Dick: Laura, I am going to show to make one-match fire.
Laura: What is that?
Dick: One-match fire probably the single most important wilderness skill you are going to learn because with that fire you get heat, light warm something to cook on, something to signal with, something that keep you happy even.
Laura: Right, okay. I like you to show me how to do that.
Dick: Alright, okay. Three stages in the building a fire, first we have to collect the right material this will include twigs, pitch and kindling. Then we have to build it and we do that going from small to large, starting small twigs at the bottom and that have pitch attached to them. This is so we have them loose it, lots of air and we going to larger material from that point on. Then, we need to light it strike the match, the match can be done on the thumb nail, it can be on the rock, I like to use the little file on my Swiss knife. Now, it is happens to be raining it is very easy to grab a couple slabs of bark and construct the roof over it so you have no problem with the lighting or the burning of the flare.
Laura: So, I am sure that we all can see, Dick has made a wonderful fire and I have to say that pitch is actually the star—the show.
Dick: It is, and you could see that after had been going for about two minutes, I could not blow it out no matter how hard I blew or how close I got. But these are the things you ought to remember, do hear that snap? Snap, crackle, pop, dry, crispy, skinny. Alright now, if we have a problem here with raining, snowing or whatever, what we would do would be to take a couple slabs or bark like this…
Laura: Right
Dick: And we would profit over our fire making area and then as soon a fire got going it will ignite this as well and by that time, no rain, no snow, anything could put it out. So, this is nature’s roof right here.
Laura: Okay.
Dick: Hey how about a cup of tea
Laura: I love a cup of tea.
Dick: Alright, it will not take for a couple of minutes.
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