Leif

Hi my name is Leif, I’m a Swedish naturalist, forester, tracker, natureguide, botanist, adventurer, canoeist, hunter, fisherman and avid photographer. I was born in Gällivare, above the arctic circle located in Lapland in Northern Sweden, from very early age I was fortunate to have the oportunity to spend a lot of time in nature. When I was 7 years old I spent my first night in nature by myself under my own tarp and with a fire in front of it, ok my father was not so far away in our lodge 200 m from my camp. But my freedom and connection to nature In early age gave me an interest and love for nature.

My career in forestry and as an natureguide have led me to many unique places and memorable experinces both in my ” backyard” in Sweden and Lapland but also abroad. One of The driving forces I have is to learn new things and share my knowledge with other people. Currently Im working in forestry, natureguiding and courses connected to nature in many forms, like, tracking, navigation and more.

My nature influences come from my years in nature and other experiences, such as 15 years of sled dog driving, exploring our Nationalparks, learning tracking from indigenous people, hunting In Russia, scubadiving in the Redsea, but most findingn the adventures in my backyard.

Im a big beliver of exploring your own backyard to gain knowledge

Kyt

Kyt:s interest and passion for reading and following human tracks goes way back in time. She improves her Tracking skills daily as constant training and practice, study and analysis are the cornerstone of Tracking.

2015: She has attended her first Man Tracking classes with David Scott Donelan Tracking School – European Division.

2017:  She has attended Tactical Acuity C-IED Class hold by David Michael Hull (Hull’s Tracking School) And JC Nash (Enhanced Tracking Applications) in Faber, Virginia.

She has been entitled as “Official Representative of Hull’s Tracking School“.  Mike Hull is her Mentor.

2018: She has attended to CYBERTRACKING Animal Tracking Course – basic level.

She has become Conservation Ranger after attending to Conservation Rangers course at E.S.A. in Poland led by C.R.O.W. (Conservation Rangers Operations Worldwide).

2019: She has taken part of the course “Forensic Photographs on Crime Scene”, hold by UK Forensic Advisor and former Royal Marines Robert Kendall.

She has got the priviledge to learn the Art of Tracking from these great Instructors and Trackers:

David Scott Donelan Tracking School – European Division Instructors

David Michael Hull (Hull’s Tracking School)

Cornelius Nash (Enhanced Tracking Applications)

Rob Speiden (Natural Awareness Tracking School)

Kenneth Galbraith (former Green Beret, D.E.A.)

Andy Martin (Conservation Rangers Operations Worldwide)

Robert Kendall (Former Royal Marines, UK Forensic Advisor)

CURRENT ACTIVITIES:

She trained and still on training personnel from European Law Enforcement, Army and Search and Rescue.

Currently she runs courses all over Europe and she holds webinars in Italian, English and Spanish focused on:

– pairing Mantracking with K-9 (related to S.A.R. activities)

– Forensic application of Tracking during crime scene investigation

– Tactical Tracking

She has been the first Instructor worldwide behind some avantguardistic courses like “Tracks and plants” (with Stacey Allsopp) which investigate the connections between Forensic Botany and Tracking.

As she truly believes that this awesome Art cannot be bordered with a piece of paper, she’s constantly on Training on dirt time on ground, and she scheduled several other courses she wants to attend to in order to do always better, in learning as well as teaching.

She is the most prolific author on Mantracking skills ever, with five books out (the first only on Urban Tracking, and the first only on Night Tracking), and various essays, tables and articles published.