Carrying a coal

[rich59]

If I wanted to carry fire while walking for 4-6 hours then how would I do it without risk of burning myself and being fairly sure it didn't go out? Anyone tried it?

I guess a chunk of piptoporus betulinus (razor strop) might do it, with reduced air entry to keep it from burning too fast, but what might be the best formula?

 

[PatrickM]

Thread the razerstrop through a withe and tie into a loop. One hand sized fungi will burn for approx 2-3 hours. Average sized hoof fungi will burn approx12-14 hours.

 

[oetzi]

I use one of these to carry glowing ember. Maybe not the most traditional way to do it, but it works and is cheap and unobstrusive
http://www.kraxel.com/detail_1656.html

 

[Jeff Wagner]

Coals that are bedded in within a quantity of fine ash, and therefore have restricted access to oxygen, last for hours and hours. If one was to scoop up the remants of a dying hearth fire into a bark container, the still live coals can be carried for many miles and then blown back to life at the new camp. This method has an advantage over carrying a live coal in a fungus since little or no smoke is given off from the glowing charcoal.

 

[demographic]

Handwarmer, job sorted.

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