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