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> For some, the "fire starter" was a sacred, and respected skill ... These days, we're out of touch with Fire. Which is why everyone should go camping, and be
by Mikeb85 12y ago
> For some, the "fire starter" was a sacred, and respected skill ... These days, we're out of touch with Fire.
Which is why everyone should go camping, and be forced to start their own fire with only matches (no fire-starter). I'd say with a couple sticks, but then they'd never go camping again.
Starting a fire, tending it, cooking over it, and sitting around it and telling stories/playing games is one of the best experiences one can have, it's fun, frustrating, satisfying, and enlightening all at the same time (just put the phones away though).
- hosh 12y agoYep, that's the difference between book learning and experiential learning. Or rites of initiation. I don't know about the extreme of making everyone start their own fire, although the experience of starting a fire with a good guide / storyteller to walk someone through it is a powerful experience. The next startup I am joining, I'm going to try convincing the whoever it is to do this kind of a thing. "Team bonding" is not a very good substitute.
- Mikeb85 12y ago> I don't know about the extreme of making everyone start their own fire It's fun though! We do it nearly every weekend in the summer. It's also fun cooking on a wood fire - you set the heat by moving the pot around, stoking the fire, spreading the coals, etc...
- hosh 12y agoYeah, I've done it before, it is fun :-)