How to start a fire with water

Huh ... sound`s crazy but it really works .. there are few simple steps you need to do .

 Take a piece of plastic wrap or plastic bag , and form something
which looks like pocket or ball bring the four ends together and  twist the wrap .  Fill  it with water .

Make you sure than the sunlight point is smallest as possible .

Using cedar bark or tinder fungus will make things even better . You will see the smoke after 20-25 seconds.

Fire from ice

Winter is on our door so finding dry wood little bit hard so here some tricks how to start a fire from ice . If you wear a glasses you can use them but if you don`t , simple use ice instead of lens .

    First take a piece of ice . clean one to look like a glass .

Put the piece of clean  ice into and slowly melt into a bottom of a  bowl . Bowl need`s to have some spherical shape. 

 Melt the ice from both sides , after that you will get something which look`s like a lens ..

 Try with the sunlight .  Test the lens in ability ti make a small spot .

Coal on cedar tinder. you will need 30 sec. to get a coal. You can start with shredded bark too . After 30-35 seconds you will see the smoke .

 Second way is to take a block of ice and with hand saw or you knife shape into a ball . You need to get something to looks like a sphere.

 With you hands polish the ball . same way like we make a snowball or meatball . Constant packing and rotating motion of the hands tends to improve geometry of the sphere. At the end you will get double convex lens.

 The tinder will lit quickly , after 20 seconds you will get the smoke .

 Power of the lens you can test also like i did on a leather gloves . it burns for a sec .

Bear Grylls is looking for contestants

Bear Grylls adventurer , survival expert and TV presenter is looking for contestants in new NBC reality show . Contestants will be pit in two  teams of two against each other in real wilderness. 

Norwegian government has just decided to let thousands of hunters hunt down 2 wolves

 The Norwegian government has just decided to let thousands of hunters hunt down 2 wolves  in the Setesdal valley region.. This decision will only fuel a growing conflict between Norwegian farmers who fail to protect their own livestock, (mainly sheep) and the governments official policy plus those that support the freedom of wild animals as a natural part of the country environment ;Are you one of these? 

Homemade Tomahawk

If you don`t have solid brand new axe here some tips how you can made an old rusty axe into nice looking and ready for use Tomahawk.

Choosing and Using an Axe

Axe like a knife it`s a basic tool for cutting and splitting wood in forest . For that purpose choosing right axe it`s also very important .

Swedish Torch

 Swedish Torch it`s a best way to make a camp  fire . From a single log you`ll have a fire for a few hours. Also you can use it for a cooking or just long-lasting warmth.