Starting A Rainy Day Fire

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What do you do when you are stuck in rainy weather and trying to start a fire?

Learn how to start a rainy day campfire!

• First, collect enough dry or almost dry wood for the size fire you want before you start building the fire. Even in wet weather, they’re usually a lot of dry wood around. Look in tree hollows, under rock ledges or under bushes.

• Standing deadwood (or a fallen log with branches and twigs sticking out) is especially food because the wood doesn’t lie on wet ground. Look also inside old stumps for dry chunks you can rip out. If a twig or stick feels wet, break it in half to see if it snaps, if it breaks with a nice firm crack, it’s dry inside and will burn well.

• Use a firestarter. If you didn’t bring any, try pine needles, birch bark, little pieces of standing deadwood, used-up pages of your guidebooks, lint from your pockets or a candle stub. You can make dry wood by whittling a stick with your army knife.

• Once your fire is going, pile damp wood around so it can dry out before you need to put it on the fire.

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