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And have some means of splitting available wood into smaller diameters. Following assumes that you have a stout locking folder, fixed blade knife, hatchet, or small ax:
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I can't help but be reminded of a recent thread over at BF about fixed blade knives being banned in the BSA.
I'm curious. Did anyone in your group have a fixed blade knife or a hatchet with them on this trip?
Well, my troop carries a trailer around with them, which has some axes in it, but we went to an isolated island reachable only by canoe, so we could only take our personal gear, and tents. not axes.