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#Way to the woods how to

The Over-Knee Break: Bend one knee up in the air.

Then pull the branch upwards with your hands. Leave the branch on the ground and put your foot at the point where you want to break it.

The Under-Foot Break: Get your boots on.

You just found a great piece of firewood but it is 15 feet long? Never try to break branches with your arms. This stack of firewood lasted us a few hours. Once your kindling is burning, you put the fuelwood on. Sticks and branches about the circumference of your arm are ideal for more campfires.

Fuelwood: Contrary to what you might think, you don’t need big giant logs for your fire.

Once you’ve got your tinder burning, you use the tinder to light the kindling.

Kindling: These are small sticks and twigs.

Some people bring their own tinder when camping. Tinder is what you use to start your fire.

Tinder: This is very dry, very small pieces of wood or fluffy items like dry moss or bark.

So, to break it down technically, here’s the type of wood you need: I had to go out and (trying not to laugh at him 😉 ) explain that first you put on little sticks, then you put on bigger sticks, and only then you put on the big logs. Within a few minutes, there was smoke all over the place and making me gag. Well, you can’t light a giant log with embers.

Two minutes later, he gets out of the tent to refuel the fire! Except that the fire had died down to embers and he put giant logs on top of them. Even if there were any wild animals out there, they would have been scared off by the fire.”

He was getting on my nerves, so I reassured him by saying, “ Don’t worry. Well, it turns out that my super-macho friend was scared out of his mind of bears (nevermind that there weren’t any bears where we were camping!).

We were in the tent getting ready to sleep.

#Way to the woods how to

Once I went camping with a complete newbie and took it for granted that some people don’t know how to make a fire. To go back to the starting point, you may take the same path or walk down the sidewalk along the main road, enjoying the view on the many pretty houses and ancient mountain huts.See all of that dry brush? That’s why you need a fire ring or pit! A small roe deer could be there watching you. Therefore, when heading left on the path taking you back to the mountain lodges and houses of Bellamonte, right before leaving the wood, stop and look around. Slowly sounds, odors, colors and details will be more distinct, making it easier to observe life in the wood. Besides stimulating your feet, also your senses will reawaken. Step after step, find your correct posture, reactivating your blood circulation your feet will get stronger, improving the way you walk. The sole of the foot stimulated by bark, pebbles and wet grass makes you feel closer to the earth and nature and therefore more relaxed and balanced. While rediscovering the contact with the soil, regain the contact with your body. Towards the end of this walk you will find the sensory path: as suggested on the information board, walk barefoot and try to close your eyes. Have a sit and enjoy the stunning views between a spruce and the other.Ĭontinuing, in silence, you may spot roe deer, woodpeckers and squirrels, or even deer if you are lucky enough. Follow the signs on the trees to find your way, along the fitness trail where you will also find some benches. After some time walking, you will feel the sensation of being in a fairy tale. Here the path becomes mostly flat, with a total elevation gain of just 225 meters. The first short and steep part heads quickly into a thick forest. The 2,9 km long walk starts from the playground of Bellamonte. The sensory path of Val di Fiemme is located in Bellamonte at the end of a walk, along a narrow trail: take off your shoes and feel the ground barefoot, walk on bark, pebbles and wet grass along a path where squirrels and roe deer can be spotted. Sensory walk in the woods In the wood of Bellamonte, there is a sensory path which invites you to take off your shoes and rediscover the contact with the soil, pebbles and wet grass.įinally free.