Originally Posted By Gershon
When I was in Boy Scouts, we had a fun competition which forced learning firebuilding skills without much instruction.

We were given 2 matches. We had set up the wood so it would burn a piece of twine 18 inches high without touching it after the fire was first lit. Then we had to cook a pancake on it and eat it. (We ate a lot of almost raw pancakes.)



I am always looking for fire building contest ideas. That one sounds good.
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