Battery dies at 1700. Overcast. Mixed hardwood forest. You have 90 minutes of daylight. What are your first three priorities — in order — and why?

After setting up my Emergency Shelter I set up and kindled a fire using the horizontal raised elevation. I used wind proof matches, and yes I had to use the second staged match. Pure and simple smothered the first match. After the tinder bundle of birch bark and flower tops got going, the batoned birch dry hardwood took well. The tinder was natural, kindling manufactured from dry storage cord wood, and the fuel was the same. Everything in the two stick fire was batoned or chipped with a Fiskers hatchet.

Welcome to the new members, we look forward to interacting and learning together. "Never too old to learn, never too young to teach." We're all over the place at the moment so feel free to hop in on the next weekly challenge. Looking forward to this spring and fairer weather. Introduce ourselves to each other in the replies.

Remember to post your results and your AAR. What was supposed to happen, what actually happened, what would you recommend to continue doing, what would you change. Then standby for next week's challenge.

This simple picture may not look like much but for about a decade I have been trying to ignite char off from a knife. Migizi Outdoors Bushcraft / Survival Knife and Ohio chert for the win. Just an ember, just for fun, great big smile.