i was catching a snippet of the new survivor season, and it looks like they are having the fire problem again. granted, the show producers wouldn’t want survivalists on the show (what fun would that be?), but you’d think at least one of the contestants would be prepared to make fire (unless the producers screened against anyone with any useful wilderness skills at all. this is conceivable, among the contestants, i see both a shoe designer and an internet project manager).
- equipped to survive – site with all sorts of info. here’s their firestarting guide
- making fire by bow drill – with pictures
- making fire by hand drill – also with pictures, looks hard
- primitive ways – besides the previous two, the site has 8 other methods for firemaking and tons of other fun stuff.
- the fire plow – takes intense effort, but mechanically simple, from the society of primitive technology’s site
- caveman to chemist projects: fire – some chemistry and a lot of notes on firemaking. part of a more comprehensive survival guide. same thing here, firemaking split to separate page.
- nature.net thread – on starting fires w/o matches
- primitive, survival, wilderness living skill links – looks like links to lotsa useful stuff
- survival school store – fun looking products
in my searches, i also came across a site on poi and fire twirling. wee!