Mastering the Elements: Learn to Use Ice to Make a Fire [video]

The ingenuity of human beings is certainly limitless. With simple tools and willpower, we are able to perform all kinds of tasks. Do you doubt? Then watch the video below and see a man creating fire from a massive ice block, using only simple tools, the warmth of his hands and sunlight.

To get started, simply arrange a large block of solid ice that is translucent, that is, solidified water cannot be opaque or excessively cracked. Once you have an appropriate block, you must sculpt it so that it is shaped like a disc about seven inches thick, being careful not to break it or crack it.

Finally, you need to use the heat of your own hands and rub them on the ice until it becomes completely smooth. At this point, it is important to note that you should make the block as straight as possible on one side, but make it take a curved shape on the other, turning it into a kind of large magnifying glass.

Let there be fire

With your freezing lens in your hand, simply place it with it resting somewhere, with the rounded side facing the sun. Simply gather twigs and dried leaves where the beam of light is concentrated so that you quickly have a fire burning. It is noteworthy, of course, that the method does not work on cloudy days.

The question that does not want to be silent, however, is where an ordinary person could find an ice block of this size giving soup in Brazil.