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Originally Posted by homoe
It’s not much good starting a fire if you can’t keep it going, so it’s essential to first collect some materials that will both set alight and keep burning. You’ll need both tinder and kindling. Tinder is what is used to start a fire and kindling keeps it burning.
Tinder
Cotton wool, paper, dry leaves, straw and dry grass, pine needles, dandelion head, jute twine fibers, alcohol-based sanitizing wipe, cattails, tinder fungus
Kindling
Twigs leaves and branches, logs, dry leaves and bark
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good points homoe, of course if you are winter camping
dry tinder etc may be hard to come by, this is when
char cloth, flint, and a striker in your fire kit will make all the difference. I've never worried too much about making fire, my fire kit is major overkill but if i didn't have it for some
odd reason i
always carry
a knife and ferro rod..Got in a habit of doing that when i lived in Alaska. Up there it gets scary cold and there is no way you will survive the night without basic prep.