Uploaded December 2014 | Updated September 2026, 30 minutes ago
André-François Bourbeau.
Guinness World Record holder for voluntary survival. Author of
Wilderness Secrets Revealed: Adventures of a Survivor, and also author of The Surviethon : his 31 days of voluntary wilderness survival in the boreal forest.
In his Surviethon's book, André has listed a few fire making exercise to sharpen up your skills. This is the first one of the series.
The rules! lol
1-Make a sustainable fire last more than 2 minutes without intervention.
2-Only use gathered items from the forest
3-You only have 3 paper matches (if you can find em)
4-You are not allowed to use any birch bark
5-You can use your cutting tools
Post your VR on the BBC Facebook page!
I'm tagging 2 BBC members for the first challenge
Mike at Omega Survival
Denis at The Bushcraft Apprentice
André-François Bourbeau.
Guinness World Record holder for voluntary survival. Author of
Wilderness Secrets Revealed: Adventures of a Survivor, and also author of The Surviethon : his 31 days of voluntary wilderness survival in the boreal forest.
In his Surviethon's book, André has listed a few fire making exercise to sharpen up your skills. This is the first one of the series.
The rules! lol
1-Make a sustainable fire last more than 2 minutes without intervention.
2-Only use gathered items from the forest
3-You only have 3 paper matches (if you can find em)
4-You are not allowed to use any birch bark
5-You can use your cutting tools
Post your VR on the BBC Facebook page!
I'm tagging 2 BBC members for the first challenge
Mike at Omega Survival
Denis at The Bushcraft Apprentice
