TREK REPORT 22 – 24 May, 2009, I walked the Krijtlandpad long-distance trail with my friends Rob Hofman and Jeroen Keultjes. This is a 90 km trail near Maastricht, in Limburg, in the south of the Netherlands. We had decided to do this weekend trek in lightweight fashion with minimal gear and without bringing food. … Continue Reading
15-21 February, 2009, I did a winter survival course with survival legend Mors Kochanski of Karamat Wilderness Ways in Wildwood (Alberta), Canada. Other survival and bushcraft courses I went on. … Continue Reading
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
1 – 2 November 2008, I helped organize the ninth Dutch Bushcraft Weekend at the prehistoric village Haps in Apeldoorn. There were 70 participants. Workshops Other Dutch Bushcraft Weekends I helped organize. For more recent Dutch Bushcraft Weekends, see Stichting Bushcraft. … Continue Reading
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
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
14 – 15 June 2008, I helped organize the eighth Dutch Bushcraft Weekend at the Scout Centre Austerlitz. There were 100 participants. Workshops Other Dutch Bushcraft Weekends I helped organize. For more recent Dutch Bushcraft Weekends, see Stichting Bushcraft. … Continue Reading
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
10 – 11 November 2007, I helped organize the seventh Dutch Bushcraft Weekend at the prehistoric village Haps in Apeldoorn. There were 70 participants. Workshops Other Dutch Bushcraft Weekends I helped organize. For more recent Dutch Bushcraft Weekends, see Stichting Bushcraft. … Continue Reading
31 March – 1 April 2007, I helped organize the sixth Dutch Bushcraft Weekend at the prehistoric village Haps in Apeldoorn. There were 70 participants. Workshops Other Dutch Bushcraft Weekends I helped organize. For more recent Dutch Bushcraft Weekends, see Stichting Bushcraft. … Continue Reading
