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Took some time this weekend to work on my cooking skills (or rather my heat stuff in a pot while my wife preps everything else skills).
My son and I searched the area for some branches to make a tripod, which was much harder than I thought. I tried to find one with a strong branch so that it would hold my "pot hook". It ended up working really well!
Some nicely baton'ed planks to use as a fire base. I usually have a lot of leftovers from the previous fire that are wet. This helps to "recycle them" without giving me trouble starting the new fire.
I still prefer a nice for batoning smaller pieces of wood, I tried to use my SFA as much as possible to work on my axe skills. But as it was already really dark (even though you can't tell from the flash in the photos), I felt much safer using my knife for kindling sized pieces, whereas my axe made quick work of the larger stuff.
My son made the PJCB for this one (with some help).
Tripod in actions
Hopefully this picture makes sense. I have a smaller branch that I could remove easily to make moving the pot easier. I was able to adjust the height my tripod legs as the fire went from blazing flames to hot coals.
Mmm, kale soup! I was worried that this was too much weight for my pot hanger, but it did great!
Another picture showing the pot hanger:
I had a blast. What are some other methods for creating a pot hanger?
L!
My son and I searched the area for some branches to make a tripod, which was much harder than I thought. I tried to find one with a strong branch so that it would hold my "pot hook". It ended up working really well!
Some nicely baton'ed planks to use as a fire base. I usually have a lot of leftovers from the previous fire that are wet. This helps to "recycle them" without giving me trouble starting the new fire.
I still prefer a nice for batoning smaller pieces of wood, I tried to use my SFA as much as possible to work on my axe skills. But as it was already really dark (even though you can't tell from the flash in the photos), I felt much safer using my knife for kindling sized pieces, whereas my axe made quick work of the larger stuff.
My son made the PJCB for this one (with some help).
Tripod in actions
Hopefully this picture makes sense. I have a smaller branch that I could remove easily to make moving the pot easier. I was able to adjust the height my tripod legs as the fire went from blazing flames to hot coals.
Mmm, kale soup! I was worried that this was too much weight for my pot hanger, but it did great!
Another picture showing the pot hanger:
I had a blast. What are some other methods for creating a pot hanger?
L!
