Originally posted (in Dutch) on the Dutch Bushcraft Forum on May 15, 2011 in a thread about making moccasins. Early 2010, I made a couple snowshoeing moccasins (mukluks). I used the sewing pattern from the book Snow Walker’s Companion by Garrett and Alexandra Conover. (I can really recommend this book by the way, if you are interested … Continue Reading
TREK REPORT 19 – 26 July 2010, I hiked most of Alta Via 1 in the Dolomites (Italian Alps), with my friends Marleen, Marieke, Astrid, Job and Fred. We walked about 6 hours a day, slept in mountain huts, had excellent weather and lot’s of fun (except for eating polenta). Total distance: 70 km, total … Continue Reading
TREK REPORT 2 – 10 July 2010 my friend Rob Hofman and I went to Sweden for some instruction in traditional Swedish survival skills by Johan Forsberg of Nordic Bushcraft. We spend some days in the woods near Jöngköping, did the plant walk in Granvik of the Swedish army survival school and did some bushcraft, … Continue Reading
21 – 23 May 2010, I did the Ardennen Oriëntatie Tocht (AOT) (‘Ardennes orienteering race’) with my friends Rob Hofman, Jeroen Keultjes and Frank Nummerdor. (This was my first AOT and 2nd orienteering race). It was held in the woods near Odeigne in the Belgian Ardennes. The event is organized every year by the Dutch … Continue Reading
TREK REPORT 18-27 Feb. 2010, I went on Winter survival training in the snowy woods of Tyngsjö, Sweden, with my friends Rob Hofman and Johan Hoogendijk. We built a Mors Kochanski super shelter, made long log fires, got water from a stream, made two signal fires and, unfortunately, didn’t catch any fish in the lake. … Continue Reading
30 – 31 January 2010, I helped organize the eleventh Dutch Bushcraft Weekend at the Scout Centre Austerlitz. There were 150 participants. Workshops Other Dutch Bushcraft Weekends I helped organize. For more recent Dutch Bushcraft Weekends, see Stichting Bushcraft. … Continue Reading
18 January 2010, I built a 1-person Mors Kochanski super shelter in the woods near Lelystad in the Netherlands. This original and efficient shelter invented by Canadian survival instructor Mors Kochanski, can be used in sub-zero temperatures without a sleeping bag. (I did a Winter survival course with Kochanski in 2009). Kochanski was inspired by … Continue Reading
Below you’ll find a movie screenplay I wrote in 2009. I could never find an agent, production company or studio for it, so it never made it into a film, but you still might enjoy reading it. Written by Marc Smeehuijzen Last update: 15 Sep. 2009 92 pages (1 page of screenplay represents about 1 … Continue Reading
TREK REPORT 1-8 Aug. 2009, I was in Tyngsjö, Sweden to assist my friend Dennis van Dokkum of Survival school O.V.E.R.L.E.V.E.N. for a week of survival instruction and canoeing. With the 7 students we built campfires and shelters, fished for perch and pike, did some trapping, baked bread, navigated and traveled about 57 km (46 km … Continue Reading
20 – 21 June 2009, I helped organize the tenth Dutch Bushcraft Weekend at the Scout Centre Austerlitz. There were 150 participants. Workshops Other Dutch Bushcraft Weekends I helped organize. For more recent Dutch Bushcraft Weekends, see Stichting Bushcraft. … Continue Reading
