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Fire Making Class – $125.00 – 10 to 3

Learn everything you need to know to warm yourself and cook food over a fire in the woods. This includes starting a fire by friction without any lighters, matches or flint. Your instructor will demonstrate several different ancient and traditional fire-making strategies, as well as discuss preparation of tinder, kindling and fuel wood. You’ll also learn how to deal with damp and wet conditions.

Class covers:

  • Digging a fire pit
  • Extinguishing a fire
  • Feather stick
  • How to make a campfire that will burn well with minimal smoke
  • Lighting a fire
  • Making a twig bundle
  • One-match fire
  • Safety
  • Types of fires