>>1056024>The tinder is always able to dry out enough to get things going.The problem is you don't always have dry tinder. If the feather stick is even slightly wet, it will not light with a match or a BIC.
Rubber inner tube of a bicycle tire is excellent for getting things going. I learned this from either Uncle Ray or Bushtucker man. Either way, it works and it should be a part of every fire kit.
>wet frozen feather stick. Both air and snow are dry when it's very cold. By snow being dry I mean it rather absorbs water than gives it away. Just because a piece of wood is covered in snow doesn't mean it's wet. Here in the north it's generally not a problem to find dry wood during the winter, as long as you have the tools to cut and split wood.
>>1056451>the humidity was awful and you could wring water out of wood shavings.And this is why you should always carry a splitting tool, be it an axe or a batoning knife to get dry inner wood. Even then, there's no guarantee you'll get a fire going. The exposed dry wood of feather sticks will quickly absorb the humidity from the air. When conditions are bad enough and you don't have resources required (like man-made tinder, or a splitting tool) you will not be able to get a fire going, no matter how skilled you (think you) are.
