(VIDEO) How an Aboriginal Tribe Starts a Fire is Insane: You Have to See This!

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Lighting fires is fun. They are like the original TV, and people can just sit and stare at them for hours. As a bonus, you can boil water, heat up food and stay warm with fires, as well. Unfortunately, if you want to start a fire and you don't have matches or a lighter, you may be in trouble unless you know this primitive fire starting method.

Unfortunately, if you want to start a fire and you don't have matches or a lighter, you may be in trouble unless you know this primitive fire starting method.

Usually, when you see videos like this online or on the television, the one displaying the skill is a middle aged guy who is slightly out of shape and only goes out into the wilderness once in a while on the weekends.

What makes this video refreshing is that the one displaying the skill is an Aborigine, who has performed this task hundreds of thousands of times before, and learned the skill from his parents who learned it from their parents and so on.

He shows remarkable skill, and through practicing this skill on a regular basis, he'll never be hurting for fire when the time comes that he needs it.


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  3. Thomas Whitten said:

    Out of about 20 attempts, I’ve had one be successful. So I know it can be done. I’m sure I was using the wrong materials in hindsight. So just keep plugging away at it until you figure it out. All the videos in the world won’t start that fire for you!

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  5. Matt Williams said:

    Actually, the correct timber/wood combinations makes it perfect – can happen pretty reliably and quickly if the correct woods are utilised.

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  6. Simon Bourdain said:

    try with softer les resinous wood ant dont use the heart of the wood even when doing the spindle

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  11. Jonathan Smiley said:

    Ray Mears is great, but the last few years he’s been presenting wild life shows and I wish he’d get back to showing bushcraft

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