[at-l] Fw: Thru hiker Survivor Fire

[cleek@cleekhouse.com (Billie H. Cleek)]

In my experience bow drill firemaking is at all difficult.  For me the
most difficult part of the process if finding the fireboard, drill, and
chock.  But, that's why I look for materials EVERYTIME I'm hiking.
Eventually I just want to have a small collection of fireboards and
drills that I will be able to choose from to take on all of my hikes.  I
find bow drill firemaking to be much more reliable than matches or a
lighter.  If you're having problems with primitive fire making, then you
just need to practice and talk to others that have the skill.  It's
really not at all difficult once you figure it out -- kind of like
riding a bike.
On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 09:02:35AM -0500, kahley tried to make me believe:
> At 09:41 PM 3/10/02 -0500, Jim Lynch wrote:
> 
> >Can someone point us to a web site or a FAQ that discusses primitive
> >firebuilding?  Or a source of training?
> >Thanks!
> 
> I've tried a couple different methods and this is the only
> one that worked even a little bit.  It's a fun thing to learn
> but as practical advice, it's better to always have two modern
> sources of fire making cause it is really hard!!!!!
> Bow drill fire starting
> http://members.truepath.com/cherokeesurvival/fire.htm
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