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Howdy,
Coming back from a work trip yesterday, I decided to stop and practice my firemaking skills in the snow.
I intentionally didn't put on gloves, so my hands would be wet and cold from gathering wood.
The snow was over 2' deep, so it was difficult to travel too far to get wood and it was starting to melt, so it was "raining" from the melting snow on the trees. Even the "old man's beard" on the tree trunks was damp.
I found some thick bark on a stump that was relatively dry and gave me a good base to start the fire on. Using the axe, I was able to chop up the bark like wood, to get dry fuel.
I also found a good pitch stump close by and was able to chop into it.
I only used a firesteel w/ striker (goinggear!!) and a PJB cotton ball to start the fire. One strike and it lit, and got the pitchwood going. I piled thin, damp limps over the small fire to dry them out.
It took awhile to generate enough heat, but finally the fire really go going!
Coming back from a work trip yesterday, I decided to stop and practice my firemaking skills in the snow.
I intentionally didn't put on gloves, so my hands would be wet and cold from gathering wood.
The snow was over 2' deep, so it was difficult to travel too far to get wood and it was starting to melt, so it was "raining" from the melting snow on the trees. Even the "old man's beard" on the tree trunks was damp.
I found some thick bark on a stump that was relatively dry and gave me a good base to start the fire on. Using the axe, I was able to chop up the bark like wood, to get dry fuel.
I also found a good pitch stump close by and was able to chop into it.
I only used a firesteel w/ striker (goinggear!!) and a PJB cotton ball to start the fire. One strike and it lit, and got the pitchwood going. I piled thin, damp limps over the small fire to dry them out.
It took awhile to generate enough heat, but finally the fire really go going!
