Category: Fire
Fire in wood that does not want to burn: standing dead, fatwood, feather sticks and the long burn arithmetic of a cold night.
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Portable sauna tents: what they are good at and what they are not
A sauna tent is a heat box, not a shelter. Where that distinction matters, and why we stopped taking ours camping.
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Tent wood stoves: what actually decides whether one is worth carrying
Firebox volume, not weight or material, sets how often you wake up. Plus flue cleaning, damper control and the numbers from eight nights.
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What lights when everything on the ground is wet
Six tinder sources timed on the same soaked March morning, from strike to sustained flame, with the two that failed outright.
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Feather sticks from resinous standing dead: why the wood fights the knife
Pitch does not blunt a blade, it stops the curl releasing. What that changes about technique, stock selection and how often you clean the edge.
