I had to split plus stack wood, as well as dissemble the furnace for a thorough cleaning before I used it, once I had a reliable heating source I could find a ready source of clean water
There is an outdated hunting beach house halfway up the mountains, about thirty miles away from the city. When I was a child my Mom used to take myself and others there. He said his Mom had built it, however I absolutely don’t know the legal status of the site. As far as I know it is undoubtedly off the grid. After I got evicted, plus had a lot of bill collectors breathing down my neck, I decided that going off the grid was a great idea. I smashed my cell iPhone, collected what currency I could, plus went to live in that hunting beach house for a while. That ended up being 8 months, plus in that time I l acquired a lot about heating, hunting, plus survival. The 4 main elements of survival are shelter, heating, water, plus food, in that order! Since I had shelter all taken care of I could focus on the next step, which is not just building a fire, however making sure I had a consistent source of heating for the months to come. Building a fire is easy, however heating a beach house for afternoons, or even weeks, on end requires a lot of manual labor. I had to split plus stack wood, as well as dissemble the furnace for a thorough cleaning before I used it, once I had a reliable heating source I could find a ready source of clean water. Another reason heating is so pressing is to boil water. Because drinking stagnant water without overheated it can make you entirely sick. Heating also lets myself and others cook my food.