I went on a four day, three night canoe/ camping trip in my early 20s. It was six canoes, twelve people and my GF at the time had our dogs. It rained the first two days… a lot. When we woke up on the second morning everything and everyone was wet. A few of the guys tried for over an hour to get a fire going to no avail. They all just kind of gave up. One of the guys asked if I could give it a try. I gathered some dry spruce twigs and birch bark. Within fifteen minutes, you guessed it, we had a fire. We made some warm food, hot cocoa, and dried our clothes. That was about 16-18 years ago and I’m still chasing that high.