To Build a Fire
To build a fire
how does the man know the approximate temperature
how does the man know the approximate temperature
The man spits into the air and it freezes before it hits the ground.
He spat again. And again, in the air, before it could fall to the snow, the spittle crackled. He knew that at fifty below spittle crackled on the snow, but this spittle had crackled in the air. Undoubtedly it was colder than fifty below.