2017 Firestarting Challenge
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Jean Heinbach challenged all the members of WMS to a fire starting competition. Her belief that all skills listed in the "requirements" should be practices and used regularly. As an incentive, she made the beautiful bag pictured on the left. Above is Jean presenting the winner, Kathy Kilminster-Uda, with the prize. Congratulations Kathy. |
gathering at amm nationals
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Aux Aliments Du Pay
3 DAYS OF Living off the land
Held September 4-6th in Idaho
Mary, Alice, Susie, Cuz and Patsy going out foraging for food
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Hawthorne berries, about the size of a big blueberry. Tasty but with a lot of seeds in them like a wild grape
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Burdock roots and leaves. Roots are tasty, wash 'em, peel 'em, rinse them again, chop them up like carrots and boil 'em. Tastes like potatoes wit the texture of a carrot
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Susy checking Alice's crawdad trap
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Always busy in camp
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Patsy fishing
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Food gathered for dinner
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Crawdads
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dEMONSTRATIONS AT Fort Bridger Rendezvous
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Mary and Patsy demonstrating how to tan a large hide
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Mary and Cindy outside hide tipi
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Jean's Parfleche/hide tanning workshop
Sue making fire with bow drill
Mary wringing out hide after braining
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Denise dry scraping elk hide
LueShantel smoking up hide
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Mary and Sue working together on scraping hide
Mary cutting parfleche into belt lengths
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Displaying the finished products of the weekend