1st orienteering race in Germany

23 – 25 January 2009, I did my first Pooltocht orienteering race with my friends Johan Hoogendijk and Frank Nummerdor. It was held in the woods about 40 km southeast of Dortmund, in Germany. The event is organized every year by scouts from Enschede (the Netherlands), and the races are always in wooded areas in … Continue Reading

Hiking in the Stubaier Alps, Austria

TREK REPORT 8-16 Aug. 2008, I did a hut-to-hut hiking tour in the Stubaier Alps, in Austria, with Marleen, Ingrid, Marieke and Jennifer. Total distance: about 60 km. Mountain huts No. Name Elevation 1. Nürnberger Hütte 2.297 m 2. Sulzenauhütte 2.191 m 3. Dresdner Hütte 2.302 m 4. Neue Regensburger Hütte 2.282 m 5. Franz-Senn-Hütte … Continue Reading

Fishing and bushcraft in the Flevopolder

4 – 6 July 2008, I spent a warm weekend fishing and bushcrafting with my buddies Jeroen Keultjes and Johan Hoogendijk in the Flevopolder (near Lelystad) in the Netherlands. We caught some perch, roach and ruffe (Dutch: baars, voorn en pos) which we cooked in different ways over the campfire. Good eating 🙂 We ended … Continue Reading

Winter survival training in Tyngsjö, Sweden

TREK REPORT 15-24 February 2008, I went on Winter survival training in Tyngsjö in central Sweden with my friends Rob Hofman and Johan Hoogendijk. It wasn’t as cold as we expected (most days the temperature was only a few degrees below zero Celsius) but there was lot’s of snow and we had good fun. Total … Continue Reading