Clemsonite
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I recently got sucked into a show on the Discover channel called Man Women Wild. It's similar to the other guys doing the survivor thing but the spin is the women actually adds a lot to the situation. The chemistry between them also is pretty damn funny.
This motivated me to try and make a fire with the materials I have in the back yard, I wanted to be like Tom Hanks in Castaway Well after an hour of sweating and arm pump, no fire. I got to the point where I smelled the wood burning but never saw smoke.
I'll give it another shot tomorrow with a better set up and different wood. I was doing exactly would I've seen most the survivor people do. Rub a dry stick into a dry stick that has a carved area for the pile of small fibers to start smoldering. Any survivalist out there with some advice? I'm only using stuff from the woods and a knife.
This motivated me to try and make a fire with the materials I have in the back yard, I wanted to be like Tom Hanks in Castaway Well after an hour of sweating and arm pump, no fire. I got to the point where I smelled the wood burning but never saw smoke.
I'll give it another shot tomorrow with a better set up and different wood. I was doing exactly would I've seen most the survivor people do. Rub a dry stick into a dry stick that has a carved area for the pile of small fibers to start smoldering. Any survivalist out there with some advice? I'm only using stuff from the woods and a knife.