Building A Campfire :: essays research papers

     There are many a nonher(prenominal) different camp farm structures that can be make to drop dead a s displace away whilecamping. The close to common are the tepee, log cabin, dugout, and tunnel structures. most anyone can build these fires if he or she follows some key points.      A fire needs three elements give vent, fuel, and an ignition of some kind. For a campfirethe air element is easily accessible its the air a person breaths or oxygen. Fuel isequivalent to wood. Sometimes lighter fluid is used to start spoiled fires immediately, butusually when dealing with a campfire the fuel is wood. spunk can come from a spark,match, or lighter. It is anything that initially starts the fire.     Going deeper into wood, there are three categories to classify it under. Kindling isthe stuff that is easiest to burn. It could be leaves, dry lint, or very gloomy twigs. Thenext size of wood is sticks and small logs. T hese will range in size from one half progress totwo inches in diameter. Anything considerabler than this is classified as the fuel. The fuel is thebig logs that will burn for hours. When a fire is started it needs to be built like this kindling first, then sticks and small logs, and then the fuel, once the fire is going good. Using this technique with the following fire structures will break hot easy fires.     The teepee style structure is probably the most used and easiest to build, butdoesnt necessarily result in the hottest or lasting burning campfire. To build this firethink about the name "teepee." The end result before burning this structure looks like anIndians teepee (If the teepee shape is not familiar, then envision a conic shape). send-off byplacing the intermediate size wood or sticks in the run aground in a circular shape about eightto 12 inches in diameter, leaning the tips of the sticks together in the center. Thesticks should alre ady start to correspond a teepee shape. Continue layering the walls of theteepee with more sticks, but not too thick, because air needs to be able to pass with thewalls easily. Leave a hole on one side large enough to place kindling inside the stick walls. This hole is similarly left to light the kindling from the inside and may be fill in once the fireis illuminated.      Once this is completed, the structure should be a recognizable teepee or coneshape. The kindling should be lit on the underside inside the teepee walls through the hole