Speaking of starting a fire in very cold, very adverse weather conditions, if you boys and girls have never read Jack London's short story, To Build A Fire, take heed where you build your fire. A good read.

I, as almost everyone here, have always carried several ways to make a fire in adverse weather. Used it twice. Glad I had my stuff and knew how to use it.

L.W.


"Always go straight forward, and if you meet the devil, cut him in two and go between the pieces." (William Sturgis, clipper ship captain, 1830s.)