Tips for Starting a Campfire

While making a fire while camping should be easy, some people find they need tips for starting a campfire if they haven't done so before. People don't always bring along everything they need, or survival situations sometimes demand that you're able to start a fire with whatever is available.

A common alternative to matches includes using steel (most often the steel blade of your pocket knife). By striking either a flint or quartzite against the steel blade in a downward motion, you can cast sparks onto dry fungus or birch bark to start a blaze.