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

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

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 20 years of experience teaching outdoor survival and guiding wilderness trips, began the company in 1989.

Tony has instructed desert survival courses for the National Transportation & Safety Board, National Weather Service, U.S. Military Special Operations Units and for private corporations. He is also a longtime faculty member of the Desert Institute at Joshua Tree National Park. Tony has extensive experience working with the media and film industry and has provided survival training for actors Josh Brolin (Jonah Hex) and Emile Hirsch (Into The Wild) along with working with Andrew Zimmern, the host of the Travel Channel's Bizarre Foods.

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

In addition to extensive experience in wilderness survival, Tony has a BA in anthropology, is the author of four books on outdoor survival through Diamond Creek Press, and writes a popular monthly column for Outside Online Magazine.

 

Keep an eye out for the April segment of the Travel Channel's popular show Bizarre Foods which has Tony taking host Andrew Zimmern out for a wild foods trek in the desert.

Keep an eye out for the April segment of the Travel Channel's popular show Bizarre Foods which has Tony taking host Andrew Zimmern out for a wild foods trek in the desert.

Tony has been a Survival Instructor and Outdoor Consultant for:

Reader's Digest National Geographic
The Travel Channel FOX News
Maxim Magazine NBC News
Grand Canyon National Park Discovery Channel
Arizona Republic Popular Mechanics
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 in Flagstaff, Arizona, 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. For more information about herbal and botanical courses with Mike Masek, click here.

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