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About the Instructors
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Tony Nester |
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"We were safe with Nester.
A survival expert who knows the woods and desert intimately."
~ Jay Stowe, Executive Editor, Outside Magazine |
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| 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. |
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| 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. |
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| 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.
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Tony
Nester, Survival and Wilderness Instructor
specializing in desert survival and primitive
technology. |
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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. |
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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) |
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Mike Masek |
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| 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. |
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Mike
Masek demonstrating shelter building techniques
as part of a Survival and Wilderness Course. |
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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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