Programs

Program Description:
In the old days, people knew how to walk into the woods and gather materials to make fire without any tools other than a knife or sharp stone edge. In this class we will focus on the basics of fire by friction which involves rubbing two pieces of wood together fast enough to make a coal that we can blow into flame. We will provide you with a bow drill kit, a knife and help you work on your form to learn the basics.

Schedule:
• Sunday, February 23, 2025 | 10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Fee:
• $35

Location:
• Rocky Fork Metro Park Pavilion

*About the Instructor:
Sandy Reed is a Nature Program Assistant Coordinator for Healthy New Albany. She recently retired from 36 years of teaching science. She has a BA in Education and a MA in Gifted Education and is a certified Montessori middle school teacher. Sandy was recently recognized as a Grosvenor Teacher Fellow through National Geographic and Lindblad Expeditions and traveled to Antarctica. She is also a certified Forest Therapy Guide and an instructor with Original Wisdom, a small organization that provides international adventure education programs in wildlife tracking, ecology, bushcraft and human culture. As an internationally certified wildlife tracker, she enjoys traveling into the African bush each summer to work on her wildlife tracking skills and teaches bushcraft skills with her husband in the United States and South Africa. She loves to travel, hike, fish, hunt, camp and introduce people to nature.