moments from a bow drill friction fire[image description: six photos of a white woman starting a fir

moments from a bow drill friction fire

[image description: six photos of a white woman starting a fire using a bow drill method. the first photo shows her carving out the notch on the fire board. the second photo shows her boot on the fire board with a spindle and bow in place, the handhold held by her and another person. smoke rises from where the spindle and fire board meet. the third photo shows just the fire board smoking. the fourth shows the fire board being pulled away to reveal the smoking coal. the fifth photo shows the woman blowing on a tinder bundle in which the coal has been placed. the sixth photo shows a lit piece of paper birch bark being used to light a fire structure. end image description.]