[pct-l] To Flare or not to Flare

[Gerry Zamora]

Trick candles that's smart,  I will give that a try I wonder how much wind
it takes to blow one out. I carry some of the same just never thought about
the trick candles I love those things.... Good thinking I hear today will be
windy so I will be conducting some field test in my yard with water on hand
in a cleared out area and I figure no need to test a flare we all know how
those work...lol.
Gerry0625
On Feb 13, 2011 7:48 AM, "Diane Soini of Santa Barbara Hikes" <
diane at santabarbarahikes.com> wrote:
> For emergency fire, I had 3 waterproof matches and 3 trick birthday
> candles. I never had to use any of them. I don't know if the trick
> birthday candles would work or not, but it seemed worth a try.
> Diane
> On Feb 13, 2011, at 7:03 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:
>
>> Dear Altathunder,
>>
>> A flare seems so heavy that I never considered carrying one
>> although I share a desire to carry fool proof emergency
>> firestarter. Among the myriad emergency firestarting solutions I
>> carry, my kit contains what I consider my secret weapon: pre-
>> drilled magnesium shavings. I core drilled my (heavy) magnesium
>> block and carry a substantial amount of just the shavings in a
>> sealed bag which is much lighter and easier to deal with in wind
>> then trying to shave a mag block in a survival situation.
>>
>> Sincerely, Lollygag
>>
>> PS Some of the other redundant firestarting tactics I carry are
>> listed below, perhaps it's obvious that I live in the rainy state
>> of Washington...
>>
>> matches
>> lighters
>> waterproof matches
>> mini Swedish fire steel
>> waxed tissue off of homemade cereal bars
>> bag balm (or vaseline) coated cotton balls
>> alcohol based hand sanitizer
>> Heet
>> Esbit
>> char cloth/tinder (sealed)
>> pre-drilled Magnesium swarth
>
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