Frank has been interested in the outdoors all his life. Growing up roaming the hills and mountains of Armagh, the Mournes and the Cooley peninsula, he acquired his first canvas ridge tent at the age eight. He is a fully apprenticed craftsman in metalworking, and has a special interest in Knife making. He has worked as a mechanical engineer for many years.

Frank has traveled extensively in Australia and the United States and experienced many aspects of bushcraft, survival and wilderness travel in these countries. He is a qualified Emergency Medical Care First Responder, with extensive experience in managing and recovering from large scale medical and industrial emergency situations.

He has been interested and practiced bushcraft and survival for more than 20 years. Having reached this point, Frank believed that it was time to pass on his skills and experiences to others. Frank spends every spare minute he has in the woods and mountains practicing his skill and just being closer to the natural world.