The Elevator Fire Lay
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I really appreciate not having to watch an intro when I click your videos.
I imagine everyone knows who they are watching and roughly what the subject is before they decide to click, glad to hear it’s appreciated
This. Straight up. This comment.
Hello, I really enjoy all the videos you make on survival techniques. I always learn the important information you teach, because of your calm and thorough way of explaining things. You and Coal Cracker are the best on You Tube in my opinion. Plus, you don't sound like your trying to make a buck off me, like some of the other Pathfinder instructors do. I know you offer courses and I would love to take one in the future. You and Coal Cracker show and explain how to tie all the knots you teach so well, that I have finally learned some of the basic ones I have been trying to re-learn. My family gives me a weird look, when I am sitting in front of my laptop tying paracord around a table leg or lamp base in the living room, saying Yes, while you two (during your videos) are talking in the background. Thanks for the work you do and not asking for money while you do it. Thanks for your service. I am a retired Marine and I have always admired the Rangers and Green Berets. You guys are so well trained. I went to many Army schools during my career. To include BNOC as an E-3. That pissed a lot of more senior Army dudes off at the time. Lol. Anyway, please keep up the great work.
That's a really cool way to get O2 into the fire without burning your beard!! I like how you always stress the simple things like taking your time breaking down the tinder. Like you said," Not enough time to do it right but plenty of time to do it again." Awesome!!
Just wanted to write and say I really appreciate your teaching and instructional vids. Also like your easy going, mellow approach - and teaching slow enough to be able to process the info. I have watched about 10 of your vids, and after being into preparedness for a long time, and listening to 1000s of other instructors, I would rate your info as being "top notch" . Thanks so much for being you, and for being a really cool preparedness and woodscrafting expert.
I appreciate that! I hope to always be learning and remember that I will likely never be an expert at anything.
Very easy fire lay! I instantly saw some simple ways to mange the air flow with a lever type system. Nice video...as always!
What a great fire lay. I like that you can lift it and allow air to circulate, as necessary.
Can watch your videos back to back!
I appreciate the streight forward style of your videos. Right to the point, and essential information for the task at hand.
I have been starting fires and fire lays for almost 55 years now and never seen this triangle method. I like it alot. With so many fine sticks and finger size twigs it should bring that watet to a boil quickly, as well as char that punk wood fast.
Thanks for the tip.
I'd never heard of the elevator fire method. It looks like a time saver. Thank you so much for helping to educate everyone.
I couldn’t think of a better name to call it so I just went with elevator
That's because this guy just made up that stupid name.
Beautiful simplicity
Now that’s how to start a fire. Awesome vid. Well taught. As usual
Great fire technique, had never seen it before. Will use it in the future.
Not only is the content of thos video very good, if is also presented in the most wonderful way.
Calm, concentrated, straight to the point and in the right tempo, slow without ever being boring.
Impressive. Thank you.
That's a great trick. I think it would be particularly effective for drying out damp wood.
This reminded me how valuable training has been. So many little lessons combine to make, everything, even simple stuff, smoother. Thanks for posting👊
Nice ingenuity with the limb structure to aid air flow to your new fire. Thanks for sharing. I will add this to my fire starting skill set. I think this trick is especially useful in damp conditions.
This is an excellent technique! I was able to get a sustainable fire going from a fire bow - birds nest in the rain, with very marginal tinder on my first try. Living in sopping wet Ireland getting a fire going can be difficult most of the year, and with this idea, it's just as easy as during the summer time. Excellent content Josh!
Very good ideas. Thank you very much
Great fire lay... so easy .. J
Total KISS system in action. Thank you once again for the benefit of your experience and no nonsense approach.
Well done. Good demonstration for anyone attempting to build a fire. Thanks for sharing
Thank you!
That is really slick. Nicely done, sir.
Im calling, shenanigans! You took a 100 step process and shortened it by about 95 steps. The TH-cam Bushcraft/survivalist/prepper channels will not let this go unanswered. Lol. Thanks for sharing, J. Semper Fi.
Awesome idea and implementation of your lift system!
That was a beautiful fire. I like the TP fire lay but the lift stick was a slick trick. Nice..............
The teepee is the worst fire lay. Educate yourself.
@@duxdawg Since i learned it from Dave Canterbury and he teaches it, are you saying you are smarter than Dave? LOL yeah, ok......😂🤣
@duxdawg I don’t allow trolls on this channel. This is a community for education. If you make a claim, back it up. Educate or move on. I seem to remember your name on another occasion and it wasn’t positive.
Love the Moc’s
Really nicely done. Heart of a teacher.
Deffinetly using this next trip
Excellent video.
Thanks
Always good to learn a new fire technique. Never know when you might be sick, have a cracked rip, etc. super easy to take a bad fall on a solo or be stuck in place injured. This is very good stuff. Thanks man.
What an awesome fire
Looks like a good fire lay. Thank you for showing it to us.
Solid video. New skill for sure.
That's a great way to build a fire - the triangle that allows you to get more air to fire as it's starting to burn the larger sticks. Thanks for sharing.
This is awesome. Great tips.
Awesome video! You’re like an old zen master/philosopher. Lol. You make it seem so simple. Great way to get oxygen into the fire without inhaling any smoke or burning yourself. You da man!!
Great point about putting in the time and effort to do it right the first time. Excellent demonstration.
dude, light that fire already :)
Thanks so much for the videos! You are my favorite channel!
Sir, thank you for this video. I used this fire lay technique for the first time two days ago in the Uwharrie . It is an excellent fire lay, I am a believer, and I will be using it moving forward. DOL.
Great job!
as always a wealth of knowledge..... Thanks for sharing.
It's ridiculous that there are so few views of this. An excellent video!
This was great information I will have to get out and practice these lessons after I heal up. Thanks for doing these.
I used a crescent shaped stacked rock reflector the other day and tried the bundle of Smalls method, Medium sticks and Larger still ones. Worked like a charm. Of course the reflector , was not in this video ... just thought I’d post.
Excellent video Josh, like the way it allows elevation for air flow to start it off!
Brilliant that looks foolproof, thanks for sharing
That is a great method of creating a quick fire.
Awesome! This appears to be an effective lay to take advantage of a breeze or even used as a wind block.
Having a gray/white beard of my own, I rarely see an effective fire lay that is new to me but this one is wicked good.
Thank you for the new information!
This may become my go-to choice for the foreseeable future.
I'm looking forward to trying this if I ever get out of quarantine!
Thank you for the video!! I learned how to use char cloth!!! Please keep making videos showing how to do stuff!
Joshua, thanks for sharing, great information
Wow, I can do this !! thanks Josh love the aerator you built
Hey Pop-Pop! Good to see you on here!
That was awesome!!! First time I seen that type of set up, with the triangle. But not a teepee
That's so cool! I think it has very good use in thick woodland where airflow might be low. Cheers, Luciano
Good. You explain things very well.
As usual, good stuff brother. Keep it coming.
I usually just create a triangular hole and place my tender in the center and materials across the top of the hole. Leaving the corners uncovered for the air to feed
Truly helpful, thank you sir.
Fantastic video. You bring us great info and you are a great teacher.
Im so going to try this, method thank you forest wizard Joshua
I like how with this method you let the elements of fire work for you and not you working on getting all the elements to work.
That’s an excellent video.
Nice
"Break it down, then kill it with fire." -- my philosophy for most of life. 😎
Damn. I looked at my empty shoe polish tin last week and said “let it go Sam!”
Would have made an excellent char tin!
Better shine my boots again.
How in the hell could you thumb down this video? Thanks for everything. Love this method.
I'm going to try out your technique next time I make a fire GBGB , although I might cheat a little on my ignition source ! 🔥
Nice and simple!
I've got to try this fire lay, no more singeing my beard. :)
Love it, ty 😁🤘
Dude your videos are great!
Nice!
Can you do a video on how to collect the bark and what kind of bark in which region? I love your videos but the ones on tinder, you already have the bark. I would like to know how and what kind of bark to collect. Also which part of the bark. Thank you for your videos.
I love the SF guys when they teach us fellow grunts. Always clear and to the point.
Your a Go! I won’t have to recycle you. 👍🏻
Those that are dedicated enough to watch the entire overnight video have seen this. Lol. Kinda one of those things you kick yourself for for not ever thinking of it yourself.
It’s a good think that there are no kiawe trees where he lives.
This is a really cool technique! Thank you for sharing! I was wondering if you could talk about your footwear in a future video? I see you wearing moccasins in this video and boots in other videos. I've always liked the idea of moccasins but have always been a boot guy. Thoughts on footwear? Thanks!
Moccasins anytime I can get away with them. Boots when it’s too wet for mocs. Boots have their place but aren’t my preference
Thank you for the video. I love how it's easier to control the oxygen flow with this type of fire. I have a question about your water you are disinfecting. You took the lid off and then stuck the container in the fire to disinfect the water. Now if you decide to carry that water with you, is your water going to get contaminated again by the lid? Or do you use some sort of disinfectant on the lid? Or do you have a separate container so you boil in one and store in the other? Or maybe I'm thinking too much in to it, since it's a demo video on how to use the elevator fire lay with your container. I'm just wondering what you would do with the lid if you were going to move out afterwards? Thanks.
I had answered this somewhere else so give me a few to find that and I'll drop it here to answer your question.
Here it is:
The Gray Bearded Green Beret
• 1 week ago
The short answer is that it isn't disinfected [the water on the lid]. The longer answer is that IF there is even a waterborne pathogen present, the quantity present in such a small amount of water as would be found in the threads of that cap is very highly unlikely to be enough to make a healthy person with a reasonably healthy immune system sick. Think about when you swim in lakes, ponds, rivers, streams. Its very likely that you took a splash into your mouth or an accidental ingestion of a small amount and it never put a dent in you. There is some merit to the phrase "sometimes dilution is a solution" meaning that very small amounts can usually be taken care of by your immune system. Larger quantities of water ingested, again dependent upon IF the bugs are even in that water source, is a different story and worth the effort in my opinion. I suppose it is possible over time for long term storage that IF something was in the water on those threads it could reinfect, but for me I am drinking that water within a few hours so I have never worried about the cap.
The Gray Bearded Green Beret That makes a lot of sense. Thank you, and I apologize for not seeing that reply to someone else. I will look harder next time. Thank you for explaining it to me.
jimk1970 no worries on that, it was on another video. I just meant I wanted to find that answer instead if typing it again to save time, not that you needed to look harder
For the new guy here, how do you get the water bottle out once it has boiled without burning your digits?
How long to boil the water for safe drinking?
May i ask what kind of water bottle u use? And whats the name of it? Thanks!
Pathfinder Stainless Steel 32 ounce Water Bottle
@@GrayBeardedGreenBeret thanks! There is one internet site in the Netherlands who sells the complete set you said, so that's great! 👍 Just orderd it
Is there a store where I could purchase the mesh flint and steel camo hat?
Eventually yes, I am sold out at the moment
Isn’t this a re-run?!
It’s an isolated skill video pulled from the longer video I posted, yes. Some folks don’t like the longer format so I am offering both
Did I hear you say "Ohio" in your location?
For this video, yes