Went for a day hike with my dog, in the north of Czech Republic. Wearing my recently cleaned shoe’s, and took my recently made leather axe case + a sitting pad. Package of bacon in my pocked, and ready to go.
Outdoor trips
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This morning I took my new “jager rucksack”, Cold Steel Trailhawk, DIY knife, and my dog for a walk in the forest. I parked the car, let the dog out, and off we went. Close to the path I noticed a young birch that had fallen over, most likely in […]
On first christmas day I received a new backpack that I asked for, it’s the “JÄGERRUCKSACK” with about 35 liter capacity. I decided to try it out during a few hours walk in the forest with my dog, while looking for a nice burl for my future kuksa. From that […]
The plan for this trip was to relax a bit, do some fishing, and perhaps try some trapping. We arrived on Friday night in the dark, made a fire, and had dinner. The weather did not cooperate much, and during most of the saturday we had slight rain. My 2 […]
For this trip my friend Bart who is also a Dutch guy but living in Switzerland, joined me and my dog Buddy. We did the “Prättigauer Höhenweg”, which is a 72 km hike. Usually people who do the hike stay over in cabins or pensions along the route, but we […]
The original plan was to go for a hike with 8 people again, but 2 where not sure from the beginning, and 2 cancelled the day before departure. So here we are, with the remaining 4 participants, for a nice relaxed 3 day hike. We started out on Friday afternoon, […]
Once again on a hike where we found previously the grenade. The bomb squad detonated it there, but we found the place again en some souvenirs. and not far from that place, we found another one…. Other then that, we did a lot of skill testing / refreshing. Our camp […]
What started out as a 1 overnighter, turned out to be just a day hike. So only thing you will see in this video is some nice nature here in Czech Republic 🙂 I was not prepared at all for snow, and also was not able to find a dry […]
On a small day hike, trying out the new ‘backpack / saddlebag’ for my dog, and also playing around with a new Mora knife, as well as checking out my new sleeping bag that I will modify slightly at a later stage, to go around the hammock for my winter […]
On the following hike we planned a route which was about 19 km with lots of ascending and descending. The group of friends are from the same club plus additional 3 people who are friends of ours. After we parked the cars at the village close to the area, we […]
Friday we left after work, and this time Erik, a colleague of ours joined. He has quite some experience with the jungles of Guyana, but none with the European mainland. Below is the route we walked, starting at the green flag, first night at the blue X and second night […]
I took my new dog out on a 1 night trip to see how he reacts on sleeping over in the forest.Perfect time to test my new setup for ground sleeping.A tarp, and a Czech army bed roll.
With this trip we took only minimal gear, weather was suppose to be very hot, so not much sleeping gear needed. We took only our assault vests to carry what we needed. Due to the hot weather, we planned the trip to pass many natural springs where we could refill […]
For this trip, we took only wool blankets to sleep in, and hammock as backup.Mirek took almost no food with him, and just lived of the land.Due to his extensive knowledge of wild edibles this was quite easy for him.I tried to also eat the wild edibles, but in the […]
Together with Mirek, we went for a 1 over night snow hike in Czech nature. The hike was about 10 km in total. There was lot’s of snow, and plenty of meat on the fire 🙂Here is a video.
On this day trip, my colleague & friend Eric and myself went for a day trip into a beautiful nature area north east of Prague. At the bottom you can see the route we went and the distances etc. As soon as you enter the area, it rocks stick out […]
During the last week I have been cleaning up my “man cave”, since it was getting too full. I mean, who needs 7 hammocks, 5 tarps, etc. So during the cleaning process, I was thinking about giving some stuff away… A friend of mine in the UK, started also with […]
For this weekend, the weather forecast was somewhere between -10 & -15 celsius during the night, and during the daytime sunny. The plan was to try some more ice fishing. Here is my gear for the trip, with a total weight (including drinks and food) 20 kg. (I had way […]
With 9 people (4 couples & me), we planned to go for a hike, close to Prague so we would not loose too much time with travelling, for a hike from Friday afternoon till Sunday afternoon. One week before 1 couple cancelled as their plans changed. So we where left […]
On Saturday my girlfriend, me and 3 friends decided to go for a day trip. It snowed slightly in the days before, so everything was covered but not to thick, we could easily hike in the hills without special footwear. The area is called Kokorinsko, and lies north of Prague. […]
On this trip Ondrej and me went to the deserted Russian military airbase at Milovice. But before I start with the details and pictures, here a brief history of this area. In 1904 a training area of 3465 ha land was constructed by the Austrian army. A surrounding village was […]
This weekend hike was with a group of friends that I know from the vaulting club. We started on a late Friday evening. We arrived in the dark, and missed an exit, and when we found out about it, we decided to take a short cut, by going straight up […]
A weekend out, 2 nights, mainly doing some fishing and spend time in nature, together with Mirek. At home I prepared some pork steak for on the fire. By the time we arrived at the location, it was already dark, so we setup our hammocks, gathered some wood, and made […]
During this weekend hike, Klara and Ondrej brought their quite young dog, named Kenji. It appeared he also listens to Kenny G. Our route was set by Ondrej, and he chose an area with a lot of nice hills. Here are some pictures to show you our view. After a […]
For this hike I planned the route along 2 old ruins of castles. The elevation was kept to a minimum where possible. Here is an overview of my gear for this 2 night trip. As a good tradition, we started the trip in the dark on Friday evening, and went […]
For this trip we where suppose to be a group of 5 people. But 1 person cancelled the evening before, and another 2 cancelled while Bara and me where already at the meeting point. Since we where already packed and ready to go, we decided to continue as planned. We […]
For this hike we planned the route along some small lakes and a river, so we could fish as well during the hike. The first small lake was rather disappointing, it was only 1/3 of the size it was suppose to be. Shortly after we arrived at a suitable location where we […]
Together with 3 friends we went for a hike in the snowy mountains of Czech Republic. We planned the have dinner at a restaurant on the first day, so the food supply’s we took where limited. Here is my gear and what I brought for food. We met at my […]
For this trip I flew to Oslo, Norway, and my 2 friends from Holland flew in directly from Holland. The plan was to go around a fjord, try catch some fish for food, and enjoy the landscape. Some advise, don’t stuff your hobo stove with a solar battery charger for […]
With a group of 4 ladies from the riding club, we went for a hike in the South East of Czech Republic. We planned a 2 night trip, but the rain was quite intensive that there was no fun anymore much, so we made it only a 1 night trip. […]
This hike was planned in East Czech Republic, through some forbidden military training area. This meant we where not suppose to be there, but also very clean nature, no tourists, etc. We figured that was well worth the risk. We parked the car in a village on the edge of […]
Three friends from Holland came for a week to visit me, and one the plans we made was a long hike. This was their first hike ever. Here we are packing all our stuff for the hike. By bus we went to our destination. And after a a refreshment in a […]