Rough Camping & Survival Tips

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I think basic fire building is something we all to often overcomplicate, lots of surface area and dry materials, with space to breath, and built higher than it is wide.
Fire loves chaos!
Heat, o2, and fuel.
Manipulation of these elements to achieve success comes with practice, there is no single secret or formula to sustainability.
Wisdom built on experience is the true equation of proficiency and repeatability!
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[Art Lambart II]

Fire starting is all about the prep. The more fine surface area the better, if you fill your hat with fine material you should make a fire without a problem.

 

[Art Lambart II]

Today my daughter asked for hotdogs on the open fire for dinner, to which I replied the snow just melted everything is wet or at best damp. She replied but daddy your good at starting fires, so once again it was Bushcraft dad to the rescue. After 20 min or so of searching the yard for "dry" tinder, I was able to fill half of my hat with "dry" grass. I am also blessed to have a mature pine tree in the corner of my yard that produces lots of pine cones every year, so I picked up a few of those off the ground as well. I decided I would try to start this fire with my "Bushcraft Belt Kit" just to get some practice with it in less than ideal conditions. I built a base for the fire using 3 forearm thick logs and placed my "dry" grass on top of my base (never start a fire without a good base, the ground is always damper than you think) and pulled out my 6" inch Ferro rod and my 30-year-old "Cold Steel" copy of an Opinel #6. After about 6 strikes on the Ferro rod, my grass bundle lit, and I held one pine cone in the flame until it was burning, added two more pine cones and a bundle of pencil or smaller sized kindling and I had a fire, 20 minutes later I was roasting hotdogs with a very happy 9-year-old.

Pine cones are a wonderful finder source, they are very easy to light with an open flame, they are full of pine resin, and burn very hot for 1-2 minutes depending on the size of the pine cone. It's not cheating if mother nature provided it, it's just good woodsmanship.

 

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Download pdf shelter plans here...

25 Download Free PDF Fallout Shelter Designs

If you've ever longed for a bunker or underground shelter, the fallout shelter designs from the Cold War era offer a variety of blueprints to choose from.

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