You’ve been hoofing it all day with a heavy pack through the mud and the rain. Your feet are soaked through and your pants are damp. You’re miserable and the only thing you can think about is sitting at a blazing fire to warm up and dry off, and maybe even enjoy a nice hot meal after the cold cuts and dry trail mix you’ve been subsisting off of for the past few meals. One problem, though: everything is damp.

How are you going to get a fire going?

It can occasionally be hard enough to get a fire going even in the best of circumstances. Now the clouds aren’t letting up and any wood you’re picking up from the ground is going to be soaked and useless.

What can you do?

Luckily, there are some pretty handy tricks you can use to get a fire going even in the absolute worst of circumstances. Learn these tricks on the next page.

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