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Man in the Creek Fire Prep
- Thread starter jcl-MD
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That was great man...took you ca. 5 mins to get a proper fire going! Good job :thumbup:
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Good stuff there!
The "shrinky dink" comment made me chuckle.
The "shrinky dink" comment made me chuckle.
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That was very well done sir, although it did seem like all the underbrush was dry.
I would be very hard pressed in our Wet coast to duplicate the speed of that. Probably more like 20 plus minutes with a good fire accelerant and a folding saw/knife
Loved your little cameraman's running commentary
What did you use for tinder and what kind of firesteel?
Regards
I would be very hard pressed in our Wet coast to duplicate the speed of that. Probably more like 20 plus minutes with a good fire accelerant and a folding saw/knife
Loved your little cameraman's running commentary
What did you use for tinder and what kind of firesteel?
Regards
The goal was to make a fire AS FAST AS YOU CAN using whatever man made fire starting gear that you carry.
I use PJ coated cotton balls (GREAT STUFF) and a old Gerber firesteel, like the UST ones.
The wet weather should not make a big differance if you have the right gear ect. In this challenge you could use a road flair if you wanted to to start the fire! Another part of this challenge was to start a fire in the Rain (SPLIT WOOD), with only a ferro rod , which was alot harder than my shrinky dink vid.
THANKS !
I use PJ coated cotton balls (GREAT STUFF) and a old Gerber firesteel, like the UST ones.
The wet weather should not make a big differance if you have the right gear ect. In this challenge you could use a road flair if you wanted to to start the fire! Another part of this challenge was to start a fire in the Rain (SPLIT WOOD), with only a ferro rod , which was alot harder than my shrinky dink vid.
THANKS !
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Yep, Jcl-MD made triple time and of course I think being freezing provide some good motivation to hustle. My timed trial was 13 minutes and I was told that this wouldn't cut it in real life. Need to shake my big butt more 
Obviously circumstances and resources dictate your time. As Jason indicates, you might want to think about stepping up your gear choice based on your experience on doing an exercise like this. On mine, I ran into a dumb situation with the match case I was using. Its one of those twist types and the cap swings off. I twisted the wrong end and all my matches got dumped onto the soggy mud. Thats okay, they were stormproof matches. But then I had the striker pad jammed in the matchcase and the plastic sleeve prevented me from pulling it out with my finger or just shaking it out. I had to use my knife to pull out the sleeve. Obviously if I were in Jason's situation my fine motor controls wouldn't be as good and this would have increased my time further. Timed events like these really make you consider how you've organized your kit and how you can increase the efficiency of it.
Obviously circumstances and resources dictate your time. As Jason indicates, you might want to think about stepping up your gear choice based on your experience on doing an exercise like this. On mine, I ran into a dumb situation with the match case I was using. Its one of those twist types and the cap swings off. I twisted the wrong end and all my matches got dumped onto the soggy mud. Thats okay, they were stormproof matches. But then I had the striker pad jammed in the matchcase and the plastic sleeve prevented me from pulling it out with my finger or just shaking it out. I had to use my knife to pull out the sleeve. Obviously if I were in Jason's situation my fine motor controls wouldn't be as good and this would have increased my time further. Timed events like these really make you consider how you've organized your kit and how you can increase the efficiency of it.
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Nice job!
The running back and forth had to help keep you a little warm, I would think. Awesome work.
I usually carry wax dipped jute, but I don't know if it would last long enough to get a pile of brush going in an emergency. Gonna have to re-evaluate, I think.
