As the main premise of my blog is outdoor tips and tricks I thought it would be important to start with the basics of survival. The key to any survival situation is fire. Without it you can’t purify water, cook food to eat, or to keep yourself warm and safe from hypothermia. There are many different ways to start fires from using matches or lighters to steel wool with a battery. This video outlines 14 different ways to start a fire in any survival situation: