struggled at weekend to get fire going in the snow and ice discovered plucking a duck and pheasents feathers into the fire got it going a treat
fire starting tip
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Surely dry tinder is a bit easier to find
What?! You don't routinely carry a duck in your rucksack? You are so out of touch with the modern trend!
not when camped in the ice and snow with nothing but ducks trying to get through ice on the lake much easier to use there feathers after grabbing one as you have to pluck before cooking so kills two birds with one stone
I'm not a pheasant plucker
I'm a pheasant plucker's son
And I'm busy plucking pheasants
so my cooking on the fire can get done.
I'm a pheasant plucker's son
And I'm busy plucking pheasants
so my cooking on the fire can get done.
i am trying to upload a photo it just asks for an url could you tell me what this is thanks the crowman
Yes, it means you have to upload it to somewhere else, and then link to it, like this (click "quote" to see the code):
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(just a random picture of a random thing - I chose "giraffe")
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Apparently there was something in the picture not allowed in this general section.
Here's another picture - quote this instead to see the code- it is my own:
Here's another picture - quote this instead to see the code- it is my own:
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Re Fire starting tip.
About six months ago I heard a radio show on ABC Australia about a late nineteenth century shipwreck in the St Croizet (sp?) Islands in the South Atlantic, no trees, only rocks and grass --they lived in crude shelters made from piling up sods of earth. The only wood was the bits of broken boats from the shipwreck. The survivors had to choose between using the wood for burning to survive the winter, or keeping enough to bash the local seabirds -- their only source of food [and washing fluid, the birds' blood]. Until someone found out that the bird skins were laden with oils that made a great fire. They survived and were rescued. Interestingly, it seems that every man carried a knife.
About six months ago I heard a radio show on ABC Australia about a late nineteenth century shipwreck in the St Croizet (sp?) Islands in the South Atlantic, no trees, only rocks and grass --they lived in crude shelters made from piling up sods of earth. The only wood was the bits of broken boats from the shipwreck. The survivors had to choose between using the wood for burning to survive the winter, or keeping enough to bash the local seabirds -- their only source of food [and washing fluid, the birds' blood]. Until someone found out that the bird skins were laden with oils that made a great fire. They survived and were rescued. Interestingly, it seems that every man carried a knife.
just did a quick google -- you can download the audio of the broadcast here: www.abc.net.au/rn/hindsight/stories/2010/2822230.htm
and find deataails of abook about it here; shop.abc.net.au/browse/product.asp?productid=167445
A real test of survival skills!
and find deataails of abook about it here; shop.abc.net.au/browse/product.asp?productid=167445
A real test of survival skills!
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