C'mon baby light my fire

[dpack]

im fairly rubbish at "primitive" fire starting but if one has the means to get the first fire going dry tinder is not a problem so long as you dry some and keep it dry.

having a supply of dry tinder and perhaps dry kindling as well is a very good idea.
failing that some work with a knife can produce usable tinders from a variety of things ranging from your clothes to a floorboard or dead tree capable of taking a weak spark or glowing dust up to a flame.

learning to carry fire is another useful technique ,various bracket fungi are ace for holding a glow if they have been dried ,

for choice i would use a "modern" means such as a lighter with a supply of rubber bands wrapped around it but about 30 yrs ago a whole block of magnesium and a spark lighter saved my life in a blizzard with no shelter and a very live tree as the nearest available thing to fuel i had to warm and dry me and my kit and cook the now frozen arctic hare i had "met" earlier in the day.

practice with primitive , modern and unusual means of getting stuff to burn should be a basic as so many things are easier with or depend on fire.safe drinking water seems high on my list of things for which fire is useful.