Glad to see you made it back - our turn is later this month.
You're headed down to Goshen, or just camping?
Do they not allow dryer lint aa a firestarter? A film canister full (tightly packed, then pulled apart when used) works frighteningly well.
And yes, I assume they allow dryer lint (in fact, the firestarters sold at the trading post in camp were quite popular), but the problem in this case was more that building the fire required drying all the wood first, and you need wood to dry that wood, and so on in infinite regress. Thus, the difficult part was turning the burning twigs into burning logs.
(Incidentally, I've frequently been able to start a fire straight with the sticks ... if they're dry. ^_^ That said, dryer lint, or a bit of unraveled twine, or even paper (though I think that stuff blocks too much air) are all good tools.)
Re: Happy Birthday!
Glad to see you made it back - our turn is later this month.
You're headed down to Goshen, or just camping?
Do they not allow dryer lint aa a firestarter? A film canister full (tightly packed, then pulled apart when used) works frighteningly well.
And yes, I assume they allow dryer lint (in fact, the firestarters sold at the trading post in camp were quite popular), but the problem in this case was more that building the fire required drying all the wood first, and you need wood to dry that wood, and so on in infinite regress. Thus, the difficult part was turning the burning twigs into burning logs.
(Incidentally, I've frequently been able to start a fire straight with the sticks ... if they're dry. ^_^ That said, dryer lint, or a bit of unraveled twine, or even paper (though I think that stuff blocks too much air) are all good tools.)