Being outside, that's where everything starts. The wind is blowing in your face, the sun is shining on your skin and life is everywhere surrounding you. Being outside, you know that you can't turn on the heating when it's cold, that you can't go to the supermarket for food, and that you can't take a shower. You have to prepare and make your place in the wilderness Since 2019 I have gained skills and knowledge about surviving outside. I know how to find water, how to know where north is, even without a compass, how you can make a fire when you have lost an arm, the plants that are edible and the plants that can cure you. These are great skills that I share happily. But the most important thing for me is the relation that develops when you gain new knowledge about nature, or a new skill that can be usefull in an emergency situation. You start to look at nature differently and that's what it's about. In my first novel Winterthur (van Oorschot 2022) I have incorporated a lot of knowledge and I regularly use the research that i did for the book in my trainings. So both the professions enrich eachother. Alexander Nieuwenhuis (1984) CSWI guide front country Hike and Survival Instructor MFA WFA SAR certificaat IGA apprentice guide Mountains 101 Backyard Meteorology Languages: Spanish English, Dutch, French, Italian German. Specialisation: Flora and Fauna

– CSWI guide front country
– Hike and Survival Instructor
– MFA
– WFA
– SAR certificaat
– IGA apprentice guide
– Mountains 101
– Backyard Meteorology
– Talen: Nederlands Spaans Engels (vloeiend) Frans Italiaans en Duits (adequaat)
– Specialisatie: Flora en Fauna