Guillaume Hoarau

Camping, wild camping, bushcraft and hiking

Guillaume Hoarau writes for Outfarer about camping, wild camping, bushcraft and hiking. A survival-skills enthusiast and a collector of old field manuals, he likes clear explanations, lists that earn their place and other people’s stories, which he tells well.

The bon vivant of the team. Warm and fond of a gentle tease, Guillaume always has an image ready to make a technique click. To him, survival is a craft, not an end-of-the-world fantasy: finding shelter, lighting a fire where it is allowed, finding your way without GPS. On safety, though, he never jokes.

He collects old survival and scouting manuals, which he quotes with relish, cannot resist a 1:25,000 map and enjoys teasing gram-counters, while suspecting everyone, himself included, of being one. With Outfarer since 2026.

On Outfarer, he writes the guides to camping, wild camping, bushcraft and hiking: choosing and pitching a shelter, sleeping warm, finding and treating water, lighting a fire where the law allows it, planning a route and estimating walking times. His articles always start from a practical question and end with what to remember before you set off.

His method: official texts for the rules, standards and studies for kit and water, and worked examples for the orders of magnitude. When a subject touches on safety, he says so plainly, points to the reference sources and prefers a cautious instruction to a clever trick. His survival and bushcraft articles are reviewed before publication.

He also keeps his older guides up to date: when a rule changes, a source is revised or a reader reports a mistake, the article is reviewed, expanded if needed, and the update date appears under the headline. A factual correction is always noted at the bottom of the page.

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Topics

Camping and wild camping, Bushcraft and survival skills, Hiking and trekking, Mountains

Languages

French, English