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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 18 years of experience teaching outdoor survival and guiding wilderness trips, began the company in 1989. |
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| 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. |
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Tony
Nester, Survival and Wilderness Instructor
specializing in desert survival and primitive
technology. |
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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. |
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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) |
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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 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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