Hike & Workshop with Guest Instructor
Matt Graham from Discovery Channel & National Geographic
Earth Living Skills 101: Native Edible & Medicinal Plants and Harmonious Survival Skills
We are SO excited to offer you all this amazing workshop!
We work with Matt each year during our retreats- our workshop and guided canyon hike with Matt ends up being the highlight for everyone!
Matt Graham (Discovery & Nat Geo TV host and World-renowned Wilderness Guide) will guide us through valuable Earth Skills that will help us connect more with plants, the earth, and give us a greater confidence when being outside. In the guided hike we will receive a hands on demonstration on making fire the way people have for thousands of years, go over native edible and medicinal plants, as well as some ways to get comfortable in nature if you were stranded in the wild overnight.
While this full day hike & workshop is designed to help you with some basic survival skills, its real focus is to deepen a harmonious connection to this lush planet and your practice!
We work with Matt each year during our retreats- our workshop and guided canyon hike with Matt ends up being the highlight for everyone!
Matt Graham (Discovery & Nat Geo TV host and World-renowned Wilderness Guide) will guide us through valuable Earth Skills that will help us connect more with plants, the earth, and give us a greater confidence when being outside. In the guided hike we will receive a hands on demonstration on making fire the way people have for thousands of years, go over native edible and medicinal plants, as well as some ways to get comfortable in nature if you were stranded in the wild overnight.
While this full day hike & workshop is designed to help you with some basic survival skills, its real focus is to deepen a harmonious connection to this lush planet and your practice!
What to Expect on Our Adventure
Guided Hike Through Secret TrailsOur guided hike will lead us down unknown trails though the Escalante River, flanked by red rock canyons, sage brush and unbelievable landscapes to a natural swimming pool that lives atop of a draw-dropping 150ft waterfall!
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Native and Medicinal Plant IdentificationBelieve it or not, the desert of Southern Utah is a haven for medicinal and edible plants. Prized not only for their beauty, these plants have fed natives and animals of the canyons for centuries.
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Harmonious Earth Living and Survival SkillsLearning how to live simply and harmoniously with nature is an art, one that Matt has learned to perfection. How can we use the earth while still honoring and preserving it's foundation?
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About Matt Graham
Matt, often referred to as the "Stone Age Shaman" by other survivalists, has more than two decades of experience living off the land. Matt went for a walk one day and ended up spending six months on his own in the wild. He lives in a remote area of southern Utah where he primarily lives and sleeps in handmade primitive structures.
Matt started down this path at age 15, when he first became a triathlete and rock climber. At age 23, Matt proved his amazing athletic endurance as a runner when he ran the Pacific Crest Trail - 1,700 miles crossing the length of the California crest - in 58 days.
Matt has been teaching earth-conscious primitive skills for the past 20 years, including at the Boulder (Utah) Outdoor Survival School and guiding llama packing trips while continuing to compete as an endurance athlete. He then became an outdoor instructor for an at-risk youth therapy project known as the "Anasazi Outdoor Program." In addition to these programs Matt also did training courses for the Young Marines and Canadian Cadets. He is currently building and creating his own outdoor school.
Matt is a world class master of the atlatl and started competing three years ago against world champions. He's also skilled at hunting with the long bow and in the primitive art of brain-tanning hides to make clothing. He's studied Judo, Tae Kwan Do, Wushu Kung fu, and Jeet Kune Do.
Matt is featured in the documentary Living Wild as well as in Discovery's Dude, You're Screwed, and has been both a Stone Age living consultant for "Survivorman" Les Stroud and The Amazing Race. He was most recently on air this past March for Discovery Channel's First Man Out.
Matt, now 47 years old, loves both honing his own survival skills and studying fresh perspectives from other survivalists, thinkers and movers.
Matt started down this path at age 15, when he first became a triathlete and rock climber. At age 23, Matt proved his amazing athletic endurance as a runner when he ran the Pacific Crest Trail - 1,700 miles crossing the length of the California crest - in 58 days.
Matt has been teaching earth-conscious primitive skills for the past 20 years, including at the Boulder (Utah) Outdoor Survival School and guiding llama packing trips while continuing to compete as an endurance athlete. He then became an outdoor instructor for an at-risk youth therapy project known as the "Anasazi Outdoor Program." In addition to these programs Matt also did training courses for the Young Marines and Canadian Cadets. He is currently building and creating his own outdoor school.
Matt is a world class master of the atlatl and started competing three years ago against world champions. He's also skilled at hunting with the long bow and in the primitive art of brain-tanning hides to make clothing. He's studied Judo, Tae Kwan Do, Wushu Kung fu, and Jeet Kune Do.
Matt is featured in the documentary Living Wild as well as in Discovery's Dude, You're Screwed, and has been both a Stone Age living consultant for "Survivorman" Les Stroud and The Amazing Race. He was most recently on air this past March for Discovery Channel's First Man Out.
Matt, now 47 years old, loves both honing his own survival skills and studying fresh perspectives from other survivalists, thinkers and movers.