Bushcrafting during Hurricane Sandy

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ok this is mission 80 survival right now we're getting hit by a fierce hurricane I can't think of a better time to practice fire skills stay tuned first geometer to their squads get off these wet leaves okay so now I have a spot that's not so good leaves so I picked up a bunch of birch bark it's really first-rate tender even when it's sold picked up some pine branches that was underneath the pine my brain goes underneath the party right

nice

that whole Scotia grant first-rate Hindley

let's get started so I'm making my face I'm gonna make a wrap all right so here's my rap get my fire up off the wet ground okay so birch bark alone if I put a spark into it is enough to get a fire going however to really ensure my success I'm gonna make some feather sticks in addition to the birch bark putting off the moisture my thumb yeah someone make a couple of these all right so I made four quick feather sticks of two on one side two on the other what I'm gonna do get some birch bark here as well is cross them over and make like a wall like an arch I'm gonna pull over my perch bark once it ignites I'm gonna go ahead and scrape this with my knife expose some of the fibers of the bark

alright one pile looking pretty good this is our close up the soap bar scrape it you get these little shadings they'll catch a spark and send you on your way to have a fire okay so there's all the twigs that I gather underneath the pine those attach those branches alright now before I throw a sparking of this birch bark I want to just discuss something real quick normally to build a fire you want to have as much airflow as you can going in to your kindling and your tinder during a storm you want do the opposite you want to really create a little home you want to shelter it so the flame isn't blown out or it's heat isn't blown away from the fuel and then also prevents all the rain from hitting it as well

all right

they've got flame sheltering my flame you

I'm gonna add this other piece of work and these little strips might be wet but it'll still burn I'm gonna add my twigs make like a wall like a V behind my fire close it ends lightly let it make almost like an arch over it I'll pick up my fire equipment put it back in my pockets some worry about losing it

that's the more birchbark I'm gonna put that on there as well it's hard to have too much birch bark in a storm when you're lighting a fire this last piece I'm gonna keep in case I run into a problem my fire goes out I still have one piece to reignite another fire

with the mission is final thanks for joining me today for starting a fire during the storm I appreciate your views you come to these four see you the next one take care