Lighting Esbit using Fire Steel

[Jon Fong / Flat Cat Gear]

I put out this video 8 year ago, how to light Esbit using fire steel.  It can take between 1-10 attempts to get it lit but it is a good skill to develop in case of emergencies.

Skip ahead to the 1 minute mark for the details.

 

[Dustin V]

I wonder if a blob of hand sanitizer would be easy to spark and hot enough to get an Esbit going.

We did Kalalau a couple of years ago and after hiking in that kind of heat/humidity what I really wanted was popsicles for dinner.

[Jon Fong / Flat Cat Gear]

Hand sanitizer would work great.  I would not normally ever light Esbit using Fire Steel, this is just a video to demonstrate that it can be done, not that you should deliberately count on it.  Purely survival mode.  My 2 cents.

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