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.
Works, but you really have to watch out for the underground root network…
Nice
Light the fire already
They work 🙂
LibraryJim says:
“Dave, one correction: yes Walmart does sell magnesium firestarters as well as flint strikers and other styles of firestarter (under the name of a well-known TV survival series star).”
From: http://www.truthandaction.org/build-dakota-fire-hole/comment-page-4/#comment-771944
Dave, one correction: yes Walmart does sell magnesium firestarters as well as flint strikers and other styles of firestarter (under the name of a well-known TV survival series star).
Blake, rematch?
Thank you, as the first picture wasn’t there.
Sure not a backpacker. Never carry all that junk and weight over the AT!
thanks for your information