neck of the wood you are from or what experiences you may have so I am assumeing nothing, but I got 30 years or so living and surviving in the Canadian North. Lighting a fire is not rocket science,It's easy.
A. Don't let your finger get to that point where they are useless. Build a fire before it gets to that point.
B. Keep your lighter inside your jacket, and wear warm mitts. If you dress properly hypothermia shouldn't be an issue.
it is not just a question of operating lighters and matches - you have to use them to set fire to something.
I am really glad you cleared that one up for me. I was wondering what I was doing wrong all these years. Hold on a sec.....
Just in case you are a sensitive type I will make sure I add these from now on.
Not to mention you actually have to collect that wood. 2 feet of snow sort of complicates the task of collecting fire wood.
2 feet of snow? You can't be Canadian. 2 feet is t-shirt weather. Even so, there is usually tons of wood available above the snow line(depending where you are)
Never underestimate the difficulty of gathering enough fuel and setting fire to it when you REALLY need it.
Agreed, the good thing in winter is you can make a huge fire without having to wonder if you are going to set the whole area ablaze. Forest fires are not a concern so once a good fire is going you can add lots of big wood which will burn much longer. A good hot fire will then burn even green wood very well. When I start a fire in Alberta when it's minus 50 deg cel I almost have to strip down to my skivies and stand back about 10 feet. Even then You may scorch your eyebrows. Small fires are for summer. In winter, go big or go home.
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