for those interested and able to attend, the annual Valley of Fire atlatl and primitive skills gathering is happening again march 19th-21st 2010 at the 'valley of fire' national monument in Nevada, USA. this is the west's largest (and funnest!) gathering of atlatl and primitive skills enthusiasts. the park is a magnificent setting where you get to camp and throw spears under thousands of years old petroglyphs of people doing the same thing! there will be tons of ISAC events including a 3D target course and scheduled competitions. knapping, slinging, archery, lectures, music, hands-on tutorials, and tons of other fun stuff. the event and camping are totally free, only a $6 charge per vehicle per day for addmission to the park. dogs and children are welcome. some of the notable attendees will be Jim Winn (one of the best knappers in the west), Tom Mills (founder of PaleoPlanet), and of course myself (someone has to represent Slinging.org!) feel free to contact me here, or Tom Mills over on the Planet, for more info. this is one of the best gatherings of the year, attracting people from as far as Alaska, the east coast, and Europe! i hope to see some of you there. 

Chris Henry/Paleoarts

Why is everything cool and good always out West???

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Throw the dogs and missus in the car and drive !
probably do it in  a day.
What's the problem ? lol

Curious Aardvark wrote on Dec 14^th, 2009 at 3:08pm:


Miles is the problem.  It takes a lot longer to drive across America.  I have driven across our country before.  It's a very wonderful thing to do, but it's one heck of a long drive.

Paleoarts wrote on Dec 15^th, 2009 at 2:29am:


is the person in the second picture doing a hand whistel?

i really want to go....ah'well

it's hard to say from year to year, but several dozen minimum.

Great picture's Chris, It would be Nice to attend a gathering like that sound's like there's gonna be some Great Demo.'s also, I hope you have A Real Good Time, "Take Lot's of picture's If you can"



Kenny

just a week away! i'm so excited i might wet myself  my girlfriend and i will be there for 5 days slinging rocks and throwing spears, sitting around a fire flintknapping and telling stories, and hiking in some of the most beautiful desert country on earth. life is good

i'll be sure to post lots of pics and vids as well as the first official scores from a mass ISAC sling meet. i'm hoping that next year some of you can make it and i'll get to meet more of my brother slingers