A Dakota fire hole requires much less firewood and burns more efficiently, producing hotter fires with less wood. This makes it a very valuable wilderness survival technique in places where firewood is scarce or requires much effort to obtain.
It also creates a stable platform that is very convenient for cooking.
The fire is concealed within a hole limiting the amount of visible light emitted and smoke is also decreased because the wood is burning hotter and more efficiently.
Me use buffalo chips…dried ones that is.
Shades of Warner Springs.
What a retard
no this is legit. I’ve done the same many times, just didn’t know there was a name for it.
Actually we’ve always called them “Fire pits!”
Nice
Simple effective, thanks for sharing
this aint no new news,ive done that since i was a kid,everytime we would go camping,but for those who aint seen it,enjoy it because it works
I think his water would have boiled much faster if he would have just left it on the fire. Oh well, neat little trick, something to keep in mind.
I think he could have delivered his message in less than a minute.