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Young People
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Involving Your Children in Wilderness
Survival Skills
by Allan "Bow" Beauchamp
(Page 2 of 3)
(Photos on this page by
Allan "Bow"
Beauchamp) |
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Fire |
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Showing children proper use of fire, as well as teaching them primitive
ways of making it, gives them a real sense of responsibility and
empowerment. |
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Here my son Nicholas has been
shown the proper technique for building a pit fire shelter for
dry weather in thick brush. |
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Here is my son learning skills
most kids his age haven't seen yet. As a parent, it is
important to me to show then and teach them well. This way, as
time goes on, they too have some good skills in which to enjoy
our great outdoors and flourish there. |
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Here is my little girl, using here
a fine crafted fire piston made by Jeff Wagner. How many
adults have learnt and tried this fire starting skill? |
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Children of pretty well any age
can learn to make fire using a bowdrill, especially with a
little help! This is my son, Nicholas. |
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Here we my son, Nicholas,
demonstrating "Bow's Bore", a unique variation of the bowdrill. |
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Nico at age 12 learning about
flint and steel fire making. |
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Wild Food |
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After a hard day of tracking, my daughter Jessica
stops at a patch of Saskatoon berries for
lunch. |
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Here is my son, Nicholas. He has caught a small snake,
in this area they get much bigger, some five and a half feet long and one inch
diameter. A good food source, though I doubt this one will do that for him!
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Cordage |
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Some of
Allan "Bow" Beauchamp's students making cordage
from grasses. |
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