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Friction Fire Plough Third Circle Camp

The fire plough, like any other friction based fire requires technique and practice.  Lifesong Wilderness Adventures gives you several options throughout our camps.  By the time you reach the Fourth Circle Rites of Passage, you have the opportunity to be proficient in three friction fire techniques. The bow drill, hand drill and now the

fire plough.

The fire plough, has it's roots in the Polynesian and

                                                        Aboriginal cultures.

If a stick is rubbed very quickly against another piece of wood, friction can make it hot enough to make tinder catch fire. With a fire plough, the stick or 'plough' is pushed along the groove towards the tinder. Hot pieces of the stick jump on to the tinder to make a flame.

  Half the fun of learning is trying the technique with

  numerous types of wood and size.  Graham is going

  for the big stuff.  As you become more and more

  aware of your surroundings, you begin to see the

  possibilities, let creativity take over and the

  adventure just gets better and better.

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