Nate Summers

Nate Summers, M.Ac., has been a survival skills instructor for over 20 years with a background in anthropology, Asian studies, and natural medicine. He taught and directed at the Wilderness Awareness School for over 15 years where he helped to start both the Anake Outdoor School and the Anake Leadership Program. Nate's passions include ethnobotany, natural mentoring, hunter-gatherer childhoods, natural movement, herbal medicine, internal martial arts, and leadership. He helped found the Vashon Wilderness Program and Outdoor Connections, and has served as a naturalist for King County Parks, Seattle Parks and Rec, and Evergreen Escapes. He loves swimming in wild rivers, gathering wild berries with his children, and exploring the rich lands of Cascadia with his partner, Karen Joy Fletcher. You can connect with him at www.primalnate.com or @primalnate.