06/28/2018 / By Zoey Sky
Every survivalist worth their salt will tell you that knowing how to build a proper camp fire is an important skill to learn. It can keep you warm in cold weather, protect you from wild animals, and you can use it to cook. But did you know that there is a way to build a camp fire that doesn’t need to be constantly tended?
Building a self-feeding camp fire is not too complicated. Try to imagine a candle and how it burns. Take note of how the wick remains alight and how it “burns down into the wax” very slowly.
When building a fire, you must first make a pile of fuel wood. Put the biggest pieces on the bottom and the smaller pieces on top. Once you’ve constructed a large and solid platform using the wood, start a very small fire on the top of the pile, which will create a small bed of coals.
The coals will “gain strength as they slowly burn down through the many layers of fuel wood” the same way that a candle wick burns through wax. If you use a lot of wood, your fire will burn longer. Since it’s burning down, you won’t have to add more wood to keep the fire going. (Related: Grid down? 6 Ways to cook when there’s absolutely no electricity.)
Now that you know how to build a self-feeding camp fire, don’t forget the steps to properly putting out fires:
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