This is a badge bit (BB) that is part of the
PEM curriculum. Completing this BB is part of getting the sand badge in
Traditional Skills.
When it's time to cook a bit of meat, it's annoying to have to wait for lightning to start a fire for you. Let's gain experience with using a bow drill to start a fire!
Here's how to do it:
Minimum requirements:
- Make a fire using a bow drill
- You don't need to make the bow drill, that's a different BB
- This bb can only use materials that existed 200 years ago
Provide proof of the following
as video (<2 min):
- Your bow drill
- Making an ember with the bow drill
- Igniting tinder