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Where I was camping this weekend, the average temperature was 19 degrees F and there was little to no accessible small wood for kindling. Since the ground was frozen and everything was covered in a foot of snow, it meant alot of little stuff was necessary for building a fire. This meant chopping down a bunch of 6 inch thick lodgepole pines and doing a LOT of splitting. I don't know about you but I wouldn't want to pry open frozen pine with my bare hands when it is 19 degrees outside. Besides, there's more to bushcrafting and survival than just making a fire out of wood. Often, making your own tools, traps, shelters etc are required and there's a lot more that goes into woodcraft than just burning a long stick in half.