Hi there,
as promised a short introduction after lurking for many months now.
But first: A BIG THANK YOU to the entire list. Very informative and respectful towards the other members! (I quit most scuba diving forums if you catch my drift)
My name is Johan van Dijk, born in 1970, spent most of my life in The Netherlands , currently (and temporarily?) living back in Holland.
Introduced to the outdoors/bushcraft during long holiday walks (Germany). After many books, there was The Bushtucker Man on t.v.: awesome! And this fellow Ray Mears could be seen on BBC! (Tracks) I was more then hooked.
After a 4 months journey in 1998, I followed a Fundamentals at Woodlore with John Ryder as the main instructor. Nettie was doing her internship at the time iirc.
Combining the outdoors with another hobby of mine, scuba diving took up a lot of time (and money).
In 2003 I started to realize another dream: travel the world. So after quitting my job I traveled for 2,5 years, visiting many beautiful places like the jungles of SE Asia, a lot of the outback in Australia and the jungles of Guatemala and Honduras.
My prefered kit depends a lot on the circumstances but my hammock, tarp and parang are almost always with me. Trying to combine lightweight, old& new stuff, old and new knowledge I am slowly (re)discovering the outdoors and bushcraft in the "cold & wet" area of Europe. Using a saw and F1 most of the times, but my parang still does the trick here too ;-)
Well I think this is about it. If I missed any or if you have any remarks, questions please let me know.
Grtz Johan / born2roam
as promised a short introduction after lurking for many months now.
But first: A BIG THANK YOU to the entire list. Very informative and respectful towards the other members! (I quit most scuba diving forums if you catch my drift)
My name is Johan van Dijk, born in 1970, spent most of my life in The Netherlands , currently (and temporarily?) living back in Holland.
Introduced to the outdoors/bushcraft during long holiday walks (Germany). After many books, there was The Bushtucker Man on t.v.: awesome! And this fellow Ray Mears could be seen on BBC! (Tracks) I was more then hooked.
After a 4 months journey in 1998, I followed a Fundamentals at Woodlore with John Ryder as the main instructor. Nettie was doing her internship at the time iirc.
Combining the outdoors with another hobby of mine, scuba diving took up a lot of time (and money).
In 2003 I started to realize another dream: travel the world. So after quitting my job I traveled for 2,5 years, visiting many beautiful places like the jungles of SE Asia, a lot of the outback in Australia and the jungles of Guatemala and Honduras.
My prefered kit depends a lot on the circumstances but my hammock, tarp and parang are almost always with me. Trying to combine lightweight, old& new stuff, old and new knowledge I am slowly (re)discovering the outdoors and bushcraft in the "cold & wet" area of Europe. Using a saw and F1 most of the times, but my parang still does the trick here too ;-)
Well I think this is about it. If I missed any or if you have any remarks, questions please let me know.
Grtz Johan / born2roam
