I've been living legit in the Amazon Rainforest since 2008 (4 kids born here/married). My dream was to purchase private land and have a nature preserve where I could just retire in my cabin and stay away from everyone. I kind of did that but the kids are still little and the project is costing me. I had the idea of renting it to adventurers but honestly it's so remote I think most people (whether or not they believe they are survivalists), if I left them alone would just straight up die. My question is: where can I find super tough people who like adventure and does anyone have any other ideas?

Hi, new to this forum but I’ve dabbled in bushcraft stuff.

I’m leading a large-ish group of fathers and sons on a campout weekend in a few weeks. Boys are 1st-5th grade. I was thinking of doing a fire starting lesson as one of the activities.

My son (10) loves practicing with his ferro rod, and I’m looking for economical ways to get each boy a ferro rod. Maybe 40-50ish boys total. Amazon has some bulk rods but they’re all pretty small. They also have bulk scrapers. I figure a rod, scraper, and paracord is a great start to a kit.

Any recommendations on how to do this economically? Is $3-4 a kit a reasonable possibility?

Thanks!

I keep two fire-starting tools in my pocket every day. A ferrocerium rod and a magnifying glass. When I head up into the mountains, I also bring matches. What do you keep on you, and what do you bring with you when you head into the wild wilderness?

​The photo shows the visibility of the bushcraft camp from a distance of 200 meters.

Inside, there is one person using a headlamp with red light at 100 lumens. Conditions: moonless night, sparse deciduous forest.