Skills to Survive: Day 2, Fire

Fire. It's essential, especially when you're trying to keep warm in the wild.

Jill and Crew are trying to make a decent fire, but are not quite there.

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[RedFractals1]

Jill Horner is so cute

[wozanicharles]

Wood choices are wide open. I've personally gotten fire with many different mixes. The challenge of pressure, speed and size is fun. Even wet wood can be overcome with a change in technique. Soft on hard, hard on soft, medium wood.... many fun challenges. Craziest for me was center of a palm frond, dry, on orange tree wood. Willow is great.  Got fire with a thick domestic rose bush spindle on Willow board.

Don't teach kids. They will learn it in an afternoon and embarrass you.

[downstube]

@1quinbyboy

I had heard the same thing. So, I never tried a set with alternating wood types. If you have any luck with it you should post a video disproving the myth, if indeed it is one.

[downstube]

Correcting the new broadcaster on the right, the African American fellow says, "...that takes a little skill..."

It takes a large mass of skill mounted on years experience. Unless you can honestly say you have that, then you only understand the concept. You do not have those skills simply because you watched a video on how to do it.

[korneld]

Yes, they should be the same wood material. The Tracker Scool will give you cedar to use, because it is not hard, or soft, but it is kind of in the middle.

[1quinbyboy]

should the spindel be the same wood as your fire board

[randy109]

Just another tip (everybody's got at least 1 "tip"!) - I always put 2 Bic lighters, handful of wood matches, a small block of dryer lint saturated with melted wax in a Baggie wrapped with tape. Small pieces of wax saturated dryer lint will burn hot, and burn even if it gets moist because wax prevents lint from actually getting moist. This Baggie even goes in my day pack when hunting because it is small and only weighs about 3 ounces. Just might save your life...