Ways To Make A Campfire Essay

They say that there is more than one way to skin a cat, well, there is also more than one way to make a campfire. Sometimes when you are out in the wild you have to use the materials that are at hand. Try these ways or making a campfire.

1. USE A MATCH

Get a match. Oh, you were looking for something more dramatic? More challenging? OK, that's coming. However, when you have been out hunting or hiking all day and want nothing more than to sit next to a nice campfire and cook your dinner, check your pockets for a match first. That's the easiest way to make a campfire except for maybe that gun looking contraption your wife uses for lighting her smelly candles.

2. USE FRICTION

Try some friction based fire making. Every cowboy movie since the beginning of time has at least one scene where someone rubs two sticks together and makes fire. They make it look so

USE A BOW DRILL

Make a bow drill. This is probably the easiest way to make a fire if you are using a friction fire starting method. It is very good at keeping the pressure and speed necessary to produce an ember. The same rules apply as far as the wood for your fireboard and spindle (about as big around as your thumb). You will need a strong shoelace of piece of leather for this.

A. Prepare your fireboard as you would if you were doing the hand drill method. Cut a V-shaped notch in the side and create a slight depression at the top of the V. Tie the string to both ends of a stick, as if you are making a bow, but leave the string a little loose. The stick can be any wood, it just needs to be pretty sturdy. Place a piece of bark under the V to catch the ember.

B. Set the spindle in the depression and loop the string of the bow around it. Use a piece of wood or a rock to place over the top of the spindle to give you more leverage as you bear down.

C. Saw the bow back and forth very vigorously so that the looped bow string rotates the spindle. Keep making the sawing motion until an ember is