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Camping & Backpacking : How to Make a Fire Pit

When building a fire pit, it's important to use igneous rocks as opposed to river rocks because river rocks have a tendency to carry water. Learn about avoiding forest fires by clearing organic debris from a fire pit area with help from a recreational kayaking instructor and outdoor adventurer in this free video on fire pits. Expert: Dr. T. Scott Cook Contact: www.weu.com/about_us.htm Bio: Dr. T. Scott Cook has a degrees in Recreational Leadership and Outdoor Adventure from Greenfield Community College and the University of Massachusetts. Filmmaker: Christian Munoz-Donoso

  1. Roboflux
    November 24th, 2009 at 22:23 | #1

    Hi, nice pit, would be nice if you could show also how to clean your pit area so that nature can be shown as its best again!

  2. bmxsoccerkid
    February 14th, 2010 at 16:26 | #2

    yea

  3. nevergrey3343
    April 8th, 2010 at 20:55 | #3

    @Roboflux

    There’s no need to clean up the natural parts of the pit area. The ashes is a good natural ferilizer, the stones and firewood can be used by other campers. If not, they will be populated by smaller animals like insects after a while again. It’s much more important no to pollute the pit area with the stuff _you_had with you: packing material, tins, bottles and so on…

  4. Roboflux
    April 8th, 2010 at 21:20 | #4

    well, leave it as you would like to meat it

  5. genetrumbo
    May 14th, 2011 at 22:20 | #5

    A fire pit with benches or chairs is very enjoyable if you have a long term campsite. Even without beer. A campfire is better to watch than reality TV to me. Thank you for the video. Good advice.

  6. shonenarts23
    September 30th, 2011 at 00:48 | #6

    whats that trap rock i never heard of it?

  7. kev2556
    November 15th, 2011 at 03:11 | #7

    do u think that its iligal to make a small fire in a public forest par? i cant find any website that says the laws for fire making in onatrio canada

  8. anetew1
    December 28th, 2011 at 11:51 | #8

    Great video!

  9. jmg1957
    January 14th, 2012 at 22:31 | #9

    nice…spiritpipeman
    

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