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That old trick with a spoon for starting a fire in wet weather actually worked for me near Talkeetna
I was out camping last fall up near Talkeetna and everything was soaked from three days of rain. My usual lighter and fire starter cubes were useless and I was getting desperate for hot coffee. My buddy who guides in Denali told me to try scraping a metal spoon against a knife blade to create sparks onto a dry piece of cotton ball mixed with petroleum jelly. I thought he was messing with me because it sounded like some bushcraft myth. But after 10 minutes of scraping and cussing, I got a tiny spark that caught the cotton and had a flame going within 30 seconds. It felt ridiculous but it saved my morning. Has anyone else had luck with weird fire starting methods up here when the tinder is wet?
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aaron67722d ago
Battery and steel wool works better but you’ll short something out eventually.
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