A warriors deadliest weapon is their mind The more time that you spend in the woods, the more in tune you become with the environment. You begin to see things that you had not noticed before, you hear things that you could not hear and you smell things that you […]
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Women in the Wilderness
I speak with lot´s of women about the Great Outdoors and have trained, worked with and been trained by some amazingly talented women who really have their acts together in the world of Bushcraft. Bushcraft, the art of living outdoors, seems to come naturally to women and no camp is […]
Read MoreWilderness Warrior, Carpathian Mountains, Aug 2018
Back in July 2018, I was invited to be a guest speaker at the Infinite Man Summit in Lisbon, Portugal. The event is aimed at men who wish to work on themselves to become better people, have better health, better relationships, better jobs, better businesses and awaken their higher selves […]
Read More4 Rules to make sure you don´t cut yourself with a knife
Working with sharp tools is a necessary activity for those of us who are self sufficient and living as a part of nature. Despite some alarming recommendations from the British Government, knives remain the most useful tool that Humankind has ever invented and it follows that a dull knife is […]
Read MoreHow to stay safe when traveling
Traveling usually put’s us outside of our comfort zone. We are transported from our familiar surroundings, routines and people that we know into a different world of new and sometimes scary places and people. In bushcraft, we often travel to far flung places in search of remote wilderness and can […]
Read MoreTravel Light, Freeze at Night
It may come as some surprise that I am about to tell you that it is not a good idea to walk off into the woods with nothing but a knife and a smile and use your wits and skills to sort out you’re needs for shelter, water, food and […]
Read MoreBushcraft and Survival Pro Tips #8 – Ticks
When moving through tick country (basically anywhere that there are Deer, tuck your trouser bottoms into your boots like a soldier, tuck you shirt in, roll the sleeves down and generally leave less skin exposed to them than there might be if you did nothing. Ticks are resilient, you can’t […]
Read MoreWhy Training Is Important For You
Why is training important for you anyway? Training, of all fields, has undergone a revolution in the past 10 years. It has been transformed from a process of copying an instructor and then being assessed on your ability to memorize or copy that instructor to a scientific method that has overtaken […]
Read MoreBushcraft and Survival Pro Tips #7 Personal Admin
Have you ever seen a TV show in which somebody is camping out or living out in the woods and it looks easy but when you try it yourself you get cold, wet, hungry and have burnt fingers? Camping and outdoor living comes naturally to most of us, it is […]
Read MoreStupid Internet Bushcraft Stuff – Naked and Afraid XL
I watched an episode of Naked and Afraid XL today, a group of people have been sent out into the bush in Africa with no clothing but some tools such as knives, several re-curve bows and arrows, a folding shovel, cooking pot’s, ferocious rods and probably more. It is all […]
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