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Posted by Bill S on September 12, 2007 at 2:46:35 pm EDT
In reply to building a campfire - sometimes it's just not right posted by bheiser1 on September 11, 2007 at 7:08:52 pm EDT

BH,

Well, I gotta edicate ya. The fire rings on peaks and passes are intended as signal pyres. They tell the whole world that "I AM HERE! I AM GREAT! I HAVE POWER!" They are closely related to other signalling and messaging practices, like painted graffiti, initials and names carved into trees (and gouged into soft rock), FRS radios (which are used to loudly convey information like "I am here, where are you?"), and other similar Conveyances Of Important Information. Sometimes the fire ring bonfires are insufficient, so the practitioners set the whole forest on fire (like Mark Twain and his friends did at the north end of Lake Tahoe). It's also closely related to trundling rocks off mountain peaks and canyon rims.

Just be glad you didn't find one of the "reflector rocks" - you know, the tall, flat-faced boulder that people use to build their bonfires next to, which reflect the heat to the crowd standing 10 feet back (because it's too hot), and then commemorate their glorious deed with a 6 to 10 foot tall blackened face on the formerly white granite boulder.

And it proves that the super-macho Outdoorsmen can light a fire! I can't believe you didn't know this ;)

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