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[-] Thorny_Thicket@sopuli.xyz 11 points 1 year ago

When making a fire don't put the tinder directly on the ground. First lay a few logs as a bed to aid with airflow and to get the fire off the moist cold ground. Then put one more log on top of the bed you just made and put the tinder next to it and then continue adding smaller sticks and so on. The point of this final log is to prevent your tinder collapsing on itself and also helps with airflow. With this method I've gotten nearly 100% success rate with my firemaking.

Kinda like this but he used two sticks on top while I just use one that I place the other way around as the bed

[-] Astrealix@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

I learnt this in Scouting! not really a useful tip except in specific situations, but good to know in those specific situations!

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