That’s why you start with a pile of shavings, then add a pile of twigs, then a pile of increasingly bigger sticks up until about 1in in diameter. You don’t put anything heavier on until the base fire is caught and has coals.
Basically just a lazy teepee, and I mean “lazy” in the most flattering possible sense.
Basically just a lazy teepee, and I mean “lazy” in the most flattering possible sense.
That’s a good description of it, actually. It’s controlled chaos.