Jungle Survival School

Fire Starting 2
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Having gotten the tinder to smolder, the instructor quickly lifts it up to blow gently and coax it into flame.  As soon as the flame appears, he tosses it into the prepared pile of tinder and small twigs were the fire is to be started.   This whole process took little longer than it would have taken him to use a match.
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Revised: 13 April 1999