Cody Lundin
(born March 15, 1967) is a survival instructor at the Aboriginal Living Skills School in Prescott, Arizona, which he founded in 1991. There he teaches modern
wilderness survival skills,
primitive living skills, urban preparedness, and
homesteading
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.
Lundin was also a former co-host of
Discovery Channel's reality television series, ''
Dual Survival''.
Lundin is an only child whose father was in the military.
[ He spent his early childhood moving around until finally settling in Laramie, ]Wyoming
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, where he attended junior high and high school.[ After graduating from 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
Prescott ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Yavapai County, Arizona, United States. As of 2020 United States census, 2020 Census, the city's population was 45,827.
In 1864, Prescott was designated as the capital of the Arizona Territory, r ...
.[ Lundin holds a B.A. in ]Depth Psychology
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and Holistic Health
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from Prescott College
Prescott College is a private college in Prescott, Arizona, United States.
History
Prescott College was founded in 1966 after a conference titled "Emergence of a Concept". Conveners Charles Parker and the Ford Foundation brought together leade ...
.
Lundin is the author of two 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''. Lundin has also provided a foreword for Steve Hart's ''Citizen Survivor's Handbook'', a parody of British wartime propaganda focusing on the importance of psychological endurance in times of crisis.
In 2004, Lundin hosted the Discovery Channel show, ''Lost in the Wild.''[ On the show, Lundin demonstrated various survival skills while wearing shorts in all weather and going barefoot.][ On February 17, 2014 Lundin announced on his Facebook page and on his website that he had been fired from the series due to differences of opinion on matters of safety.
Lundin says that he lives ]off-the-grid
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in a self-designed, passive solar
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earth home in the high-desert wilderness of northern Arizona, collecting rainwater, composting waste, and paying nothing for utilities.
Bibliography
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See also
* Dave Canterbury
References
External links
Cody Lundin.com
official website
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Living people
Survivalists
American television personalities
Place of birth missing (living people)
Prescott College alumni
1967 births