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Anonymous
Start out with kindling, the driest and thinest you can find. Dead twigs from low hanging branches of pine trees work the best. Next gather up larger sticks, and then logs, so you can be ready when you need them. Take a bunch of the kindling and make a bundle of it maybe an inch and a half in diameter. Make sure the sticks are close, but not too close, so air can get through. Lean the bundle against a bigger stick on the ground where you want to build your fire. Next, light a match and hold it under the bundle, shielding it from any wind. When it catches, put bigger sticks on and gradually build it up.
When you get it big enough to put the smaller logs on you can either make the fire a tepee style or a log cabin style. If you want a lot of light tepee is the way to go. If you want heat, log cabin is better. If you plan to cook either can work; log cabin is better if you have pots to place on the logs. Or, you can use a tepee and suspend something above it.
Of course, for starting the fire you can also do something to make sparks, like rub sticks or use flint and steel, and get that to catch some brush or something (pocket lint works too) to light the kindling. Or you can just use lighter fluid if you're a pansy.
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