For all you aspiring MacGyvers - Make fire with ice!

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when trapped in the frozen tundra...use this to make FIRE!

(assuming you have kindling)

 

[notfred]

Too bad it doesn't actually work.

 

[Haircut]

Assuming you were in the frozen tundra without fire, how would you first boil the water to get the ice clear? 😕

 

[Anubis]

thats ALOT harder they they make you think it is

 

[Antisocial Virge]

Great survival tip.

The first instruction is "boil water for 10 minutes" 😉

 

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Originally posted by: Haircut
Assuming you were in the frozen tundra without fire, how would you first boil the water to get the ice clear? 😕

You could melt snow with your own body heat. Duh! 😛

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: Haircut
Assuming you were in the frozen tundra without fire, how would you first boil the water to get the ice clear? 😕

you wouldn't have to because lakes aren't full of air like tap water is.

 

[fonzinator]

I gave a speech called "5 Different Ways to Make a Fire Without Matches" in college. This DOES work. 😀

 

[Jmmsbnd007]

Originally posted by: notfred
Too bad it doesn't actually work.

?

 

[notfred]

Originally posted by: Jmmsbnd007

Originally posted by: notfred
Too bad it doesn't actually work.

?

In my experience, when someone takes a series of photographs documenting some procedure, and the series abruptly stops right before it would be demonstrated that the procedure was a success, it's because he failed.

 

[Eli]

:Q

LOL!

Man, that would be really, really hard.

 

I carry one of these on my keychain.

 

[vi edit]

Yeh, I'm sure that making a lense from a chunk of ice would be a pretty intricate process. I just found in intriguing and thought I'd share.

 

[spanky]

interesting..... very interesting....

 

[KingNothing]

Originally posted by: Roger
I carry one of these on my keychain.

Wouldn't a zippo be easier?

 

[bunker]

Originally posted by: KingNothing

Originally posted by: Roger
I carry one of these on my keychain.

Wouldn't a zippo be easier?

Not very reliable. The fluid tends to dry out.

 

Wouldn't a zippo be easier?

Magnesium burns when wet 🙂

 

[amnesiac]

Originally posted by: KingNothing

Originally posted by: Roger
I carry one of these on my keychain.

Wouldn't a zippo be easier?

Zippos don't work in all conditions. 🙂

 

[dighn]

heard of this when i was a kid. probably wouldn't work b/c the env would be too cold for things to set on fire easily

 

[WinkOsmosis]

That wouldnt work unless you're a master sculptor IMO.

 

Originally posted by: notfred

Originally posted by: Jmmsbnd007

Originally posted by: notfred
Too bad it doesn't actually work.

?

In my experience, when someone takes a series of photographs documenting some procedure, and the series abruptly stops right before it would be demonstrated that the procedure was a success, it's because he failed.

Haha, that's a great point notfred.

 

[Eli]

Originally posted by: Roger
I carry one of these on my keychain.

I should carry one on mine....

 

[morkinva]

Anthony Hopkins taunts Alec Baldwin in THE EDGE about this very subject

 

[ATLien247]

Originally posted by: fonzinator
I gave a speech called "5 Different Ways to Make a Fire Without Matches" in college. This DOES work. 😀

What are the other four?

 

[WinkOsmosis]

Originally posted by: ATLien247

Originally posted by: fonzinator
I gave a speech called "5 Different Ways to Make a Fire Without Matches" in college. This DOES work. 😀

What are the other four?

1. that magnesium thing
2. Zippo
3. two sticks
4. butane torch