DieGeister on Nostr: Survival Fire Fire separates man from beast. It allows us life. Without fire we would ...

Survival Fire
Fire separates man from beast.
It allows us life. Without fire we would be extinct.
Learn to make Fire now, while you are comfortable and rested. Notnwhen you are on the run and tired, desperate and cold.
Learn to make Fire with what you can find in the wild, in nature. Add to that the tools of modern man like a flint and steel, ferrocerium rod and knife, butane lighter, cotton, fatwood, gum wrapper and AA battery, convex lens, ice, water bottle... learn it all.

Building a fire is an art form. The flame is just a start. At the bottom on dry ground place the finest dry tinder like cotton, fine scrapped bark from cedar trees, steel wool, etc... Then layer very small wood shavings. Add a little bigger as you go up. I like a pyramid style pile with an opening to the tinder for the flame.
Protect it from the wind and rain.
Fire is life.
The tinder will take the flame, and the flame will consume the smaller kindling first and build to consume even big logs or trees.
Like a living creature it seeks out more food/fuel.

Don't let the fire spread from the place you want it. Uncontrolled fire can be destructive and deadly. This is a two edged sword. Fire is a weapon of war as well.

Practice the hard ways until it is easy. The easy ways will be gravy.