[pct-l] Fw: How To Light A Fire Instantly In Snow, Ice, And
Edward Anderson
mendoridered at yahoo.com
Thu Jan 19 18:28:50 CST 2012
Russ,
That's great information on emergency fire starting. Thanks for sharing it. I will add that approach to my survival knowledge. I already bring a very small tube of Vaseline and the cotton balls. I also bring the aluminum foil - the heavier kind that caterers use to keep food warm. I use that when cooking to protect the flame of my stove from the wind.
MendoRider-Hiker
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From: Russell Mease <measerp at gmail.com>
To: pct-l <pct-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2012 12:00 PM
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Fw: How To Light A Fire Instantly In Snow, Ice, And
Here is what I do that works well. Thanks to Tony Nester from Ancient
Pathways, a survival school based out of Flagstaff for this tip - You take
a cottonball and dip your finger into a jar of vaseline, and smear the
cottonball with the vaseline until it is good and wet. You can use 2
cotton balls if you want something more substantial. now use a small
square of tin foil, set the wet cottonball in the middle and fold the foil
over and around the cottonball until it is encased in the foil and about 2
inches by 2 inches square and flat. now cut an "X" in the middle of the
foil just enough to be able to pull out some cotton fibers. You light this
cotton with a match or a firestarter and it will burn a nice flame for a
LONG time. It is also re-usable....just fold down the foil to re-cover the
cotton and store in a zip lok bag. You can use one of them dozens of
times. It ways next to nothing.
-Russ
http://russmease.blogspot.com
-----Original Message-----
From: James Vesely
Sent: Wednesday, January 18, 2012 1:41 PM
To: Edward Anderson ; pct-l at backcountry.net
Subject: Re: [pct-l] Fw: How To Light A Fire Instantly In Snow, Ice, And
Wind
I have found that by soaking cotton balls or round cotton makeup pads in
liquefied wax make great emergency fire starters they are water proof
and burn for a long time.
Jim
Hi Gang,
I thought some on this list might be interested in this. A handfull in a
small Ziplock wouldn't weigh much or take up much space in your pack.
MendoRider-Hiker
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