Originally Posted By TomD

There is a Jack London short story called "To Start A Fire" about a guy who gets lost and freezes to death in Alaska because he can't start a fire. Worth reading, if a bit depressing.


Is that the one where the dude, after immense struggling and coaxing, actually achieves a flame, only to have a blob of snow slip from an overhanging branch and snuff his fire? Definitely a major bummer. It should be mandatory reading for anyone in the outdoors.