F*&K ME! I thought. Quickly fumbling with my camera I wasn’t sure whether to photograph this moment or video it.

Get low, keep your distance and try not to get chewed.

Is it the sense of danger when pressurizing the canister? Or perhaps because it removes my knuckle hairs when igniting. My old 1970’s Coleman camp stove is perhaps my favorite piece of camping equipment

Stunning and Sobering

.. perhaps I was getting a little delusional after being awake for 30 hours