The wilderness living skills and traditional crafts Adam first discovered in books as a boy have defined his entire adult career as a UK based bushcraft instructor and guide.
Honing these skills over 16 years of bushcraft instruction created a desire to gain validity in what he was passing on to students and is reflected in the significant amount of time both living and teaching these skills in the context of wilderness travel and training courses.
‘’Throughout my career as a bushcraft instructor and expedition guide, I have had a growing sense of the importance to convey authenticity in the skills I would be passing on to others. I strive for honesty by teaching only from direct experience and immersing myself in a bushcraft lifestyle. I try to practice what I preach.’’
Adam recognised early on that a central tenet of bushcraft is an understanding of plants and their applications. This has led to a lifelong fascination with the uses of natural materials for outdoor living. Opting for wool blankets over sleeping bags, natural shelters instead of tents, wood fires in place of gas burners and wherever possible handmade clothing and equipment. This has helped to temper his instruction with a measure of realism.
Pursuing ever increasing reliance on nature, a passion for so called ‘primitive skills’ developed and has led Adam to write and deliver many courses on topics including buckskin making, fur tanning, natural cordage and glues, tool making, bow making, bone and antler work, weaving, and bark crafts.
Never truly satisfied with a short trip into the outdoors Adam has spent months at a time living in Sweden’s forests. Over three winter seasons he has cumulatively spent ten months living off grid in the Canadian bush. Working as an assistant snowshoe guide and instructor, he has covered more than 300 miles by snowshoe and moccasins in Ontario’s wilderness areas.
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