Making a simple fire
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Making a simple fire
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 Making a simple fire One of the things I always like to work on is fire building
when I go on vacation. Part of the challenge this time is most of the wood was
damp or wet. Why practice? It
is a good skill to learn, it may save your life one day. I work on trying to
see the least amount of tinder it takes to get it started. Here is a quick series of pictures
that show you the preferred way I like to build mine.
I use a log on one side (right
side of the picture) and the place my tinder on the use small branches and split wood on top. I prefer this set up for
a couple of reasons; first it is simple, second it serves to to basic principles needed to make fire. What I mean us you need a
way to start the paper (tinder), then it starts the smaller branches and small split wood to burn.  The you can add larger wood
as you the fire starts and is burning well.. Just like any other skill
it must be practiced, you don’t want to learn this skill when your family is wet and cold, looking to you to do something. How ill you cook without you electric stove?
This is one way. Cooking over a fire is a
skill that needs to be practiced; it is not as easy as the movies make it look. You could do worse then cooking
meat and bread over the fire. Besides it is fun, at least
now it is. When cooking and not ruining the food is not the difference between
life and death.
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