Wild Being from the Heart of Nature
Posted in Articles on Jan 24th, 2004
First published in The Great Outdoors Magazine, Jan. 2004. I am floating on the surface of a warm tropical sea. The burning sun beating down on the skin of my back and shoulders, my face submerged in the tepid rolling waves, mask and snorkel on.
Posted in Articles on Nov 1st, 2003
The main problem, with the ‘environmental’ problem, is that it’s so energy-sappingly depressing. All those mind-numbing statistics about species extinction, escalating Parts Per Million of atmospheric carbon, another landscape racked by deforestation. A read through the “Jo’berg memo” for example, published to coincide with the Rio plus 10 Earth Summit in Johannesburg last year, is [...]
Posted in Articles on Mar 1st, 2003
There’s something beautiful about the simplicity of a wild camp. Fetching water from a stream, lighting the stove, making a bed and preparing food. The well-planned wild journey will include plenty of time for such camp craft – for the art of simple living.