This is cobbled up from what I have about the place:
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I wouldn’t use this but if I did
I’d want to be sure I carried it upright and probably in a plastic rubble sack. As
@Hammock_man said: it’s probably better for carrying water from source to camp.
There you go.
If you want it you can have it, if not then it’s back into the bits drawer.
If it's no trouble, then I would like the plug lids - I'll report back if they're a useful addition or not. I've just learned netting specificslly to strap my water carriers on the outside of my rucksack.
Thank you for continuing advice about my fire skills ^_^ today I managed to re-light my kettle from warm embers alone, three times, so I'm very chuffed about skilling up on that. I've also got a new appreciation for how many additional rounds of tinder (thank you for the birch bark) and matchsticks keep the fire cycle going,
& that clearing out the fire base of messy clutter is periodically required as the old stuff collapses into an airless heap. I did try and put some larger pieces in to like, have the Trekker equivalent of a big log to 'hold onto' heat but it's not working well. You know like a fire is like going up the gears in a car? I'm not sure what that 'sustain' point is in a Kelly, or if you just have to keep feeding it sticks.
I also experimented with semi-splitting some sticks so they stand up in lil tripods, because forming a teepee of sticks is impossible in Trekker scale, but a split stick will hold together as a base. A lot of my big fire tricks are about spacing so it's figuring out how to scale that down.
I'm interested by the suggestion of trying to keep the fire burning pretty low, right now I tend to aim for a roaring chimney of flame because it's satisfying and feels correct, but I know fire =/= the goal of a fire, in all circumstances.
I'd also like to figure out how to quiet down a fire without soaking it, I'm really uncomfy with the way a finished fire will smoke and smoke and smoke as long as it pleases, my spidey sense says that's a horror for the lungs and worth avoiding. Its not safe put at a distance from my tent but I certainly don't want to sleep next to it.
Its very possible I'm being too timid with my striking, and holding the stick rigid braced against a body part is a good idea. I have a folding oppinel, but it's very well loved and poorly cared for so I wonder if the back edge is just bashed in some way. Hmmm.
I will watch the video when I have a real Internet connection again.
I'm not an especially confident cooker in even a normal kitchen, so the extra constraints of the fire and the tiny fire pit and limited resources are double challenging. I'd be very anxious about simmering porridge.