Bob Patton wrote:
Although I carry some kitchen matches in a water-proof container, I would
hypothesize that building a fire is NOT a good idea (except maybe for
smoke
signals) and that one is better off with a small modern stove and fuel. A
fire will keep you (or at least one side of you!) warm for a while, but
the
energy expended in building and maintaining the fire may add to the danger
of hypothermia.

If you're cold, wet, and in the middle of nowhere,
the ability to build a fire will keep you alive.
Stoves are fine for boiling water, but it takes a lot
more heat than that to get a person warm and dry.

--
Rusty Hook
Laramie, Wyoming