July Week 4

Question 1

What is an advantage of using a stove in the wild versus a campfire?

Answer 1

The stove can cook, but doesn’t require scorching the earth. It also doesnt require you to find firewood.

Question 2

What is Kerosene?

Answer 2

Kerosene is liquid fuel. Also Kerosene isn’t popular any more in the US. It would be seen as weird to suggest it as an option. It’s cheap and safer to store, but it smells, is smoky, and needs a wick for priming.

Question 3

What is white gas/coleman fuel?

Answer 3

A liquid petroleum usually sold in one gallon cans. VERY popular for campers’ lanterns and stoves. It’s also most combustible as well, and as such requires safe storage. (Never store it inside) It easily found everywhere.

Question 4

What is Butane?

Answer 4

A pressurized gas that becomes a liquid when used. Often found in small cigarette lighter, torches and aerosol cans. They are long lasting in storage, and the gas is not as toxic to breathe in.

Question 5

What are the three levels of material needed to creating a fire?

Answer 5

Tinder, Kindling, Fuel

Question 6

What are examples of softwoods?

Answer 6

Pine, Fir, and Aspen

Question 7

What are examples of hardwoods?

Answer 7

Oak, Maple, and Hickory

Question 8

What is the difference in hardwoods and softwoods when it comes to burning?

Answer 8

Softwoods burn rapidly with a lot of flames. Hardwoods burn slowly and make a long lasting bed of coals.

Question 9

Explain the Tepee Fire Lay

Answer 9

The Tepee fire lay Lay a big loose handful of tinder in the middle of the fire ring. Set up the pieces of kindling standing up, to touch at the top like a tepee OVER that pile of tinder. Leave an opening in the tepee on the side against which the wind is blowing, to let air in. Arrange fuel around the kindling. In the same tepee formation. Light a match in the door of the tepee.

Question 10

What is a fuzz stick?

Answer 10

When you make to shave a sliver of wood from a stick but let it stay on at the end. Doing this over and over all over the stick.

Question 11

How wide should tinder be?

Answer 11

No bigger than a pencils width.

Question 12

How wide should kindling be?

Answer 12

No bigger than your thumbs width.

Question 13

How wide should fuel be?

Answer 13

Around the thickness of your wrist.

Question 14

Why should you avoid having rocks in your fire?

Answer 14

They either burn or can even explode.

Question 15

If no grill or metal stakes are available, how do you set up your pots?

Answer 15

Hunters fireplace - Place two logs close enough together that your pots will rest on them.

Question 16

Always keep tinder and kindling and matches ____

Answer 16

In a dry place.

Question 17

What are acceptable sources of water that dont need to be disinfected?

Answer 17

Snow and rain, that’s it. Even running water in a clear stream should be cleaned!!

Question 18

Methods of disinfecting water-

Answer 18

Boiling, Iodine tablets, Filter

Question 19

What does it mean to score meat?

Answer 19

It’s when you cut lines into the meat, which allows it to cook better, look better when done, and keeps it from curling over when cooking.

Question 20

What are the parts of the rope?

Answer 20

The end, the standing part, and the bight (where it bends and has slack)

Question 21

Context Compass: What is a bearing?

Answer 21

The number of degrees between an object in the field and north on one’s compass. 0-360. 180 being south.

Question 22

Context Compass: What are the types of ‘north’

Answer 22

The true north arrow points to earths north pole. The magnetic north arrow point to magnetic north, which is in high canada.

Question 24

What are the two main types of tree?

Answer 24

Conifer and broadleaf

Question 25

What type of tree is softwood?

Answer 25

Conifers.

Question 26

Whats the saying? Dry, dusty air is moving away to the east, meaning moist air can be coming in from the west.

Answer 26

Red sky at morning, sailor take warning.

Question 27

What’s the saying? When the low air pressure that can pull in stormy weather also causes insects to fly close to the ground, and therefor, swallows and other birds follow low.

Answer 27

Swallows flying near the ground means a storm will come around.

Question 28

What’s the saying? On a cloudy night, grass may not cool enough for dew to form.

Answer 28

When grass is dry at morning light, look for rain before the night.