In defense of this method, I was able to locate false tinder fungus in the same forest. My ice lens was long gone but it formed a coal almost instantly with my pocket sized flat plastic lens. Had I used this instead of weeds seed heads as my initial tinder the test would have been a success. I just made fire with a piece of it wrapped in shredded cedar bark from further up in the forest.
In all fairness though that broken Cedar tree yielded a nice fire board and spindle, in addition to a big ball of tinder. I still think that fire from ice is a viable method given clear ice, clear skies, and the proper tinder. Making a friction fire from the cedar tree would have been a better method given the weather. Mac
In all fairness though that broken Cedar tree yielded a nice fire board and spindle, in addition to a big ball of tinder. I still think that fire from ice is a viable method given clear ice, clear skies, and the proper tinder. Making a friction fire from the cedar tree would have been a better method given the weather. Mac
