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3 Epic Year-Round Day Hikes|Tasmania
Three Capes Track | Tasmania
Off-Track Navigation in the Tyndall Ranges of Tasmania’s Wild West
Frenchman’s Cap: Type II Fun in the Franklin-Gordon Wild Rivers National Park | Tasmania
A Solo Journey Across The Western Arthurs Traverse in Tasmania

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I’ve not been compelled to post on Instagram lat

I’ve not been compelled to post on Instagram lately. A few weeks ago, I had a traumatic hiking experience. In a nutshell, yes everything is fine now.

Since then, I’ve been quiet on social media and it’s been so refreshing. I would still like to post but I am also just one happy soul being fully present with close family and friends.

As a result, my social media presence has diminished and even felt unnecessary. It’s made me rethink or at least ponder how I’d like to continue my presence/involvement on Instagram/Facebook.

As the world events have been rapidly changing, these platforms don’t seem to be serving the same purpose and I think my quest for more peace, being more present, and being a little less preoccupied with social media can only do some more good.

And not to sound gloomy at all, there is so much positivity radiating amongst my circle, I believe in energizing that even more.

Anyone feel similarly? Or had these thoughts come and go?

For context, here’s an epic snap @solarus_cascadia took of James and I when we hiked 5 peaks last weekend. We absolutely dominated over the terrain, had incredible weather, and enjoyed some great chats, music, and hearty laughter.

Thanks boys for another great outing. To many more 🍻

—finding solitude — last weekend there was no

—finding solitude —

last weekend there was no summit, but there were wildflowers - and heaps of them, abandoned old mining shelters, telegraph lines, a cozy cabin, and fresh alpine air.

another great weekend of exploring a new territory to play in with my good peak-bagging mate, Kyle.

...meditation / to become familiar with in Tibetan

— to know thy self —

“meditation is not a way of making your mind quiet. It’s a way of entering into the quiet that’s already there” Deepak Chopra

sending out happy midweek vibes. I’m already cr

sending out happy midweek vibes.

I’m already crunching ideas for an adventure this weekend
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more backcountry posts coming soon as well!!

getting out this weekend to play again - backcount

getting out this weekend to play again - backcountry series will resume after the weekend ✌️

Resources for up-skilling when you start planning

Resources for up-skilling when you start planning adventures beyond your usual boundaries.

Here I share a number of resources for Bushcraft & Survival courses/online information, across Canada & beyond.

Some fathers of Bushcraft and survival that cover USA, Europe, Canada and Australia, include:

@paulkirtley who also has a podcast series called ‘the Paul kirtley podcast’

@pathfindersurvival a school owned by David Canterbury

#morskochanski late Canadian Bushcraft and wilderness survival instructor (excellent book)

@bushcraftsurvivalaustralia run by Gordon Dedman (courses and YouTube channel)

These are great resources and knowledge to take with you wherever you explore! It allows you to actually get out there and be confident in knowing you have your own back!

Other resources:
Alex Rayer (Facebook) thanks @nesbittb for this recommendation!

Schools across Canada (google: ‘Canadian survival schools’ for a complete list)

Western Canada: Canadian West Mountain School (North Vancouver)+ Mahikan trails (Canmore)

Central Canada: barefoot bushcraft (st Ann’s Ontario) + Ontario wilderness training (Muskoka)

Easter Canada: maritime wilderness skills (southern New Brunswick)

Northern Canada: Arctic response (Whitehorse, Yukon & Yellowknife, Northwest Territories)

Public Facebook group: Canadian bushcraft + Survival

@survivalincanada for more courses
@lureofthenorth for info

Adding new knowledge and having a chance to practice new outdoor skills will make you a more confident solo/group outdoor adventurer.

Stay tuned for a Blog post about everything I learned in my bushcraft and survival course. You’ll want to read this - I’m giving you all the info I had to pay for, for free so you can be safe and smart 🌿

Starting my Backcountry trekking series, I’d lik

Starting my Backcountry trekking series, I’d like to start with referring to the story I shared from @overlandoutfitters

Since newly settling down back in Canada from having worked and traveled abroad for more than 5 years, I have began seeing the impact we have on our environment. This realization takes time: through first hand experiences & observation. I have stopped geotagging and have received many requests to share location. Our wonderful earth: the soil and rocks, rivers and streams, glaciers, crevasses, and moraines, & much more need knowledge and tactful preparation to be explored.

My awareness to our (mostly negative) impact, has prompted me to explore beyond the boundaries that have always been familiar to me in an effort to find more peace.

My 3 year goal is to live in the bush once I save enough money to invest in a sustainable and simple lifestyle to nurture the land around me, and in return, experience it’s abundance. The accumulation of my struggles to find peace, motivates me to find a new territory for exploration.

This has its challenges. Most often, I’m going solo. I need the experience, the research, and certain strategies set in place to know exactly how I will take care of myself, my vehicle, and my surroundings: including my potential impact on emergency services. Without this knowledge and understanding of how my choices impact myself, my surroundings, and OTHERS, I am not a mature explorer of the backcountry.

The first thing I did was take a private 1:1 course on Bushcraft skills and Survival with @bushcraftsurvivalaustralia // this was my introduction to understanding how to utilize the environment & how to get out of sticky situations through survival tactics.

When you choose to go beyond your own current boundaries, get equipped with up to date first aid, wilderness first aid, and Bushcraft & Survival. These are your first tools to ensuring your safety and the safety of your tribe.

This season has been packed with epic hikes and sc

This season has been packed with epic hikes and scrambles filling up weeks and weekends.

The vast territory beneath our feet begs for further exploration.

Reaching summits is only the beginning of determining our potential.

Fear amongst the giants takes us closer to our inner selves: who are we, what do we stand for, and where will we go? What will we allow to influence our unique blueprint and genetic code?

It is here, we can explore the thoughts and answers that dance around these questions. For nothing is as determined as we think.

Having explored both well-trodden, and less-trodden paths, I’d like to dedicate the next posts and new blog in the works on backcountry adventuring.

As nature enthusiasts are exploring beyond the boundaries they are used to, myself included, what elements of exploring need attention? Stay tuned ✌️
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don’t seek for everything to happen as you wish

don’t seek for everything to happen as you wish it would, but rather wish that everything happens as it actually will - then your life will flow well — Epictetus

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