The Nomadic 72 Hour Challenge
Fear of the unknown Fear of the unknown will give you a hard time in a survival situation. Thoughts of death will mess with your mind. Strange sounds and anxiety will keep you awake at night. Sleep will be a … Continued
Defying a heatwave in the South of France.
I tested my resilience to heat in an extreme hike up a dry river canyon near Côte d’Azur. You have three basic needs to fulfill in a survival situation: Shelter, water, food. In that order. But when we talk about … Continued
Fishing and foraging seaweed in Kattegat
– and how to make your own seaweed chips. Last weekend I went fishing with my friend on the coast of Denmark. It was an incredibly beautiful day. Normally temperatures at this time of year would be around freezing point. … Continued
Practicing tropical island survival in the Maldives
36 hours after coming home from Alaska I was on a plane heading for the Maldives. This time I was together with my family. I had missed them on my trip to Alaska but now we had two weeks together ahead of us. This was our summer vacation.
An Alaskan Wilderness Adventure
On July 20th 2018 I joined a small group of people on a 10 day journey into the Alaskan wilderness. A journey so far into the backcountry you can only get there by floatplane
High altitude volcano hiking with my kids
How often do you go on a holiday without really experiencing the destination you visit? You can easily spend an entire week or two doing nothing at a nice resort and when you get home you can hardly distinguish the … Continued
Wilderness Survival. What can you learn from failure?
Welcome to Undepend 72 Hour Challenge. This years Undepend Challenge started out in pouring rain. We went from ten participants to two in just two weeks prior to departure. I received the last three cancellations the day before departure. I … Continued
Bushcraft fun in the forest with my kids
Friday May 12th was a Danish holiday called “Store Bededag” or “Great Prayer Day” in English. My two sons and I took advantage of the spare time and spontaneously headed for the forest. The original plan was to let my … Continued
From Mozambique to South Africa
A day hike that turned into an illegal border crossing Usually my blog posts are about my latest trips. Here is a story that happened four years ago in Mozambique. About four years ago I was in Mozambique working with … Continued
Undepend 48 Hour Challenge 2016
48 hours in the wilderness with no shell layer and maximum 4 items No jacket, no backpack, no sleeping bag. Unless you wanted to bring them as part of your 4 items you would have to do without them. Personally … Continued
Canoeing Denmark’s longest river with my kids
– and some action packed fishing In the morning of July 25th there were three fully packed Fjällräven Kajka backpacks standing in the middle of our livingroom. Two Kajka Juniors for my boys aged 7 and 9. And one 65L … Continued
Making a flint arrow with my Victorinox Ranger only
A few weeks ago I made a bow for my 7 year old son to shoot for fun. As we went looking for some young straight shoots to use for arrows I decided to try making my first arrow with … Continued
Back to my roots and my first seatrout
January 2nd I paid my hometown a visit going on a 2 day fishing trip. I called up my mom asking her if she would let me stay at her house a couple of days. “I’m going to hunt for … Continued
A few thoughts on the rule of 3
For people who are accustomed to spending time in the wilderness the Rule Of 3 is common knowledge. A rule of thumb helping you prioritize correctly in a survival situation or before ending up in one. But how often do … Continued
Mushroom hunting with my son and a nice little surprise
September is perfect for mushroom hunting so last weekend I went camping bushcraft style with my 8 year old son in order to hunt for some delicacies. But I also had a little surprise. I didn’t check the weather forecast … Continued
24 Hours in the forest with no food.
The biggest challenge came as a surprise though. How little gear do you need to live in the wild? I set out to challenge a few of my fellow survivalists / bushcrafters encouraging them to bring less gear than they … Continued
Morning hike in Gran Canaria – avoiding the summer heat
Right off the west coast of Africa, about 100 km from Morocco is an underrated nature experience waiting for you if you like hiking. When most people think of the Canary Islands they think of the hotel resorts I guess. … Continued
Upgrading my kids’ wilderness survival skills
3 days of practicing knots, shelter building, axe handling and more. May is supposed to be fairly warm in Denmark. But the last few years the climate has been really messed up. This year May felt more like autumn than … Continued
Bushcraft weekend in Sweden – Part 2: Spending the night
Spending the night in a natural shelter with no sleeping bag at temperatures between 0° and 1° C. My goal for this trip was to test a few different bushcraft skills. One being my ability to build a … Continued
Bushcraft weekend in Sweden: Building a natural shelter
Last weekend I went to Sweden to test a few of my bushcraft skills. Weather forecast said rain and snow with temperatures near the freezing point. I didn’t bring any sleeping bag, tarp, tent or rain gear. Inside my backpack … Continued
Made in America
Test shooting the Ruger American rifle 30-06. On Sunday I was lucky to be invited to the local shooting range by my friend Martin. He was going to zero his rifle for some big game hunting ammo. The Springfield 12.0 … Continued
You thought making your own beef jerky was difficult?
Here’s a simple recipe on how to do it A few weeks ago I tried making beef jerky for the first time. I ended up with 350 g of beef jerky from the 1.1 kg raw meat I bought. And … Continued
My new jacket for winter bushcraft:
The Austrian Mountain M65 jacket. Here’s why I chose it. When it comes to bushcraft activities, you can forget about down. First of all you need a jacket that is sturdy. It should be able to withstand embers from … Continued
Saltwater Saturday.
Last time I went fishing with my youngest son aged 5 he caught a fine 4 kg. Pike in freshwater, but today he wanted to do something else. So we headed to the Harbour where the Tuborg Breweries were founded. … Continued
Backyard bushcrafting on a sunny autumn day
Spent this Sunday experimenting with some different bow drill materials … Continued
Predicting thunder by looking into the water at the beach?
– a story from my childhood It was a clear sunny day when my mom took me to the beach many years ago. I was about 8 years old I believe and all I thought about, was playing in the … Continued
Sailing the fjord of Viking king Harald Bluetooth
Some pics from our fyke net fishing trip at Roskilde fjord this weekend. Roskilde fjord is probably best known for it’s association with the Vikings. From here the longships took off on trips to distant parts of the world in … Continued
Sunday morning’s bushcraft pursuits.
This Sunday morning my kids and I went to a local area, to collect some different bow drill materials to experiment with. Coming across a Sambucus nigra, we also ended up carving a tap for collecting birch sap.
Mushrooms, snakes and cattails
Just another day in the woods. No camping out for once. This Sunday we had a great, sunny autumn day in the local wood foraging for mushrooms and, as you can see, some cattails. Although we only collected a few … Continued
Why I’m not a prepper – and 6 reasons why I might become one
Why would you bother preparing for a SHTF situation in Scandinavia? Let’s face it, Scandinavia is not exactly the most dangerous place on earth. Surely we have natural disasters, thunder storms, flooding and snow storms, but we don’t have hurricanes, … Continued
Bushcraft camping with my sons
Had a great weekend camping bushcraft style and foraging the autumn forest with my two sons aged 5 and 7. [huge_it_gallery id=”2″]
A couple of movies to end the week:
If you never watched these, I recommend you do: History Channel’s version of a global SHTF scenario. The second one is a documentary by Chris Smith, about the theories, writings and life story of controversial author Michael Ruppert. Have a … Continued
My favourite bushcraft knife – and why.
Just starting out with this blog, what would be more essential than to talk about the ultimate survival tool – the knife? I have heard as many views on this subject as I have talked to people about it. … Continued
Poverty is a state of SHTF
What happens when the middleclass disappears? And how do you plan for it? It is a rather well documented tendency that the middleclass is disappearing from society throughout the western countries. And especially in the US. People are getting poorer. … Continued
Ebola cases grow exponentially. Reported cases double every month.
The scary part is not the numbers themselves, but the fact that these official numbers are vastly underestimated according the the WHO. Source: Ebola virus epidemic in West Africa – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.