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A campfire offers some tremendous benefits to you as a camper whether you’re with the family, going on an excursion with friends, taking a high adventure trek into the wilderness or just spending a weekend with the Boy Scouts. Some of the great things about building and maintaining a campfire are:

It gives warmth. The glow of a campfire to weary campers who may have been very busy with their wilderness adventures is a sensation that is hard to match in any other recreational setting.

It helps in cooking. Campfires offer a wide variety of options for cooking your evening meals. You can find Web sites and many kinds of cookbooks that will teach you sophisticated techniques for campfire cooking. But even the novice camper can poke a stick through a hot dog and make a delightful meal holding it over an open flame and have great fun doing it.

It offers safety. Even though most of us camp in prepared camp grounds, we have to be aware that there are animals out in the wilderness. But the wilderness beasts are very aware that a campfire means stay away and that healthy distance between them and us suits man and beast alike just fine.

It gives light. A campfire puts a warm glow on the campsite illuminating evening chat and preparations for bunking into your tents.

But of all these benefits, moments of friends and family gathering around a warm fire talking about life and sharing stories is one of the great joys of camping out. But there is a misconception that making a fire is as simple as a match and a log. To become an expert at building a campfire, it’s good to learn some techniques that will help you succeed.

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