To that end, learning how to make a fire under any circumstances , to supply that heating for cooking plus warmth, was the keystone for all survival techniques.
My oldest daughter just turned eight, so I felt that this was a great time to beginning training her on the necessities of life. When you live a rural, remote lifestyle love my family does, that means learning how to take care of your own needs. Although the two of us have the capacity to drive to the store that is an hour away, for the most area the two of us grow or shoot our own food. Every one of us have a well for water, plus chop down trees for firewood. Since Savvy is ancient enough, it’s time she learns about some of these things, because if she can’t supply her own heating, she won’t be able to do anything else. She understood that eating meat meant going hunting, but she didn’t understand that without heating to cook the meat, it was basically useless to them, but heating is the basis for life, before all other needs our safety plus comfort must come first. To that end, learning how to make a fire under any circumstances , to supply that heating for cooking plus warmth, was the keystone for all survival techniques. Man requires fire, it’s what sets us apart from the critters. To make sure she understood how to do it perfectly, I put Savvy in charge of heating our lodge for the whole week. She had to tend the gas furnace, chop wood for the fireplace, plus make sure that the ducts plus flue were cleared; By the end of that week, she knew every furnace in the home love the back of her hand, plus I knew I’d never need to worry about that skill again.