These fire-building techniques will not help you if you simply pack a how-to manual and hope it’ll help you when you need it.
You’d never put a how-to manual in your glove box in case your kids needed to drive someday. Everybody knows you shouldn’t be on the road without practice.
You can’t get a license without a supervised driving test. Who cares if you can read about driving. They want to see you know it. After all, lives hang in the balance.
Seems everyone searches for “how to start a fire.” As if the starting spark will just blaze into a campfire. It doesn’t.
Almost anyone can start a fire. But then the flame turns into smoke and grows cold.
Most people could never start a real fire without using half a can of gasoline. But since you’ve read this far, I know you’re not going to be like that.
But don’t let all this overwhelm you. Even though there are thousands of hours of experience from countless people wrapped up in this advice here.
And I’m not going to pretend this article will teach you everything. After all, there are many books about this subject.
Just make your fire learning time into play time. Practice these skills in a safe controlled environment. Maybe your own backyard.
And please share this info with others. We both know there are still just a few unprepared people out there. Smile.
Let me know in the comments if you learned something here. Or how your practice sessions are going. Or what I missed.
Learning these fire building techniques is one of the most valuable investments you could ever make. Your experience will bring you a tremendous sense of freedom, accomplishment and peace of mind.