Cody Lundin

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Cody Lundin
Nationality American
Occupation Survival Instructor
Known for Co-star of Discovery Channel's Dual Survival

Cody Lundin [1] is the founder, director, and lead instructor of the Aboriginal Living Skills School, LLC in Prescott, Arizona;[2][3] an adjunct instructor in outdoor survival, primitive living, and urban preparedness at Yavapai College;[4][5] an adjunct faculty member at the Ecosa Institute;[6] and co-host of the television series Dual Survival.[7] He lives off-the-grid in a self-designed, passive solar earth home in the high-desert wilderness of Northern Arizona, collecting rainwater, composting waste and pays nothing for utilities.[2][8] Lundin is known for not wearing shoes.[7][9]

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Early life and education [edit]

Lundin is an only child whose father was in the military.[9] He spent his early childhood moving around until finally settling in Wyoming where he attended junior high and high school.[9] After graduating high school he lived on the streets, in a commune, in the backyards of friends and then in a brush shelter while he attended college in Prescott, Arizona.[9] Lundin holds a B.A. in Depth Psychology and Holistic Health from Prescott College.[10]

Career [edit]

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Lundin founded the Aboriginal Living Skills School during the winter of 1991 in Prescott, Arizona, where he teaches modern wilderness survival skills, primitive living skills, urban preparedness, and homesteading.[6][11] He is an internationally known professional survival instructor with more than 20 years of hands-on teaching experience.[12] Lundin has trained private, corporate, and governmental agencies, thousands of students, and dozens of national and international media sources in outdoor and urban preparedness skills.[12] He has been featured by dozens of media outlets including The Today Show, TV Guide, The Discovery Channel, Lifetime Television, The History Channel, Dateline NBC, CBS News, Fox News, USA Today, The New York Times, Playboy magazine, Esquire magazine, Field & Stream magazine, The Donny and Marie Show and CBC Radio One in Canada and has consulted for National Geographic Television, PBS, the Travel Channel, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the United States Forest Service, Copley News Service, and the British Broadcasting Corporation, among others.[13]

In September 1999, Lundin was honored as the third person in history to appear on the cover of Backpacker magazine that featured a story about his survival school and philosophies.[13][14]

He is the author of two best-selling books on survival and preparedness, 98.6 Degrees: The Art of Keeping Your Ass Alive and When All Hell Breaks Loose: Stuff You Need to Survive When Disaster Strikes.[13]

In 2004, Lundin hosted the Discovery Channel show Lost in the Wild where he impressed executive producer Steve Haggard, "In the world of wilderness survival and aboriginal living skills, Cody Lundin is the real deal".[15]

Dual Survival [edit]

Lundin has been a co-host of the television series Dual Survival since 2010.[7][15] On the show Lundin demonstrates various survival skills while wearing shorts in all weather and going barefoot.[1]

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References [edit]

  1. ^ a b Stanley, John (June 10, 2010). "Discovery Channel's 'Dual Survival' show features Arizona expert". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved 2012-08-08. 
  2. ^ a b Stanley, John (November 1, 2007). "Survival guide aimed at complacent urbanites". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved 2012-08-07. 
  3. ^ "ABORIGINAL LIVING SKILLS SCHOOL LLC". Arizona Corporation Commission. Retrieved 2012-08-07. 
  4. ^ "YC Professor Draws Crowd at Performance Center". Yavapai College. August 27, 2010. 
  5. ^ "Employee Details: Cody Lundin". Yavapai College. Retrieved 2012-08-07. 
  6. ^ a b "Ecosa Faculty Biographies: Cody Lundin". Ecosa Institute. Retrieved 2012-08-07. 
  7. ^ a b c Dawn, Randee (June 10, 2010). "Odd couple battle elements in Dual Survival". Reuters. Retrieved 2012-08-07. 
  8. ^ Lundin, Cody. "About Cody Lundin". Retrieved 2012-08-07. 
  9. ^ a b c d Newman, Eve (October 8, 2010). "Laramie grown wild: Taking survival to the extreme". Laramie Boomerang. Retrieved 2012-08-07. 
  10. ^ "Cody Lundin". Ecosa Institute. Retrieved 2012-08-07. 
  11. ^ "Cody Lundin from Dual Survival shares adventures". Penn State Berks. Retrieved 2012-08-07. 
  12. ^ a b "Dual Survival Experts: Cody Lundin". Discovery Channel. Retrieved 2012-01-23. 
  13. ^ a b c "Prepare for 2012 - Learn to be More Self Reliant at the 2012 Survival Conference and Change Your Way of Living for the Better" (Press release). PR.com. October 1, 2009. Retrieved 2012-08-07. 
  14. ^ McGivney, Annette (September 1999). "THE WISDOM OF ABO DUDE". Backpacker Magazine. Retrieved 2012-08-08. 
  15. ^ a b Nellans, Joanna Dodder (May 9, 2010). "Local survival teacher gets Discovery Channel TV series". The Daily Courier (Arizona). Retrieved 2012-08-08. 

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