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You'll get 4 email lessons, spaced a day apart. Each lesson includes a video, photos and an article by Alone contestant and expert survival instructor, Dan Wowak from the Appalachian Bushcraft School.
Free Survival Fire Starting Course
- LESSON 1 – THE BASICS OF STARTING A FIRE
- LESSON 2 – CHOOSING THE RIGHT FIRE STARTER
- LESSON 3 – FINDING NATURAL TINDERS, FAT WOOD ETC.
- LESSON 4 - FINAL TIPS & TRICKS FROM THE MASTER
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
DAN WOWAK – APPALACHIAN BUSHMAN SCHOOL

Dan Wowak, Owner and Instructor, of Coalcracker Bushcraft and the Appalachian Bushman School, has been an avid outdoorsman since childhood. His love and passion for the outdoors began while fishing and hiking with his grandfather in the hills of Appalachia. Over the years, he continued pursuing his love for the outdoors through backpacking, camping, hunting, and trapping. As time went on, Dan’s enthusiasm for the outdoors compounded with his drive for reaching his physical and mental limits.