Ancient Pathways, LLC - School of Primitive Technology and Wilderness Skills Courses [Flagstaff Arizona]
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Tony Nester

"We were safe with Nester.  A survival expert who knows the woods and desert intimately."  ~ Jay Stowe, Executive Editor, Outside Magazine
Ancient Pathways is a wilderness skills company specializing in desert survival and primitive technology. The focus of all Ancient Pathways courses is to provide hands-on training in practical survival skills and outdoor safety techniques. Our survival courses emphasize direct experience with the valuable skills you need to take care of yourself in the wilderness. Tony Nester, who has over 18 years of experience teaching outdoor survival and guiding wilderness trips, began the company in 1989.
 
Tony has instructed outdoor survival courses for the U.S. Military, National Park Service, USDA, and for private corporations. He is also on the adjunct faculty at Northern Arizona University where he teaches outdoor survival and primitive technology courses. His main area of focus is the southwest and he has survival experience in the Mojave, Sonoran, and Great Basin Deserts of North America.

Tony Nester, Survival and Wilderness Instructor specializing in desert survival and primitive technology.

 
Tony has been featured in numerous media outlets including on NBC News, the Travel Channel, in the New York Times, and in Outside Magazine.

In addition to extensive experience in wilderness survival, Tony has a BA in anthropology and is nationally certified as a Wilderness First Responder through the Wilderness Medical Institute of NOLS. He is the author of three books on outdoor survival and is also a well published writer in numerous magazines such as Wilderness Way, Backhome, Popular Woodworking, and Backwoodsman.

Tony has been an Survival Instructor and Consultant for:
Reader's Digest National Geographic
The Travel Channel FOX News
Maxim Magazine NBC News
Grand Canyon National Park Discovery Channel
Arizona Republic Sierra Club
Arizona Archeological Site Stewards Outside Magazine
Museum of Northern Arizona Ojibwa Indian Tribe
U.S. Department of Agriculture Recreational Equipment, Inc. (REI)
 

Mike Masek
 
Mike Masek is a wilderness skills instructor, herbalist and ethnobotanist living in Flagstaff, Arizona. He has been exploring the canyons and deserts of the American Southwest for 30 years and is currently focusing on the traditional edible and medicinal plants of the Colorado Plateau. His field studies have also taken him across the US, India, China, and the Tibetan Plateau.

Mike Masek demonstrating shelter building techniques as part of a Survival and Wilderness Course.
 
Mike is an adjunct faculty member at Northern Arizona University where he teaches traditional uses of native plants and wilderness survival skills. He has also taught programs through Coconino Community College, Yavapai Community College, Grand Circle Field Institute, and the National Park Service.

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