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How to Start a Camp Fire When Camping |
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The first thing you need to do when setting up camp is make sure your tent is away from the camp fire or up wind from it. Before you start a camp fire always have a bucket of water, sand or dirt near by for safety. Once you are ready to build a fire you need to find some wood to start the fire. Try to build it on sandy or rocky ground. Soft forest floors have too much flammable material nearby. They also have roots near the surface that can catch fire. The easiest camp fire to start is a tee pee fire. Place your kindling in the form of a tee pee. You can also try pyramid fires, lean-to fires. you want a nest in the middle of your kindling, where you will light your tinder or kindling. To help start a camp fire you can use lint from your pocket, cattail seed head down, fine dry grass, cotton twine, cotton cloth, dry-rotted wood, and some dry fungus's that grow on trees. You can also use the following that light with a match or lighter include paper, birch bark, straw, pine sap, wax paper, dead dry leaves, cardboard, plastic, and dry materials soaked in vegetable or motor oil. Keep dry wood covered and out of the rain. If you build the camp fire correctly you should have some hot coals left over to start your next camp fire. Make sure to pack water proof matches or fire starters that can be purchased at sporting goods stores.
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Ā Camping out in the woods is a great experience. Cooking and singing around the camp fire is relaxing and fun. Camp fires are sometimes hard to get started and lit, here are some ideas and tips on how to build a camp fire. The best way to learn how to start a camp fire is to practice before you go camping.
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... Never was a camp fire girl or anything but my son knows how to do this since he was a scout. thanks for sharing something that I've always wanted to learn. |
