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Summary: A magnifying glass can sharpen the sun's rays to start tinder on fire. Learn to use a magnifying glass to start a fire from a survival expert in this free outdoors video.
Rocco Spinelli has been training in suburban and wilderness survival for over seven years; he's certified and has diplomas in Advanced Tracking & Awareness, Wilderness Survival, and...read more
"Okay here's the magnifying glass. I prefer the small ones, and the reason why is this. Two, two reasons. One, when you're carrying a lot of stuff, a lot of materials, you want something that's light. You also want something that's protected. That's why I prefer the, the vinyl case here, so you can protect the lens. It's very important that you have protection for this. Okay. Now what we're going to do is I showed you how to make the bird's nest. And we're going to, I'm going to move over a little bit, and we're going to start this up. There you go. There you go."