This was my point all along unless you missed it. You go out into the wilderness prepared to survive if you have to. Unless I totally missed something the name of this website is "equipped to survive" Right ?
If you haven't invested the practice into the very simple task of starting fires in bad weather then what are you doing wandering the Canadian wilderness with nothing but a few meager supplies and a space blanket? I do not wish anyone harm but I hope people will use this as an example and not try to be wilderness survival heroes unless they really know what they are doing. This guy did not die doing something he loved. He died slowly freezing to death wishing to hell he had packed the proper gear necessary to survive in the wilderness this time of year. I hate to sound crude, but "it is what it is" as they say.



I don't know, maybe you haven't.

My first step is usually to seek shelter from said friggin blizzard, not try and light a fire right in the middle of one. Always works for me...
To each his own