"Forgot" to bring a hatchet

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So, I went camping a couple weeks ago, and conveniently forgot to bring my hatchet :D.
Really nice location, in Field, BC:
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My wife and some friends were bicycle touring, and the girls and I drove up to join with them in the Jeep. As you can guess from the hanging glacier in the picture, it was not exactly the warmest locale, so we needed a fire. But no-one had a hatchet. So, I popped out the RC4 and got to work:
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Buddy kept saying "we should just go borrow an axe or something", but he never moved - just watched what I was doing, kind of unbelieving. Needless to say, I had a fire going shortly, even though it was quite damp, and we had a ripper before long. In the morning, I repeated the process!
 
I'm jealous. I've been borderline obsessed with BC for a while now and this seals the deal. Nice to see the knife got some action, too.
 
Wow, beautiful county. We sure don't have scenery like that here in Missouri.

RC-4 FTW! I had mine about 5 minutes before I batoned with it. Great knife, my favorite for sure.
 
thats a great view.. thanks for posting. makes me jealous that i am stuck in my office haha
 
I don't have any pics quite the same idea as that, but I put together a little gallery of my pics from the Rockies: http://gallery.me.com/digeraticomputing#100055

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Keep in mind, these pics are from BC, Alberta, and Montana. I have included pics from the "proper" rockies, as well as smaller ranges of the Rockies.
 
cool. but I can bet that you'd never forget the RC-4 and bring the hatchet ;)
 
your killing me with those Rocky's pictures. I lived in Montana for a season doing backcountry trail work, and I loved it. It is one of the most beautiful places I have ever been. I guess I will now go back and look at my pictures from that summer...
 
it was 111 degrees where I was last nite.
6 hours at a double header baseball game for my sons' high school team...
100 % humidity...it rained 5 miles over..we could see the lightning...but just a total steam-bath where we were.

Spending that time soaked to the bone...those pics look really nice, brother! Good job on the fire prep with the RC-4 too!
 
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