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Outdoor Project
The ultimate adventure guide
By learning the caution, responsibility, and care involved when dealing with fire, you are setting yourself and kids up for success.
Refining a healthy respect for fire will translate to fewer accidents and injuries.
Building fires is an excellent life skill for you, your friends, and your children.
Building fires is an excellent life skill for you, your friends, and your children.
The primal art of fire building can only be cultivated with practice.
Kat Dierickx
Photo Date:
11/30/2013
Campfire, beers, and stars: Pickett Butte Fire Lookout is the perfect place for them all!
Outdoor Project
Photo Date:
09/19/2017
The a-frame fire technique, similar to the teepee technique of building a fire. Photo published under CC license 2.0.
Outdoor Project
Photo Date:
09/19/2017
In a bind, using a bow technique to create fire-starting friction is one technique to start a fire. Photo published under CC license 2.0.
Tyson Gillard
Photo Date:
09/13/2017
Fire starter kit with pitch, waterproof matches, lighter, and slowburn candles.
Tyson Gillard
Photo Date:
06/16/2012
Outdoor dining and fire pit.