Learning how to build a fire is an important skill to tackle.  If you love the wilderness,knowing how to make a campfire can even be a life-saving skill!  It’s not rocket science, but there are definitely some ‘do’s’ to quickly build a fire, even if it’s wet.  Learn how to build a fire for your next adventure into the wild with the tips below!

How to Start a Campfire

There are four components for building a campfire:

1. Tinder

This is the tiny, easiest to burn materials such as wood shavings, dryer lint, wax, wadded up paper, strips of cardboard, fire sticks, pine straw, pine cones, leaves, birch bark, etc.  You will need to collect a nice pile of these materials.  This is what you use to ‘catch’ the flame for a quick start fire.

2. Kindling

This is large twigs of about 1/8 – 1/2″ in diameter.

3. Firewood

Branches and logs from 1″ – 5″ in diameter.  DO NOT break off green branches from trees.  Use fallen, dead (preferably dry) branches.  To prevent bringing in unwanted pests, be sure to source your wood locally, either from the ground or buy at a local store.  Collect enough to keep your fire going as long as you’ll need it.  Softwoods like pine burn quickly.  If you need the fire to keep you warm all night, seek hardwoods, like oak.

4. Fire Starter

You will need something to start the fire.  Options include a cigarette or stick ligher, matches (preferably waterproof), or flint.  While you could also use friction (remember turning a stick to generate smoke?), this is super difficult and unnecessary when you have such easy alternatives.  If car camping, I prefer a BBQ gas stick lighter.  If backpacking, where space is a premium, I use a mini cigarette lighter plus I bring some birthday candles.  It makes it easy to light one of those to use as safe long flame to start up the tinder in multiple places.  I always keep a backup firestarter, usually dryer lint wadded with petroleum jelly in a small zip bag, or waterproof matches and a firestick.  A firestick is a man-made easily combustible mini log about 4″ long.  I would recommend ALWAYS keeping a small zip bag with the dryer lint/petroleum jelly mix so that you have a reliable, long lasting fire starter – especially helpful in damp weather!

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Where to Build Your Campfire

As the wilderness becomes more and more crowded, it’s important that we minimize our impact.  Afterall, isn’t it the pristine nature that calls us to the wild anyway?  Let’s do our part to Leave No Trace when it comes to building a camp fire.  Here’s how:

  • Use existing fire rings or previous camp fire spots rather than building a new one.
  • Get down to the bare dirt.  Ideally you want no vegetation 8-10′ from the fire.  If you clear away dirt, keep it close to the fire in case you need to use it to quickly douse your flame.
  • Make sure BEFORE YOU ENTER THE WOODS that campfires are even allowed!  Check with the Rangers and even if allowed, ask about current conditions and what the rules are.  The wildfires we’ve seen these last few years are heartbreaking and none of us wants to be the cause of one.  Embers can travel as far as a mile, according to a Forestry billboard near my home – WOW!  Also ask if you need to get a permit.

How to Build the Fire

There are several popular techniques folks use to build their campfires.  Experiment to find your favorite.  In all cases, you’ll want to start with building a pile of tinder about a foot in diameter.  Next choose your style:

Teepee Fire

Like the name sounds, you build a teepee looking structure.  Put kindling over your tinder in a teepee like fashion and then put your firewood over the timber also in a teepee fashion.

Lean To Fire

This method can be helpful is there is a small breeze (but don’t make a fire if it is windy to prevent causing a forest fire!).  Mkae your pile of tinder and then add your kindling on top allowing plenty of air.  Then to make your lean to, place a stick of wood in the dirt and angle it up in the direction of the wind at around a thirty degree angle.  If you have a large rock or squatty log, you can rest the other end on that, if need be.  You will use this spine to rest your firewood on, so add the firewood to each side of the ‘spine’.

Criss Cross Fire

Place two fire logs the width of your planned fire.  Then add your tinder and kindling.  Add more logs by adding them in the opposite direction of your base layer.  And then alternate layers by adding logs/branches in opposite directions to make a bit of a log cabin effect.

Starting your Camp Fire

Once you’ve built your fire structure, it’s time to light it.  Using one of the fire starter methods mentioned earlier, light your tinder in several places.  Sometimes you need to blow on your fire to help it grow.  It is important that your fire had plenty of air.  If you put your firewood too close, take a stick and let in more air.

  • You don’t want a really tall fire – remember how ashes can travel!  Keep it under control.
  • Keep dirt, water and a shovel nearby in case you need to put out the fire quickly.
  • While tempting, DON’T use charcoal lighter fluid or gasoline to start your fire.  It’s dangerous!
  • Add more firewood every 45 minutes or so to keep the fire going.
  • Stoke the fire with a long stick to push embers to the surface and expose new wood to the flame.  Your goal is to create embers.

Putting Out your Camp Fire

Obviously, never leave your fire unattended.  Before you move on, make sure that your fire is COMPLETELY out!!!

Sprinkle it with water rather than dousing it – you’ll make things easier for the next camper if the fire site is not drenched.

Place your hand over the fire : do you feel any heat?  Stir the coals up and check again.

If you built a fire ring or otherwise disturbed the area, try to put things back the way you found them.

How to Start a Fire When it’s Wet 

While challenging, it’s not impossible to get a fire going when it’s wet outside.  Here’s how:

 You need to choose a location out of the rain.  This might be in a cave or under a large fallen tree.  If the rain has passed, you can build wherever you need to, but will still have to deal with finding some dry material to get the fire going.

  • While you are hiking in the rain, be on the lookout for good tinder.  You’ll be glad you did!
  • If all the wood on the ground is soaked, look up for dead branches caught in trees.  Often they will be dry on the inside.  If this is an emergency, you can push over a dead tree.  Often the root core is still dry and filled with turpentine.  You can also make larger kindling by using a 4-5″ branch as a hammer with your knife to cut off fat wood.
  • You are going to need a lot more kindling and tinder, so collect accordingly.  Look for dry thistles.  Pine resin/sap also works great.  Look under dense canopies and other protected areas for supplies.
  • If you can’t find enough tinder, you can peel the bark off a dead branch and then use your knife to make shavings.  This is tedious, but effective.
  • Make a hardwood platform over the damp soil, then add your tinder and kindling, then firewood.
  • Use the perimeter of the platform to put wet logs to dry them out as the fire burns.  Your goal is to evaporate as much of the moisture as possible.
  • You will need to keep adding small sticks to rekindle the fire as needed and keep the embers going.
  • Try to make a shelter for your materials to keep them out of the elements.
  • Backpackers generally don’t have this luxury, but if you are car camping, pack along a shovel, hatchet, good knife and folding saw.  If you are lucky enough to have these tools, you can find a downed dead tree and look for branches the width of your arm.  Cut it off and hold the cut end to your cheek.  It should feel dry on the inside.  If it’s wet discard the branch, and do so as well as if it smells rank.  Saw your chosen branch into 12″ logs and split each into kindling, remove the bark with your knife and then split into kindling.  You can use your hatchet as a splitting wedge.  Hold the hatchet where you want it to split and then have a friend pound it with a log (you might have to finagle this yourself).  You can also make shavings for tinder with your knife.

Learning how to build a fire is one of the most important outdoor skills you can learn.  I recommend practicing at home so you’ll have the knowledge and confidence to build a fire when you are in the wild.

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PODCAST SUMMARY: How to Build a Campfire (Even in Wet Conditions)

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Knowing how to build a campfire is one of the most essential outdoor skills—whether you’re camping, hiking, or dealing with an unexpected emergency.

In this episode of Active Travel Adventures, Kit Parks breaks down exactly how to build a fire step-by-step, including how to do it when conditions are wet, cold, or challenging.

Even if you don’t camp regularly, this is a critical survival skill that can protect you from exposure and help you stay safe outdoors.


🧭 Why Learning to Build a Campfire Matters

A campfire provides:

  • Warmth in cold conditions
  • A way to cook food
  • Light at night
  • Protection in emergency situations

👉 In a survival scenario, knowing how to start a fire can make the difference between comfort and danger


🔥 The 4 Essential Elements of a Campfire

To build a successful fire, you need four key components:

1. Tinder (Easy-to-Ignite Material)

This is what catches fire first.

Examples:

  • Dryer lint (especially with petroleum jelly)
  • Birch bark
  • Pine needles or pine cones
  • Leaves and grass
  • Paper or cardboard

👉 Collect a generous pile—about the size of a foot-wide bundle


2. Kindling (Small Sticks)

These help grow your fire after ignition.

  • Size: matchstick to pencil thickness
  • Dry twigs and small branches

3. Firewood (Fuel Logs)

These keep your fire burning.

  • Use dead, dry wood
  • Avoid green branches (they don’t burn well)

👉 Hardwood (like oak) burns longer than softwood (like pine)


4. Fire Starter

Always carry at least TWO options:

Best options:

  • Lighter (primary choice)
  • Waterproof matches
  • Fire starter sticks
  • Dryer lint + petroleum jelly (highly effective)

📍 Where to Build a Campfire

Before starting:

  • Check local fire regulations
  • Use existing fire rings when possible
  • Clear area (8–10 feet) of vegetation
  • Look overhead for branches

👉 Always follow Leave No Trace principles


🔺 3 Common Campfire Building Methods

1. Teepee Fire (Best for Beginners)

  • Tinder in the center
  • Kindling and logs stacked in a cone shape
  • Easy ignition and airflow

2. Lean-To Fire (Good in Wind)

  • Use a larger log as a “spine”
  • Place tinder underneath
  • Lean kindling against it

3. Log Cabin / Crisscross Fire

  • Stack logs in alternating layers
  • Tinder and kindling in the center
  • Burns longer and more stable

🔥 How to Light and Maintain Your Fire

  • Light tinder in multiple spots
  • Gently blow to increase airflow
  • Add kindling gradually
  • Build embers before adding large logs

👉 Add wood every ~45 minutes to maintain heat


⚠️ Campfire Safety Rules 

  • Never leave a fire unattended
  • Keep flames controlled (not too large)
  • Avoid gasoline or lighter fluid
  • Keep water, dirt, or shovel nearby
  • Watch for wind (embers can travel far)

👉 Embers can travel up to a mile—wildfires can start easily


🌧️ How to Build a Campfire in the Rain (Survival Section)

This is where your content really stands out 👇

Step 1: Find Shelter

  • Under dense trees
  • Inside a natural cover (rock overhang, fallen tree)
  • Use a tarp if available

Step 2: Find Dry Material

  • Look UP, not down
  • Dead branches in trees are often dry inside
  • Peel bark to access dry inner wood

Step 3: Create Dry Tinder

  • Wood shavings (use a knife)
  • Pine resin or sap
  • Dry seed heads and grasses

Step 4: Build a Dry Base

  • Use logs or bark to lift fire off wet ground

Step 5: Dry Wet Wood

  • Place damp logs near fire edge
  • Rotate them in as they dry

Step 6: Use More Kindling Than Usual

  • Wet conditions require extra fuel
  • Keep feeding small sticks to maintain flame

👉 Key takeaway:
Building a fire in the rain is time-consuming but absolutely doable


🧰 Bonus: Tools That Make It Easier

If you have access to gear:

  • Knife (for shaving wood)
  • Hatchet (splitting wood)
  • Folding saw
  • Trowel or shovel

👉 Split wood is often dry inside—even when outside is wet


🧯 How to Properly Put Out a Campfire

  • Let fire burn down to embers
  • Sprinkle (don’t flood) with water
  • Stir ashes
  • Check for heat with your hand

👉 If it’s warm, it’s NOT out


🎒 Emergency Tip (VERY IMPORTANT)

Always carry:

  • Fire starter (backup included)
  • Tinder (dryer lint mixed with petroleum jelly works great)

👉 Even if you don’t camp, this belongs in your emergency kit


📌 Final Thoughts

Learning how to build a campfire is:

  • Practical
  • Empowering
  • Potentially life-saving

Practice before you need it—and you’ll have confidence when it matters most.


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🔥 FAQ’s

❓ How do you build a campfire step by step?

Start with tinder, add kindling, then firewood. Use a teepee or log cabin structure, light the tinder, and gradually build the fire while maintaining airflow.


❓ What is the easiest way to start a campfire?

Use a lighter and dry tinder like dryer lint or birch bark. The teepee method is the simplest for beginners.


❓ How do you start a fire in the rain?

Find dry wood inside branches, create a raised base, use extra tinder and kindling, and shelter the fire from rain.


❓ What should you not use to start a fire?

Avoid gasoline or lighter fluid—they are dangerous and can cause uncontrolled flames.


❓ How do you know if a fire is fully out?

Place your hand over the ashes—if you feel any heat, it’s still active. Stir and cool until completely cold.


❓ What is the best fire starter for camping?

Dryer lint mixed with petroleum jelly is one of the most effective and lightweight fire starters.

Full Podcast Transcript: How to Build a Campfire (Even in Wet Conditions)

This podcast transcript provides a detailed, step-by-step guide to building a campfire, including tips for wet weather and survival situations.

[00:00:00] We continue to move over the Adventure Travel Show Podcast to the Active Travel Adventures podcast family, and today is a super important episode on how to build a campfire even when it’s wet or damp outside. And you may say, ah, Kit, I don’t camp. I don’t need to know how to do that. But if you go out into the wild and let’s say you get hurt or you get lost and you end up spending the night or it gets really cold, this is a super important skill to know how to do.

So that. You are not at risk of exposure, so if you think, oh, I’m never gonna camp again, still make sure you know how to do this very, very important outdoor skill. It might just save your hinny one day. And please don’t forget to always keep fire starting materials in your backpack emergency kit. If you’re not sure what else needs to go in that kit, be sure to check out the Emergency Kit podcast as well.

So with that, let’s get started on learning how to build a campfire.[00:01:00] 

You’ve been hiking all day, you’re tired. You need to make camp. It’s cold and it’s been raining. Yuck. You need to build a fire. How do you do it? And that’s what we’re gonna be learning today. So let’s get started.

Welcome to the Adventure Travel Show Podcast. I’m your host, kit Parks, and today we’re gonna learn a critical skill that you need to make sure you know how to do before you go into the woods. To begin with, there are four parts to build a fire. The first thing we need to collect is something called Tinder.

Tinder is the small, easily ignitable stuff that burns like right away. These will be like wood shavings, dryer lint, wax, wadded up paper strips of cardboard, fire sticks, pine straw, pine cones, leaves, birch bark, et cetera. You’re gonna need to collect a nice big pile of these materials about a a foot [00:02:00] wide of these materials.

This is what you’re gonna use to catch that flame for a quick start fire. The second thing is the next step up in size. This is called kindling, and I apologize for my nastiness. I’ve got a terrible cold, but I, this episode’s due to come out so nasally or not, off we go. Anyway, so sorry about that. So the second thing, like I said, is kindling.

And this is larger than the tinder. You’re talking about twigs like a eighth of an inch to a half and an inch diameter. You wanna collect a nice pile of these as well. Next your firewood. These are the logs that you’re actually gonna burn. So these are gonna be your branches in smaller logs up to like five inches in diameter.

Do not break off green branches from trees. Not only is that unethical to do, they don’t burn very easily. You wanna use fallen and dead, preferably dry branches. We’re gonna learn how to deal with wet branches later, but for right now, try to use dry branches if you can. And if you’re car camping to prevent bringing in unwanted pests, be sure that you’re sourcing your [00:03:00] wood locally, either from the ground around your campfire or buy it from a local store so you don’t have any hitchhiking pests that you brought from home.

We’ve had some terrible problems throughout the country, and in fact, the world of pests inadvertently going into forests where they have no natural predators and they’re wiping out some trees like the hemlocks in my area. You wanna collect enough firewood to keep your fire going for as long as you’re gonna need it, whether it’s an hour or two hours or through the night, softwoods like pine burn very quickly.

So if you need your fire to keep you warm all night, you wanna seek out hardwoods like oak. You’ve collected all your wood. Now we gotta figure out how are we gonna ignite this thing? You’re gonna need something to start. The fire options include a cigarette or stick lighter. Matches and preferably here, use waterproof or flint.

Well, you can also use the friction. Remember, you learned when you’re a kid how you can take a stick and run it back and forth between your hands and get a little [00:04:00] smoke out of a rock. That’s possible. I’ve never personally been able to pull it off, so I’m not recommending that. But you can always toy around with that.

But with so many easy options out there, just bring a cigarette lighter, a stick lighter, or some matches. If I’m car camping, those barbecue gas sticks are really nice because you can keep the flame away from you and poke it and poke the fire in different areas. Uh, but if I’m backpacking where space and weight is a premium, I use a little baby mini cigarette lighter, and I bring some birthday candles.

It makes it easy to light one of these and use it as a nice long flame to start with the tinder in multiple places. And always, and I cost you to always bring, because fire is so important. Always bring a backup fire starter. My personal go-to is I take dryer lint and I wad that up and mix it with petroleum jelly in a small zip bag, and it works great.

Lights long and it’s a perfect, perfect fire starter. I also bring waterproof matches and you can also bring a fire [00:05:00] stick. A fire stick is a manmade little mini log that ignites pretty quickly. They’re about four inches long, fairly cheap. But like I said, my go-to is the dryer lint and petroleum jelly. I would always keep the dryer lint and Vaseline in your emergency kit, in your backpack at all times anyway, so you always have a way to start a fire.

So the next thing you’ve collected all your materials, where do you actually build the campfire? And let’s back up just a minute. First, before you go into the woods, you need to check what the Rangers and find out what the rules are. Are you even allowed to have a campfire? If so are are required to use established rings?

What are the rules about picking up the sticks? Do you need a permit? So find out all that ahead of time. Ask two, what are the forecasts? Are they expecting high winds and any other weather issues that you need to be aware of? We don’t wanna be responsible for starting a wildfire. We’ve seen the devastation that’s happened out west in the last couple years is horrible.

So whenever possible too, we wanna practice [00:06:00] leave no trace. What does that mean? That means using existing fire rings or a previous campfire spot rather than building a new one. So at your campsite, if you see an existing fire ring, use that first. If not, you can build your own. When choosing your location, be sure to look up, ’cause you wanna make sure you’re not gonna catch the trees above you on fire as well.

So you want it clear not just around your fire but above your fire. So to build your campfire, you wanna get down to the bare dirt. Ideally, you want no vegetation, about eight to 10 feet from the fire. And so if you clear away some dirt, leave that by the fire. So that way, if you have to put it out quickly, you can douse it with the dirt.

It’s a good idea too, also to have water, the dirt, and a shovel or a trow nearby the fire again, in case you have to douse it quickly. I saw a billboard near my house. Forestry Service put out saying that embers can travel as far as a mile. Think about that. So you [00:07:00] need to be really, really cautious about your fire.

You don’t wanna build a massive bonfire with tons of little embers floating up in the air. It’s very pretty, but it’s also very dangerous. So keep your fire down low and under control. All right, we’ve got our supplies, we’ve got our location. Now how the heck are we gonna build this thing? There are several methods you can consider, so you wanna pick the one that you either like or works best for your situation.

The one I usually build is a Tepe fire, and that sounds, it looks just like the name sounds, you’re gonna make a pile of your tinder and kindling, and then over that you’re gonna make a little teepee with your. With your firewood, so that way as the tinder and kindling catches fire, it then travels up and catches the your teepee logs and thus you’ve got a nice little fire.

A next one, let’s say you’ve got a slight breeze, not real windy ’cause you don’t wanna be having a fire if it’s real windy. But if you’ve got a slight breeze, you might wanna consider doing a lean to fire. And this [00:08:00] one, you can either take a stick that’s, you know, a few inches in diameter and you’re gonna use that as a spine.

So you’re going to shove part of that into the ground so that it stands up at like a 30 degree angle facing upward into the wind. Or you can also rest it on a large rock or a big log. And then under your spine you put your tinder in your kindling, and then on the sides of the spine you’re gonna lay your other firewood.

Allow allowing for air, ’cause you always wanna have air circulation. And then that way as the tender and kindling catches fire, then it lays both sides of your lean tube. Another option is called a crisscross fire. And for this you’re gonna take two fire logs about the width of your planned fire, lie those on the ground, and then add two more on the inside, that you put your tinder in, your kindling, and then add two more logs on top of your initial ones go in the opposite direction.

So you’re making like a box shape and you keep stacking, [00:09:00] alternating which side and you build up. So it’s almost like a little log cabin. You’ve got your supplies, you’ve built your structure. Now it’s time to light it using one of the fire starter methods I mentioned earlier. You wanna light your tinder in several places.

Sometimes you’re gonna need to blow on it to help keep it going. It’s always important to keep plenty of air on your fire. So if you put your firewood too close to each other, take a stick and and let in some more air. And reminder too, you don’t want that really tall fire. You just wanna keep it under control.

So don’t load too many things on top of it so that you have the, the sparks and the the embers floating in the air. And also, I wanna caution you too, while it’s tempting, don’t use charcoal lighter fluid or gasoline to start your fire. It’s super dangerous. You wanna plan to add more firewood about every 45 minutes or so to keep your fire going.

And stoke the fire periodically with a long stick. You wanna push the embers to the surface and you wanna expose new wood to the flame. Your goal is to create embers. That’s what keeps things going [00:10:00] when it’s time to put it out. And also, I wanna caution too, you never wanna leave a fire unattended. So before you move on, you wanna make sure your fire is completely out and you, I would cost you to sprinkle it with water oven and dousing it.

You’ll make things a lot easier for the next camper if you didn’t saturate the fire site. You can use dirt, you can sprinkle with water. You can just let it burn out on its own and just keep sticking, not adding more fuel to the fire to check to make sure it’s out. Place your hand over the fire. Do you feel any heat at all?

Stir up your coals and check again. Make sure it’s completely out and if you ended up building a fire ring or otherwise disturbing the area, you wanna try to put things back the way that you found them. Okay, now here’s the biggie. How do we start a fire when it’s wet or damp outside? It’s challenging, but it’s not impossible to get a fire going even when it’s wet.

Here’s how you do it. You are gonna have to find a location [00:11:00] out of the rain, all right? This could be a cave, it could be under a large fallen tree. It could be under a dense canopy, somewhat protected from the rain. You might have to build something with a tarp, but you’ve got to find some way to shelter yourself and the fire.

If the rain’s passed, you can build wherever you want to, but you’re still gonna have to deal with finding some dry material to get the fire going. So let’s say you’re hiking, you know it’s raining, you know you’re gonna build a fire, be on the lookout for good tinder and start collecting it along the way.

You’re gonna be really glad that you did. It’s doable, but it’s difficult and time consuming. If all the wood in the ground is soaked, look up instead of down for dead branches that might be caught in the trees. Often they’re gonna be dry on the inside, even if the bark is wet on the outside. And if you’re in an emergency situation where you must build a fire, even though you can’t do this normally.

But if this is a life or death situation, you can push over a dead tree and you’re often gonna find that the root [00:12:00] core is still dry and it’s filled with turpentine so you can have easy to ignite material. You can also make larger kindling by taking a four or five inch branch and using that as a hammer, and use that with your knife to cut off the fat wood inside of a branch.

You are gonna need a lot more kindling and tinder, so you’re gonna have to collect accordingly. Look for things like the dry grasses and thistles. Those seed heads often can repel a outta of the water and can be great fire starters, pine resin and SAP is also a great resource because it catches fire instantly.

So look under your dense canopies and other protected areas and try to pick up some supplies there. If you can’t find enough Tinder. You can peel the bark off a dead branch and then use your knife to make shavings. This is really tedious, but it’s effective to build your fire, you wanna make a hardwood platform over the damp soil and then, ’cause you wanna [00:13:00] get everything up off the ground and then add your tin and kindling and then your firewood.

Use the perimeter of the platform to put wet logs and let them, that’ll help them dry out as the fire burns, and then you’ll be able to add them later. Your goal here is to try to evaporate as much of the moisture as possible from those bigger logs that you’re gonna be using later, and you’re gonna have to keep adding more small sticks to keep rekindling this fire as needed to keep the embers going.

You are also gonna wanna make a shelter for all your materials you’ve collected to keep them outta the elements if it’s still raining, so they don’t get wetter. So we’re gonna try to drow as much as we can, and while backpackers generally don’t have this luxury, if you’re car camping, pack along a shovel, a hatchet, a good knife, and a folding saw.

If you’re lucky enough to have these tools, you can find a down dead tree and look for branches about the width of your arm. Cut it off and then hold that cut end to your cheek. [00:14:00] If it feels dry on the inside, it’s gonna be good to burn. If it feels wet discarded, or if it smells rank discarded, you’re gonna take your branch, you just sawed and cut it into 12 inch logs, remove the bark, and then split each into kind.

You can take your hatchet here and use that as a splitting wedge. Put the hatchet where you wanna split the log, and then have a friend if you are lucky enough to be with a friend. Otherwise, you’ll have to finagle this itself. Take the log and pound it like a hammer over your hatchet. You can also make shavings for tinder with your knife.

So like I said, all of this is very tedious and time consuming. But if you must start a fire when it’s damp, this is how you do it. Knowing how to build a campfire is one of the most critical outdoor skills you can learn. I would recommend that you practice at home before you go out into the wild, so you’ll have the confidence and skills for the next time you need to [00:15:00] build a campfire, even if it’s damp.

I hope you found some tips helpful today. If you have any other great suggestions, please pass them along. You can always reach me at kit@activetraveladventures.com. Again, I apologize for the the Nassly nose and I hope you’ll bear with me and I’m sure I’ll be fine next time. Until next time, this is Kit Parks Adventure On.

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