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Richard Rees – Co-owner of Wild Spirit AB

 

Richard is the co-owner of Wild Spirt AB, alongside his wife Claire Rees.  Together they have emigrated to Sweden and set up their dog sledding business, which has been running since 2011.  Richard has had a love for working dogs all of his life, and his passion came for huskies when he bought 2 huskies as a starting point when he was running his bushcraft school in Wales. Any husky owner will tell you, that 2 huskies are never enough. From two became 8 and the rest is history. Now they own around 80 huskies in Sweden delivery dog sledding activities for groups, families, corporations and charities. 

Richard has also a great love for the outdoors, and during his life in Wales he set up a successful bushcraft school, delivering courses to groups, families, schools and the local council, which were all very successful resulted in Wild Spirit UK making a very good name for itself and it is still running to this day.

Richards knowledge on arctic survival, hunting, trapping, wild food foraging and making reindeer skin clothing is quite extensive, and mostly because of his passion he self taught or he has researched from the natives themselves.  His interest in working with the nature started when he was quite young, nothing was stopping him then, and nothing is stopping him now!

Working with the reindeer skins clothing has become a great passion of his over many years, he sources high quality skins from the Sami Reindeer Herders from Northern Jämtland.  Working with reindeer skins and creating parkas began as a personal hobby and he is self taught, the parkas are custom made to people’s personal specifications and preferences. 

Richard personally wears his reindeer skin parka when his out with his sled team during tourist season. He was inspired from an early age on the mountain men of Alaska & Canada. Richard started the Bushcraft School together with Claire many years ago in wales, before they moved to Sweden, which is completely different from Wales.

 

 

 

Claire Rees – Co-owner of Wild Spirit AB

 

Claire’s background is in Health, fitness and project management.  She has development many successful projects in Wales for the public sector.  When she and Richard moved to Sweden her role was focusing on the project management side of the business. 

As the business has grown then Claire has mostly gained the strategic role in the business

Claire loves meeting people and working to meet their needs, she believes that when people book a trip of a lifetime.  She spends a lot of time and effort making sure that everybody is happy: husband, staff, volunteers, guests and most importantly the dogs. 

 

 

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Joe Rees – Handler

 

Furthermore Joe decided to move from wales, for the wild’s of Northern Scandinavia, to work with a Dog sledding company. He has proved himself as a reliable young man. He is also a confident dog handler. Joe acts as our snow machine back up when the weather is bad.

 

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Adrian Hill – Handler

Adrian from Australia, applied through Workaway similarly he took this nomadic lifestyle & decided to work with us, after his 3 year epic adventure travelling through Europe. He has proved himself as a confident dog handler. Eventually he returned to Australia, in the hope that he will be back someday.

 

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VoyageurDuNord_01
VoyageurDuNord_01
2023-03-19
An unforgettable experience A very well organised excursion in a wonderful landscape. It was our friend's dream to be able to do this tour and the organisers fulfilled their wish. Both guides were very efficients and careful to make the tour engraved in our memory.All the best from France and Sweden
Adelaide N
Adelaide N
2023-02-15
An unbeatable dog sledding adventure Despite unusually poor snow conditions in the area the team at Wild Spirit worked hard to ensure that our dog sledding experience could continue, proposing an alternative, beautiful route. The dogs were amazing, and the team welcoming, friendly and very helpful to our bunch of dog sledding beginners. It was an exhilarating adventure that has made our holiday in the Are area. Not to be missed.
Jessica H
Jessica H
2023-01-06
Best Part of My Trip! This was the highlight of my trip to Sweden. Richard and his team showed the upmost professionalism and care.The dogs were lovely and ready to go! They take time to explain everything to you so if you have no prior experience, it'll be totally okay!Our safety was always first and learning how to use the sled was easy!What impressed me the most was the Richard's and Claire's fun personalities. Conversation was great and coming back to the Kennel and meeting the rest of the dogs was nice! We won't ever forget how they helped us when we ran into an emergency AFTER our visit. I know there's other dog sledding companies to chose from but you really must pick Wild Spirit for both their dogs and their humans!
Lindsay
Lindsay
2022-12-24
Great experience Dog Sledding Terrific People! Gorgeous dogs. Amazing scenery.We did a family trip. Got to drive our own sled. Authentic experience
sonya s
sonya s
2022-07-19
Great bushcraft / wilderness day with Wild Spirit in Ottsjö, North Sweden (near Åre ) Oscar (14) and Harry (12) spent a really great day with Richard doing some bushcraft - making fire, finding mushrooms, exploring the forest and learning about plants and their qualities. They had an amazing day.
Malin C
Malin C
2022-03-06
Mushing with the family Lovely dogs, nice and professional guides, we had a wonderful time!😁We can highly recommende Wildspirit!🐾
Maarten Dom
Maarten Dom
2022-03-03
Om nooit meer te vergeten! De husky dagtocht is werkelijk adembenemend!Goeie organisatie, bangelijke natuur en de husky's...wat een krachtpatsers! Dankjewel voor deze onvergetelijke ervaring!
Marielle J
Marielle J
2022-03-02
Extraordinaire expérience à vivre dans cette si belle nature Expérience inoubliable avec un circuit magique et avec un accueil super sympa!A faire absolument pour avoir des belles images plein la tête
Linda
Linda
2022-03-02
Fantastic experience We had a fantastic tour with happy dogs, great crew and fantastic scenery. Would recommend an adventure with the Wild Spirit team to anyone.
Resort62850569222
Resort62850569222
2022-03-02
Unique Musher introduction A dedicated couple who loves what they are doing. Wonderfully treated Musher dogs.Did a 21/2h tour where we could learn how to control a sledge with 12 dogs.Had the opportunity to get to know each dog especially when dismounting the dogs

 

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