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Kuching is sharing pretty much the same festivals as other region of Malaysia, though you may still find some local festivals that only Sarawakian get to celebrates. All festivals and events in Kuching are as follow:

1. New Year’s Day (1 January)

Public Holiday through out the entire Malaysia, and the world; and Kuching has no different too.

2. Chinese New Year (January/February)

Chinese New Year is fall on 1st day of every lunar calendar year, that may fall on any days during January or February.

Google it for exact date for the certain year you would like to know, eg. “Chinese New Year 2010″. Travel to Kuching two weeks ahead of the Chinese New Year is the best time for you to see the locals getting ready for the Chinese New Year festival. People in Kuching is often busy shopping for Chinese New Year goods and goodies during this time. On the Eve of Chinese New Year, locals will do their final shopping before noon, and after 2pm usually the Kuching is much like a dead town. Shops shut, businesses ended, everyone is at home getting ready for their reunion meal. For anyone who is still in Kuching on this day, the only place you can have your dinner is probably the fast food restaurant for instance KFC or McDonald.

In the midnight once the clock strikes 12am, the entire city is like entering into a war, you will be amazed by the fireworks on the sky, and even firecrackers are everywhere. The whole event will last for about half an hour to an hour before you can get a good sleep. It’s illegal though to play with fireworks or firecrackers; however it isn’t been fully enforced in Sarawak. You will not get this if you are in the capital of Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur. Most businesses remain closed in Kuching from the first to the forth day of the festival, you still have to dine at the fast food restaurant during those days. However, cafe, pubs and bars are normally opened once the day turns dark.

3. Good Friday (March/April)

Nothing much special in Kuching during this day, it’s just a public holiday.

5. Labour Day (1 May)

Simply a public holiday. Business as normal for shopping malls and restaurants.

6. Wesak Day (May)

It may fall on any day during May be based upon which calendar year. For anyone who is at Kuching during this period, visit the Buddhist temples, in which the crowds are gathered on this special occasion.

7. Gawai Day (1 June)

This is the extremely important festival for the Dayak (indigenious people) in Sarawak, which celebrating the end of rice harvesting and welcomes the new planting season. Everyone in the longhouses in Sarawak will begin to celebrate the festival from the Eve of the Gawai day. On the Gawai day itself, that is 1 June, traditional rituals are held, dancing, plenty of local foods especially Bamboo rice and bamboo chicken. Should you be traveling in Kuching during this special event, you may take part in the Annah Rais Homestay program and experience the fun of the Gawai festival with the locals people. No walk-in traveler will be entertained during this day at most of the longhouses, except for pre-arranged tour from the tour company, and the invited guest by the local people.

For Annah Rais Longhouse, simply participate in the homestay program and you will get a chance to experience how the local people celebrate the festival at Annah Rais village.

8. Dragon Boat Festival (June)

As the name suggest, you will witness the dragon boats competition on this day through out most part of Malaysia. In Kuching, you may witness the dragon boat competition along the Sarawak River, at the Kuching Waterfront. Local Chinese will be making their own rice dumpling in this special occasion for their family. Most Chinese coffee shops in Kuching do selling them too, so you should try it!

9. Rainforest World Music Festival (July)

These are the infamous global event which will be held in Kuching every year. Rainforest World Music Festival brings together the planet renowned musicians around the globe and indigenous musicians from all parts of mythical land of Borneo to come to the same stage to perform for you.

Such event lasts for 3 days and will be held at Sarawak Cultural Village, next to Damai Puri Resort (formerly known as Damai Lagoon Resort), about 30 km from Kuching. For more information about Rainforest World Music Festival, kindly visit their official website at http://www.rainforestmusic-borneo.com.

Fairly often during this period of time, Kuching hotels occupancy rate are all time high and can be fully booked quite often, therefore you are advised to book early if you intend to attend to such global event.

Resort that within the walking distance to the Sarawak Cultural Village are Damai Puri Resort and Permai Rainforest Resort. Damai Holiday Inn Resort is also within a walking distance, nevertheless it takes you a longer walk, approximately ten to fifteen mins!

10. Mid Autumn Festival (August)

Also called Mooncake or Lantern Festival. Nothing much special accept eating mooncake (plenty of mooncakes, everywhere is selling it) and watching kids carrying lantern at each corner of the streets when the day turns dark. Novice photographer will really appreciate such occasion.

11. Malaysia’s National Day (31 August)

It’s a nation public holiday, and in Kuching, it’s celebrated each year, check out at Central Padang at Kuching.

12. Hungry Ghosts Month (August/September)

It is believed by the Chinese that within the 7th month of lunar calendar, ghosts are returned to the earth for feasting. In Kuching, take a look at this “hungry ghost event” that is held next to the old central post office. It’s always filled with crowd.

13. Christmas Day (25 Dec)

It is also another important event for the Christian in Kuching. However, special events’ arrangement mostly limited to each individual church only. Clubbers also gathered at certain pubs for counting down during eve of Christmas. Nothing much special in Kuching, better spend your time in Singapore’s Orchard Road I guess, should you happen to travel in this region!

That’s about all the festivals and events in Kuching. So plan your vacation wisely. Wish you have a wonderful trip soon.

For more information about tips and hints to travel to Kuching, visit Lester’s Kuching Travel Guide website. Also take a look at Annah Rais Longhouse Adventure website for more information about the homestay program offered by the local villager.

Many people went camping as children with their parents or grandparents and they made lots of wonderful memories of those trips. Now that you are grown it’s time to take your kids camping and make your own memories. You and your family will have these memories for many years to come. Your children can even share the camp stories with their children.

Before going camping you need to have a check list so you do not leave anything behind. You should put everything you will need for your trip on that list like sleeping bags, fishing poles, tents, flashlights, first aid kids, bug spray, food, drinks, and a battery operated lantern for every tent.

You should also plan a simple menu while on your trip. Hot dogs are a good menu item because the kids love to roast them over the open fire. Soup and stew is also a good menu item because it can also be cooked over an open fire.

Be sure to pack everything you need for making smores because you can’t have a camping trip with out smores. When choosing a destination for your trip try to find a place that has showers and toilets. It is much more sanitary but it is also safer than having your children go into the woods to use the bathroom.

It would also be a great idea to point out what poison ivy and poison oak look like to your kids so they do not get into it. You should also camp at a camp site and not in the wilderness. When you camp in the woods you have to be concerned with bears and other animals.

When you camp at a camp ground you are usually safe from bears or other animals because they try to stay away from all the people that are constantly coming and going.

When you go on a camping trip, how do you plan on cooking? You could take a Jetboil Hiking stove along with you. This is a hiking stove that is easy to set up and will get your food cooking in no time.

Kuching is sharing virtually a similar festivals as other part of Malaysia, nonetheless you may still find some local festivals that only Sarawakian get to celebrates. All festivals and events in Kuching are as follow:

1. New Year’s Day (1 January)

Public Holiday through out the whole Malaysia, and the world; and Kuching has no exception too.

2. Chinese New Year (January/February)

Chinese New Year is fall on 1st day of every lunar calendar year, which will fall on any days during January or February.

Google it for exact date of the certain year you wish to know, eg. “Chinese New Year 2010″. Travel to Kuching two weeks before the Chinese New Year is the greatest time for you to see the locals preparing for the Chinese New Year festival. People in Kuching is often busy shopping for Chinese New Year goods and goodies during this time. On the Eve of Chinese New Year, locals will do their final shopping before noon, and after 2pm usually the Kuching is much like a dead town. Shops closed, businesses stopped, folks are in the home getting ready for their reunion dinner. If you are still in Kuching on this day, the only place you can have your dinner is probably the fast food restaurant for example KFC or McDonald.

In the midnight once the clock strikes 12am, the whole city is much like entering into a war, you may be dazzled by the fireworks on the sky, and also firecrackers are everywhere. The whole of the celebration can last for around half an hour to an hour before you can get a good sleep. It’s illegal though to play with fireworks or firecrackers; however it is not been fully enforced in Sarawak. You can’t get this if you’re in the capital of Malaysia - Kuala Lumpur. Most businesses remain closed in Kuching from the first to the forth day of the festival, you’ve still got to dine at the fast food restaurant during those days. However, cafe, pubs and bars are normally opened once the day turns dark.

3. Good Friday (March/April)

Nothing much special in Kuching during this day, it’s just a public holiday.

5. Labour Day (1 May)

Simply a public holiday. Business as usual for shopping malls and restaurants.

6. Wesak Day (May)

It will fall on any day during May depend on which calendar year. If you’re at Kuching during this period, pay a visit to the Buddhist temples, the place that the crowds are gathered on this special day.

7. Gawai Day (1 June)

This is the extremely important festival for the Dayak (indigenious people) in Sarawak, which celebrating the finish of rice harvesting and welcomes the new planting season. Everyone in the longhouses in Sarawak will begin to celebrate the festival from the Eve of the Gawai day. On the Gawai day itself, which is 1 June, traditional rituals are held, dancing, plenty of local foods especially Bamboo rice and bamboo chicken. In case you are traveling in Kuching during this special occasion, you possibly can participate in the Annah Rais Homestay program and experience the fun of the Gawai festival together with the locals people. No walk-in traveler will be entertained during this day at most of the longhouses, except for pre-arranged tour from the tour company, or the invited guest from the local people.

For Annah Rais Longhouse, simply participate in the homestay program and that you will get a chance to experience how the local people celebrate the festival at Annah Rais village.

8. Dragon Boat Festival (June)

As the name suggest, you can witness the dragon boats competition on this day through out most part of Malaysia. In Kuching, you may witness the dragon boat competition along the Sarawak River, at the Kuching Waterfront. Local Chinese will be making their own rice dumpling in this special occasion for their family. Most Chinese coffee houses in Kuching do selling them too, so you should try it!

9. Rainforest World Music Festival (July)

These are the popular worldwide event that’ll be held in Kuching every year. Rainforest World Music Festival brings together the planet famous musicians around the globe and indigenous musicians from all parts of mythical land of Borneo to come to the same stage to perform for you.

Such event can last for 3 days and will be held at Sarawak Cultural Village, next to Damai Puri Resort (formerly known as Damai Lagoon Resort), about 30 km from Kuching. To learn more about Rainforest World Music Festival, kindly visit their official website at http://www.rainforestmusic-borneo.com.

Usually during this period of time, Kuching hotels occupancy rate are all time high and may be fully booked quite often, therefore you are advised to book early if you’re going to attend to such global event.

Resort that within the walking distance to the Sarawak Cultural Village are Damai Puri Resort and Permai Rainforest Resort. Damai Holiday Inn Resort is also within a walking distance, nonetheless it takes you a longer walk, approximately 10 to 15 mins!

10. Mid Autumn Festival (August)

Also called Mooncake or Lantern Festival. Nothing much special accept eating mooncake (lots of mooncakes, everywhere is selling it) and watching kids carrying lantern at every corner of the streets when the day turns dark. Amateur photographer will really appreciate such occasion.

11. Malaysia’s National Day (31 August)

It’s a nation public holiday, and in Kuching, it’s celebrated each year, check out at Central Padang at Kuching.

12. Hungry Ghosts Month (August/September)

It is believed by the Chinese that within the 7th month of lunar calendar, ghosts are returned to the earth for feasting. In Kuching, check out this “hungry ghost event” that is held next to the old central post office. It’s always filled with crowd.

13. Christmas Day (25 Dec)

It’s also another significant event for the Christian in Kuching. However, special events’ arrangement mostly limited to each individual church only. Clubbers also gathered at certain pubs for counting down during eve of Christmas. Nothing much special in Kuching, better spend your time in Singapore’s Orchard Road I suppose, should you happen to travel in this region!

That’s about all the festivals and events in Kuching. So plan your trip wisely. Wish you have a wonderful vacation soon.

Visit Lester Sim’s Kuching Travel Guide for much more insights advice about traveling in Kuching. Also stop by his friend’s longhouse homestay website - Annah Rais Longhouse Adventure, if you prefer to experience the local Bidayuh tribe’s traditional way of living.

This is a beginner’s lesson on backpacking for dummies. Backpacking is an exciting adventure if you can handle some rough moments. However, if you are not completely ready, it might end up causing a lot of anger and discomfort.

Lesson 01 on backpacking for dummies is the definition of backpacking. It is a blend of hiking and camping in one trip. The length of these trips will vary. The enjoyable part about backpacking is, you can walk at your own pace, and take as long as you wish. It’s up to you to make the trip enjoyable.

Lesson #2: The backpack - The focus needs to be on comfort and strength when selecting a backpack. Your backpack should hold everything you need for your trip and feel comfortable, too. Support the backpack with your shoulders and walk back and forth in the shop. This will help you feel if the bag is good or not.

After that there is a lesson on clothing and footwear for Backpacking for Dummies. It is imperative to bring clothes that are comfortable. On the other hand, if you are visiting formal or religious venues, be sure to take proper clothing. This illustrates the importance of planning. Once you have set your schedule well, you will be able to plan your clothing well, too. One thing that Backpacking for Dummies highly recommends is a good, comfortable pair of hiking shoes. For much of your backpacking trip, you will be walking. That is why you need a quality pair of shoes that are “dependable”. Bring a pair of flip-flops, in addition to your hiking shoes, just in case you need them.

Money is also important to bring along, and it’s also mentioned in backpacking for dummies. Carry the correct amount and a little extra with you all of the time. Staying a step ahead of problems through cautious planning is always rewarding.

Lastly, following are few suggestions for the beginner backpacker. Be sure that you are in shape; you can’t make the trip if your body isn’t ready. Remember to bring your medications with you if you need to take them daily. Hopefully, backpacking for dummies has effectively taught you about your basic needs while planning to go backpacking. I hope that you have a great time! Happy backpacking!

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Freeze dried food is typically not on most homeowner’s grocery lists. However, it is a really great option for families who want quick prep, nutritious foods. They are also perfect for the family survival kit because they have incredibly long shelf lives. They have many perks for families and you can buy freeze dried food storage meals on a budget.

Today’s freeze dried food storage taste delicious. Cutting edge flash freezing processes are the main reason for this. This preservation process literally leaves the food in a type of “suspended animation.” When the food is reconstituted it comes back to life with all of its original freshness. With just a little water and a few minutes you can have gourmet meals for the whole family.

Many families use freeze dried food storage in their family survival kits. In addition to this, many other families actually buy freeze dried meals and eat them on a daily basis. Kids love to help prepare freeze dried meals because they are super easy to make and because it is like magic watching the food come back to life. Parents think it’s a great choice because eating freeze dried meals regularly is an easy way to provide the entire family with a well balanced and nutritious diet.

The flash freezing process preserves each meal’s original flavors and nutritional value. It also preserves the texture and aroma of the original meal. Virtually none of the food’s qualities are lost when compared to the original meal. During the preservation process, the meal is cooked to perfection and then immediately flash frozen. Up to 98 percent of the water content is removed from the meal. This is what keeps it from spoiling. You get a top quality product because the meal is flash frozen at its peek.

The next time you need to come up with a grocery list, check out some top food storage companies online first. With all of the perks it has to offer you may never go back to regular food again.

Learn more about top food storage companies. Stop by Tom H. Ronson’s site where you can find out all about premier food storage and what it can do for you.

A backpack is a cloth sack that is usually secured over the shoulders. This is used to carry reasonably heavy loads that are difficult to be carried in the hands for a long time. There are the smaller backpacks that have one strap going over the shoulder. This is for carrying loads that are not too heavy. The larger backpacks carry heavier loads and are secured over the shoulder by two straps. Some backpacks have padded hip belts for transferring the load to the hips. This is useful when the load weighs more than 22 lbs. The hips can withstand more load than the shoulders.

Backpacks are identified mostly with youths, especially students. They are used by students to carry their books. For this reason, they are often called schoolbags or bookbags. These are designed with compartment and pockets to carry things that students need to carry. Backpacks have become a common piece of standard piece of gear used by soldiers in many countries. These are used to carry equipments of even up to 100 lbs. Backpacks can have various padded compartments or pockets within and on the outside for carrying specific items as cameras, laptops and cables. Backpacks also come with wheels at the bottom and an extended handle at the top. When one is carrying heavy loads, the backpack with wheels becomes useful for rolling along on the even ground such as in a train station, airports or smooth pavements. This eases the strain on one’s shoulders.

There are three types of backpacks. The frameless backpacks are the most popular and are also the cheapest. The external frame backpacks are for carrying heavy loads. But they are stiff because of the frame. The backpack with internal frame is more flexible and gives you free movement. You can use this to carry moderate to not so heavy load. The Osprey Argon 70 Pack is a backpack with internal frame which are available in five torso sizes. It has a compartment to carry sleeping bag. The harness and combos are moreover gender specific.

Travelers are known to prefer backpacks. This is particularly in favor with travelers who go for outdoors trekking or hiking. Backpacks have also become common in urban use. Their popularity comes from their compactness and ability of the backpacker for free mobility.

When a person travels, he or she has to bring very important things. Thus, an Osprey Argon 70 should be used for packing them.

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Half the pleasure of planning for a trip is having to select somewhere you get to go. Each and every time I recieve one of my free travel guides, I enjoy flipping through the different pages to see which attractions jump out at me. Everyone looks for something different in a destination.

Some people would like to spend all of their time bathing in the sun’s rays. Some people want to waste their time visiting historical places. While other people want to devote their time observing the actual natives. Whichever it will be you want to do you should have a plan of action established before you decide to even consider packing your bags.

When preparing a family vacation you should study the destination or locations you are thinking about. If you are not necessarily positive where you would like to visit, search through a free travel guide for a few ideas. I recommend choosing two or three destinations to pick from.

After you have selected one or two attractions, you will need to be sure you research each destination. You should know the best time of year to visit there, the weather conditions, etc It is usually helpful if you can speak to anyone who has been there before. They will be able to make it easier to fully grasp the lay of the land before you have made your selection.

Now that you’ve done your research making a final selection will become easier. Once your destination is placed, you will need to start making plans around it. Determine what clothes you’ll need. If, you need any kind of particular medications or shots before you leave. Also, you will want to determine whether or not you will need to exchange currency before you go.

Do not over schedule you vacation. You should maintain an easy schedule. Because trips rarely go as prepared, using a limited agenda could backfire on you. Instead, think about planning to always be spontaneous while on holiday.

You will be pleasantly surprised exactly how relaxing being spontaneous could make your vacation. You are able to mark places of interests on your free travel brochure. Once you arrive there you can make plans look around the different locations. I’d also include a wish list of extras. Just incase you have the extra time, you can include within these locations.

Keep in mind, the airlines currently have bag weight restrictions. Keep in mind domestics weight restrictions aren’t the same as international weight restrictions. Therefore, you will want to travel light. For almost all us ladies out there, you will want to leave space for shopping. What would a vacation be without shopping?

Free travel guides can be a big help when planning your next vacation. Take the chaos out of scheduling your next holiday with free travel brochures. This post shows how enjoyable a vacation can be when using travel brochures.

Backpacks have become a common for packing things. Travelers find it especially attractive for long travel. The ease with which you can pack and carry it over your shoulders is the most attractive feature in the backpack. You are able to maneuver and navigate easily carrying the backpack than other form of luggage carriers. Moreover, the pressure on your shoulders is reduced with the weight getting evenly distributed across the backpack and on to your hips and legs. The pack frames makes the backpack firm. It remains firm and steady.

There are three kinds of backpacks available in the market. There are the ones with internal frame. Backpacks with external frames are also available. Backpacks without any frame at all are more common than these two types. To keep the backpack light, the frames are constructed from poles that are light weight. Aluminum is the most favored metal to make the poles though titanium and scandium alloys too are sometimes used. The frameless backpacks are of course the most common of them all.

The external frame backpacks are favored when one wants a backpack with large capacity. It is also suitable for carrying heavy load. Campers or hikers strap their camping tents, sleeping bags and other camping equipments on to the frame. The frames are rather rigid. This makes the backpack stiff on your back restricting free body movement. The internal frame backpacks are more flexible. The frame combines the use of metal and plastic. The flat bars or stays that make up the frame can be bent to the desired shape. They also adjust to the contour of the body. This is not only comfortable, but also offers you better freedom of movement than the external frame backpacks. The frameless backpack is more popular than others, and is commonly used. It is also cheaper than the backpack with frames. There are, in addition, the large internal-frame backpacks which are specially designed for outdoor activities. These are for carrying heavy loads. They are padded more heavily and are designed to attach to the shoulders and the hips.

The Osprey Argon 85 Pack has multiple pockets, a waist belt that eases pressure on the shoulder, a hydration system that provides water and a back panel that is quite comfortable. These are specially meant for long travels. The Osprey Packs Argon 85 Backpack has also won an award for its design.

There are varied designs. Colors, sizes and shapes for you to choose your backpack. The right one is what suits your needs and likes. They are also sold online.

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Preserved food is the perfect option for disaster preparedness, families that need quick-prep meals, and people who love to go backpacking. Just about any food can be preserved. With a little water you can have your choice of meats, vegetables, fruits, and even entire meals.

There are two main food preservation processes: freeze drying and dehydrating. Outside of the fact that one process yields food that is more pricey, many people do not know the difference between the two. The next time you’re shopping for preserved food, consider the following.

Freeze Dried Food

This type of food storage is highly popular. It is often purchased by families who keep a constant supply of food storage. Some freeze dried foods can actually last up to 30 years without spoiling. These are the top three ways freeze dried foods differ from dehydrated food:

Taste — Freeze dried food storage is known to taste much better. It is created using a flash freeze process that leaves meals in suspended animation. When reconstituted, the meals have their same flavors, aromas, and textures.

Nutritional Content — The flash freeze process used to create freeze dried meals always helps the food keep its same nutritional content, unlike dehydrating which diminishes nutritional value. This is another reason why freeze dried food storage is so popular.

Cost — Because freeze dried food taste better, is more nutritious, and uses a more complicated preservation process, the food is more costly.

Dehydrated Food

This type of food storage is also popular because it is less expensive, and because it can actually be done at home with a dehydrator. This process uses heat (air drying, sun drying, etc.) to remove most of the food’s water content. These are the top three ways that dehydrated food differs from freeze dried food:

Cost — Dehydrating is a simple process that uses less expensive equipment, and if you dehydrate food at home it is even more affordable.

Space — Dehydrated food is more compact and lightweight than freeze dried food, which means that it is a better space saving option.

Taste — Dehydrated food storage is known to be a bit less flavorful than freeze dried food. Many times it also has a chewy texture. However, dehydrated foods like sun dried tomatoes are often used in regular, every day cooking because they yield rich flavors when cooked for long periods of time. But for emergency preparedness and quick-prep purposes, you will not get such a robust flavor.

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Fire starting has become somewhat of a lost art. Decades ago, it was an essential skill for survival, but modern technology has made it so simple that most people would be at a loss to start a fire if they were without a cigarette lighter or matches. However, anybody can learn to start fire without either matches or a lighter - rain or shine. Let’s look at the necessary ingredients for starting fire.

The three basic ingredients are fuel, oxygen and heat. We’re going to assume, for this discussion that the fuel is wood. Oxygen is a given as long as you’re alive, so let’s look at your heat source. You’ve got to have sufficient heat to ignite your fuel, or at least your tinder so that it can in turn ignite your fuel, or wood. Let’s consider how to get that heat source.

There are three basic sources for heat to start your fire - first is a flame which can come from a match or lighter. But what if you don’t have either of those on hand? There are really only two other heat sources for starting fires and that would be either a coal or a spark. Coals can be generated by creating friction between two wood objects. This can be achieved by a drill or bow and drill combination. Friction between the wood materials can actually create a coal which can then be used to ignite tinder. In a future article, we’ll explain just how to do this in detail. For now, suffice it to say that this involves a significant amount of work. For those who have learned to start a fire this way, the universal lesson taught is that it is prudent to have another more efficient method on hand. That’s where spark comes in.

The right kind of steel can be useful to create enough sparks to light tinder. It can be a very small piece making it convenient to carry with you, ready for use at any time. One real benefit in the use of a fire steel is that if it’s good quality, it will work even if it’s wet. There are all kinds of them on the market, it just depends upon your favorite style.

When it comes to tinder, there are numerous natural materials that work well. Dead moss, bark shavings and dead grass are just a few of the possibilities. Those that are really serious about fire starting might want to consider carrying some tinder with them, just to be prepared. Whatever method you use, practice makes perfect. Develop your skill enough so that you’ll be able to get the results you want under any circumstances.

This article was written by Griz Garzo, who is passionate about wilderness survival and primitive skills, including firestarting.