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The scientist Dr. Henschel grew up in a tiny village on the north coast of Germany, where the streets still consisted of sand, then; - with plenty of farms in the neighbourhood, meadows with orchids, many cows, forests with abundant wildlife and a lot of fish in rivers and the sea - and the customary law of the jungle for survival in the surrounding nature. His normal life could therefore safely be compared to the New Wave of today's outdoor and survival existence, since there was no Internet, Facebook, iPhone, WhatsApp or Netflix etc.
When Dr. Henschel visited the secondary school in the nearest town, the discovery of Asian martial arts in the early seventies of the last century changed his life dramatically. Even more he wasn't interested in shows like Sesame Street or Dallas this fact alone denounced him as a nerd.
Back then you had to join the Army and make an apprenticeship as a good German before you check in at the University. But after this unedifying experience, especially that of the banking industry, Dr. Henschel preferred to the way of science in different faculties and various countries in order to answer his own questions about nature, society and the martial arts that represented his now very life.
After a few years of work experience in a managerial position (environment sector), he lost interest in it, e.g. to spend most of the day with people who held positions, because they wanted to have it and not because they possessed the qualifications for it. This perception did not change during a guest professorship and so he did not respond to other offers even from abroad.
His path was another, as he claimed. It was not the theory, but the practice - the acid test - that appealed to him. Nothing is more fascinating than to experience nature in nature: 'Applied Philosophy' he called it. He went on a kayaking expedition from Flensburg to the Arctic Circle (2,500 clicks - Going solo on the Baltic Sea; 'Marathon Man', KANU magazine) in order exclusively to live by nature. There he wrote his first book about edible wild plants, which became a bestseller immediately (Eat or Die! Edible Wild Plants – Mother Nature’s Delicacies).
Expeditions of thousands of kilometres in a kayak around Lake Baikal in Siberia followed (Kayak-Adventure in Siberia) or by bike through Europe (7,000 clicks - North Cape - Cape Vincente), tens of thousands of kilometres on hikes across North America (8,000 clicks - Los Angeles – Newfoundland, book in prep.), the polar Scandinavia, the Via Alpina (2,000 clicks and 65,000 meter in altitude - Slovenia - Nice) and in Japan (3,000 clicks - Kyushu – Hokkaido; 日本の田舎-南, Japan's Hinterland; Japanese - German) and hundreds of thousands of kilometres in an off-roader through Africa and Australia (Africa off the Road; Im Herzen Australiens. Abenteuer Outback: im Offroader, im Kajak und zu Fuß. Hinterland Trilogie. Band I. Westaustralien [Australia's Hearth, Adventure Outback: off-road, in a kayak or by foot. Hinterland Trilogie. Part I, in German so far]).
An invitation to prove his knowledge as a coach (process enhancement - Kaizen), he took eleven years at because the smart money corrupted him, as he stated, before he completely dropped out and focused on outdoor life.

He wrote his first article in 1982 after a 10,000-kilometer trip hitchhiked through the USA in his quest for Jack Kerouac's America about the Grand Canyon he hiked: Wanderlust ‘The crack’. Anyone who knows Jack Kerouac, knows why Dr. Henschel then had to go so its way. Dr. Henschel lives with his long-time life partner alternately in different countries - but always on the sea.
‘DINK’, he says, ‘Double Income No Kids’ and we shot the dog and ate it (grinning!). Fernweh "Der Riss".

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Magazine/Newspaper	Issue	Topic	Link

Kanu Sport Heft 03	März 2013	„Sapphire Blue“ Teil 4 MVP: Auf der Ostsee von Timmendorfer Strand bis Rerik
Kanu Sport Heft 02	Februar 2013	„Sapphire Blue“ Teil 3 Schleswig-Holstein: Ostsee
Kanu Sport Heft 01	Januar 2013	„Sapphire Blue“ Teil 2 Nord-Ostsee-Kanal
Kanu Sport Heft 12	Dezember 2012	„Sapphire Blue“ oder vom „Winde verlegt“ Teil 1 Niedersachen: „Sapphire Blue“ oder vom „Winde verlegt“
Kanu Sport Heft 10	Oktober 2012	Die Grosse Wümme-Runde
Kanu Sport Heft 9	September 2012	Die Jahrtausenflut 2002
Kanu Sport Heft 7	Juli 2012	Einmal Neuwerk seh'n im blauen Meer ...
Kanu Sport Heft 2	Februar 2012	"Kayaking Beyond The Behind"
4-seasons Das Portal für Globetrotter	2010	Via Alpia: Auf der Such nach vergessenen Delikatessen
The Republican Journal	September 19, 2007	Newspaper Belfast, ME German adventurer crosses U.S. to Belfast
The Village Soup	September 20, 2007	Newspaper Belfast, ME German couple walks in Americans' footsteps
The Peotone Vendette	August 02, 2007	Newspaper Peotone, IL Man walks from sea to sea
The Daily Journal	July 30, 2007	Newspaper Peotone, IL Couple makes cultural cross country trek
The Register-Mail	July 19, 2007	Newspaper Galesburg, IL German couple touring back roads
Memphis Democrat	July 19, 2007	Newspaper Memphis , MO German Travelers Stop in Scotland County on Walk Across America
McPherson Sentinel	July 6, 2007	Newspaper McPherson, KS Germans enjoy Kansas journey
Boise City News	13. June 2007	Newspaper Boise City News German couple crosses North America
crazyguyonabike.com	May 17, 2007	Online News Grants to Albuquerque: A Nice Day Despite the Weather Forecast
Route 66 News	21. April 2007	Online News, AZ Trailer walker makes it to Kingman
Kingman Daily Miner	19. April 2007	Newspaper Kingman, AZ Couple leaves the corporate world behindon venture into 'simple' life
Mohave Valley Daily News	15. April 2007	Newspaper Bullhead City, AZ German pair set out to discover the real America via Route 66
Desert Dispatch	02. April 2007	Newspaper Barstow, CA Henschel makes cross-country journey on foot
Footwear News	Vol63 No12 2007	Breaking News - Insider (Page2) Travelin' Man
OFF Road	11 / 06	Buch Tipp Namibias vergessene Welt Der Brandberg
Jeetze-Kurier Salzwedel	24.10.2005	"Japan ist ein Entwicklungsland" Detlev Henschel berichtet von einem 3.000 Kilometer weitem Fußmarsch
Jeetze-Kurier Salzwedel	13.10.2005	Zu Fuß durch Japan - Detlev Henschel erzählt
Weser Kurier (Bremen)	14. August 2005	Zu Fuß durch das "lauteste Land der Welt" Der Bremer Biologe und Autor Detlev Henschel ist 3000 Kilometer durch Japan gewandert
Weser Kurier (Bremen)	2005	Heiße Quellen, Grizzlys und viel Freundlichkeit Nach 3200 Kilometern zu Fuß durch Japan wird Detlev Henschel Ende Juni nach Bremen zurückkehren
Weser Kurier (Bremen)	7. April 2005	In schnelllebiger Zeit ganz langsam reisen Detlev Henschel wandert 3200 Kilometer zu Fuß durch Japan
Altmark Zeitung Salzwedel	02. November 2004	1.700km Einsamkeit
Altmark Zeitung Salzwedel	01. November 2004	Einsame Seereise ans Ende der Zivilisation
Weser Kurier (Bremen)	8. August 2003	Da kommt der Verrückte aus Deutschland Detlev Henschel aus Bremen umrundet den Baikalsee
Weser Kurier (Bremen)	8. April 2003	"In 90 Tagen einmal um den Baikalsee" Kajaker Detlev Henschel sucht den unmittelbaren Kontakt zur Natur
Magazine Carnets d'Aventures, le Voyage Nature	04/2007	Se nourrir dans la nature
LFI Leica Foto International	04/2006	Detlev Henschel: Namibias Vergessene Welt
Kanu Sport	11/2005	Paddelparadies an der Skelettküste
OFF ROAD	10/2005	Stille, Staub und Sterne Auf Schleichwegen durch die Namib
Kanu Magazin	Mai/Juni 2005	Der Marathon-Mann
Kanu Sport	Januar 2005	Abenteuer Baikal Russland: Erstumrundung des Baikal-Sees
Brüel & Kjaer Magazin	Dez 2004	Weisst Du, Dass Die Bäume Reden?
tv14	Dez 2004	Der See der Geheimnisse
Kanu Magazin	Juli/August 2004	Solo um den Baikalsee Leserbrief Zitat: »Es gibt viele Reportagen dieser Art, aber diese Geschichte ist außergewöhnlich.«
Sea Kayaker Magazine	April 2004	Solo On The Baltic Sea
Kanu Magazin	April/Mai 2004	Solo um den Baikalsee
Natur Erleben	Frühling 2004	Kulinarisches aus Wildkräutern
Natur Erleben	Sommer 2004	Wildbeeren - Leckerbissen der Natur Essbare Wildbeeren und Wildpflanzen
Kanu Magazin	Dezember/Januar 2003	Paddler helfen Paddlern Im Urlaub vom Elbe-Hochwasser überrascht
Kanu Magazin	April/Mai 2001	Der Löwenzahn-Feldzug Teil 4 2800 Seemeilen-Reise rund um die Ostsee
Kanu Magazin	Februar/März 2001	Der Löwenzahn-Feldzug Teil 3 2800 Seemeilen-Reise rund um die Ostsee
Kanu Magazin	Januar 2001	Der Löwenzahn-Feldzug Teil 2 2800 Seemeilen-Reise rund um die Ostsee
Kanu Magazin	Oktober/November 2000	Der Löwenzahn-Feldzug Teil 1 2800 Seemeilen-Reise rund um die Ostsee
Trafik & Motor	5/2000	En färd på vattnet genom fäxtriket 2.500 sjömil i kajak
Sea Kayaker	February 2000	A Fight to the Finish Crossing Danish Straits. A Diary of an Adventurer
sjö rapporten	August 2000	Östersjön runt i en kajak
Die Orchidee	1987	Die Orchideen am Uthleder Berg Detlev Henschel und Gerd Gebauer
Alpin	1984	Der Fluch des Zeus
Fernweh	1983	Der Riss Grand Canyon