Jim

I'm not sure I agree.

Building fire is inherrently equipment and technique oriented. As you know, you have to convert energy into heat (whether you do it with a firebow, a match (or other exothermic reaction), flint and steel, or a battery), catch tinder, and move up. I'm not getting from here to there with no tools to work with, at least not on an acceptable/usuable timescale, no matter how much I know.

My point is that you have to develop both skills and gear, and understand the principles behind the skills you develop and the gear you use... or was that your point and I just talked past you?

Steadman