Survival Tips: How To Start A Fire Using Friction | Ray Mears' BushCraft | BBC Earth Explore

Fire is a vital element for this remote village in the Amazon, but over the years, the knowledge of how to light a fire by hand has been lost. It can take up to a month paddling in a canoe to get a box of matches, so bushcraft instructor Ray Mears demonstrates a much quicker technique to the Yekuana people of Venezuela.
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In the original film the indigenous then go on to show and teach the children this technique. It’s awesome to see the knowledge being passed on.

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It really is amazing seeing these methods kept alive!

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Making fire from scratch is one of the few things on my bucket list. I already made bread from wheat. (Although it was pretty bad)

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The tension in their eyes says it all...