You’re speeding down a river in a canoe. Your friend in the front yells something that you can’t hear over the rapids. Before you know what has happened, you flip out of your canoe and you wake up next to your friend with a roaring fire in front of you. Maybe you ask him all [...]
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Bow-Drill Fire Making
Step-by-step instructions I. Body Positions and General Considerations for bow-drill fire-making and . Fuel, Heat, Oxygen, and Moisture: Duration, Pressure, and Speed. All are factors which will affect the success or failure of making fire with a bow and drill. Lock wrist against leg. Keep hand hold perpendicular to drill. Apply proper pressure. Keep bow [...]
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