Good post! IMO, tinder is the key. My current favorite is dryer lint with Bag Balm. Bag Balm is mostly vaseline but has antiseptic qualities (redundancy). I also carry in my PSK what I call "micro flares." I make them this way: take a British lifeboat match and duct tape three kitchen matches (strike anywhere) just back of the lifeboat match head. Then dip the whole rig in paraffin several times to cover the kitchen matches and leave the lifeboat head exposed. One of these is my "last ditch" fire. Once you see one burn they are very reassuring and quite small! <img src="/images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />