Backpacker Stumbles Upon Snow-Covered Plane, What He Finds Inside Surprises Him

Setting the Fire

Kneeling close, he scraped his flint until sparks caught. A tiny flame flickered into life, fragile at first. He shielded it with cupped hands, feeding it slowly until it grew steadier.

Heat licked upward, and Lucas’s heart lifted. He had made his first wilderness fire, and against the odds, it burned strong and bright.