THE TEAM

Christopher Nyerges

Internationally known and recognized as a premiere survival skills instructor and has been teaching “the skills” since 1974 and has taught over thirty thousand students. He is the editor and a writer for "Wilderness Way" magazine and is enjoying the release of his 9th book, "How To Survive Anywhere". Christopher has had over 2500 articles, all related to the survival skills, published in his career.
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Alan Halcon

Field editor, writer and photographer for "Wilderness Way" magazine. Alan is the author of the informative booklet, "The Hand Drill," a member of the City of Los Angeles's CERT Team, FEMA certified in incident command, a Survival Instructor, and a certified instructor/provider for The American Red Cross in Wilderness First-Aid, CPR and Basic First-Aid. Alan is also the record holder at getting a coal with the handdrill... 2 Seconds.
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Dude McLean

Former United States Marine and his depth of knowledge of modern and primitive survival skills spans over 50 years. Dude is a field editor, writer and photographer for "Wilderness Way" magazine, A Los Angeles City CERT Member, and Survival Instructor
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John D. McCann

Author of “Build the Perfect Survival Kit”, he is the owner of Survival Resources, a firm specializing in survival kits, components, and outdoor skills courses.  He is a former Marine Corps Drill Instructor and has written various survival related articles for magazines to include Field & Stream & Wilderness Way.  He has been featured in the NY Times, and has appeared on the Martha Stewart Show  

Published Articles up online
Feburary 2, 2010 6:17pm

On our old website, we had all of our published articles. Since the change to the new look, we have decided to move them to the forum.

Many of the articles we have written across the years can be found there, on the forum. We will also be adding to it on a regular basis.

http://www.dirttimeforum.com/index.php?board=31.0

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Adventure Medical Kits back as sponsor for DT10
January 22, 2010 5:36 pm

We are pleased and proud to have Adveture Medical Kits as a sponsor for Dirttime 10.

AMK is the leader in outdoor medical kits and innovative in products such as their Heet sheets Blanket and Emergency Bivy. Their emergency mylar blankets are unparalleled.

AMK has always been GOOD TO GO with Dirttime, and is standard gear with the team.

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Dirttime is at SHOT Show
January 19, 2010 7:00 am

Well, we're getting ready to depart the room for the convention center. At some point, we will be meeting up with several Dirttimers. We will be taking a lot of pictures and giving full reports, in the evening, when we get back to the rooms.

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Wintercount 2010
January 17, 2010 7:00 pm

We are headed to Wintercount, in Arizona, February 15-18. Wintercount put on by the same folks who put on Rabbitstick in September. Both are the premiere primitive skills events in the country. Needless to say, when all else fails, primitive skills are integral to survival.

Please make sure to stop and say hello if you see us there.

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Headed to Shot Show 2010
January 16, 2010 7:00 am

The Dirttime crew is headed to Shot Show in Las Vegas. We're looking forward to establishing new partnerships with vendors and manufacturers to help better serve our loyal supporters.
If you see us there please stop and say hello.

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Dirt Time 10 seats quickly filling up
November 11, 2009, 2:47 pm

As some of you know, we have sold out every event. This event seems to be no different. At present, we are at around 100 registered attendees. This event will cap soon. If you’re interested in attending, we suggest you register soon to guarantee a spot.

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Authors of "Naked into the Wilderness" coming to DT10
October 15, 2009, 7:36 pm

John and Geri McPherson, authors of “Naked into the Wilderness” and “Primitive Skills, applied and advanced” are coming to Dirttime 2010. We are pleased to have them come to our event.
Interest in outdoor living, self suffiency and primitive (Indian) skills, has been life long for both of them. John’s first “real” hands on practicing of primitive skills began in 1973 – motivated after reading OUTDOOR SURVIVAL SKILLS by Larry Dean Olson. Geri has been dabbling in “homesteading” skills (making soap & whatever) since the late ’60’s. They met and married in 1987.
For some time, much of the year was spent living out of a tipi – gypsy like – from one rendezvous to another – May till September – until the very late ’80’s when they switched audiences a bit and began teaching at more “primitive” gatherings and museums. Tho this cut back on their tipi Gypsy life a bit, they found themselves spending more time in the outdoors through the classes that they held.
You can find them at prairiewolf.net

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Dave Canterbury confirmed for DT10
October 8, 2009, 5:08 pm

Dave Canterbury , owner of  Wildernessoutfittersarchery.com, home of the Pathfinder school. Dave is most popular for his videos on survival and preparedness, found on Youtube. He will be shooting a survival series for Discovery, scheduled to air mid 2010. We’re pleased to have him return and we’re sure you will be also.

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Safety Takes Brains Self Defense… at DT10
October 6, 2009, 7:22 pm

Joshua Swanagon, Steve Tack and Lance Bobb have been trusted with continuing the woman’s self-defense program originated by their instructor Garner Train. All three have years of experience with Ving Tsun Kung Fu, Escrima, Hakkoryu JuJutsu, Hakko Denshin Ryu JuJutsu, Daitoryu AikiJuJutsu, Mugairyu (art of drawing the sword), Law enforcement DT, H2H combatives and self-defense, and each as experience with other disciplines personal to himself.
“We believe that self-defense is 90% awareness and 10% physical technique. We focus a lot of time in our seminars to
avoiding becoming a victim to begin with, but we also focus on effective, easy to learn, easy to do techniques to help you escape an attacker of any size. These techniques are tried and proven and have also accompanied DT
training in many Police departments and FBI offices in the United States (although they are not officially LE DT course techniques).”

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Just added new sponsor for DT10 >>>>Ribzwear.com
October 5, 2009, 7:52 pm

RIBZ front pack is designed for the avid sportsman who needs his/her critical gear in a quick & ready location. Easily accessible from the front and designed to work with any traditional backpack or independently, RIBZ allows you to keep your essential gear in a fast and easy to reach location.
The Ribz front pack is an excellent option for those putting together an ultralight backpacking strategy. Their weight is under a pound, at 11 oz. Utilizing the 800 cubic inches of storage in the front pack can reduce the size of your backpack dramatically. Front packs move a portion of the weight forward, improving the balance of the load, and improving your posture and mobility. Four external zippered pockets, and four additional internal pockets provide plenty of storage options.
The shoulder straps of the RIBZ pack are extra-wide, heavy-duty nylon, designed to evenly distribute the weight, yet remain comfortable when wearing with an additional backpack. The back of the RIBZ pack consists of two adjustable velcro straps which will not bunch up or sag when wearing the RIBZ with backpack.
Whether backpacking or snowboarding, fishing or hunting, biking
or kayaking, or just out day hiking, we’re confiident once
you’ve used your RIBZ, you’ll never leave home without ‘em.

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Coming to Dirttime10 designer of the Skookum Bush Tool
October 5, 2009, 11:47 am

We are pleased that Rod Garcia , the designer and maker of the Skookum Bush Tool , SBT, will be an instructor at DT10. Rod, took the Mora knife idea ,and ran with it, improved it,  and the result was the SBT. Mors Kachanski says the SBT is the perfect knife for the bush. Rod, will share his vision and experise about the SBT, sharpening, knife handling, and do it your self projects.

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Raems.com added to Dirttime 2010
October 3, 2009, 9:23 am

We are proud to have Brian Phaneuf, of Raems.com, return as an instructor and sponsor for Dirttime 10 
Brian Phaneuf—Brian got his start in the outdoors growing up in the Quebec Laurentians. After serving as an Infantryman (ABN) with the Canadian Armed Forces, Brian studied Prehospital Emergency Medicine He has served as a tactical medic, tactical response team leader, rural ambulance paramedic and as an EMS examiner. Currently pulling duty as a Sheriff, where he has taken on the role of Intelligence Officer and regional training co-ordinator for Southern Alberta, Canada.
A co-founder of Immediate Action Services, an Alberta based EMS company, Brian is the founder and executive officer of Remote Areas Emergency Medicine and Survival (raems.com), an Alberta training entity focused on emergency medical and survival training for the public. He has brought 37 years of wilderness first aid experience to his classes. A large part of the company’s time is devoted to providing emergency medical talent for various Rocky Mountain events, such as cross country motorcycle races and rock scrambling events….

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