Originally Posted By finallyME
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.


I think the way we did it was in teams of 3. One would collect all the wood, kindling and tinder. When he was done, the second would build the fire. The third would cook the pancake which had to be flipped without a spatula. The cooker would eat the pancake. (Which was great fun if it landed in the dirt.)
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