About Steve Pullinger
". . .this 'self-taught' version of the Discovery Channel’s 'Man vs. Wild' has decades of practical experience in leading these kinds of workshops and is 'passionate about' the techniques for really roughing it." – The Rural Virginian
Like most instructors in this field, I began by taking classes in the late 1980's at the famed Tom Brown, Jr.'s Tracker School. Since that time I have been a student, practitioner and teacher of primitive technology, leading countless Wilderness Survival Skills Workshops in central Virginia. My workshops are basic level, with the exception of the Advanced Friction Fire Workshop. I also build and teach custom designed/personal workshops for any age or group. Currently I am having the pleasure to work with the future cultural center interpreters, of the Patawomeck Tribe in Stafford Co., Va., learn to make friction fire and cordage using native, natural materials.
I am an avid forager. My plant training has come through Emerald Mountain Sanctuary, Tracks and Roots, Living Earth School, Tom Brown, Master Naturalist and many hours of study and dirt time.
My background... I am a Master Naturalist, homesteader, beekeeper, and organic gardener. I have been a street EMT for 20 years and am currently certified in SOLO Wilderness First Aid. I have been teaching primitive technology/wilderness survival for over 30 years.
My mission is to introduce Primitive Technology and Survival skills to my peers and to our next generation of caretakers. These skills are empowering and they could save your life. Societies have lived by these skills for thousands of years and it is our job to keep passing them on. I enjoy traveling around the region to design and instruct classes for students of all generations and walks of life.
My guarantee.. If you feel that you didn't get your monies worth from my workshop, I will repay your workshop fee in cash at the end of the day.
I am an avid forager. My plant training has come through Emerald Mountain Sanctuary, Tracks and Roots, Living Earth School, Tom Brown, Master Naturalist and many hours of study and dirt time.
My background... I am a Master Naturalist, homesteader, beekeeper, and organic gardener. I have been a street EMT for 20 years and am currently certified in SOLO Wilderness First Aid. I have been teaching primitive technology/wilderness survival for over 30 years.
My mission is to introduce Primitive Technology and Survival skills to my peers and to our next generation of caretakers. These skills are empowering and they could save your life. Societies have lived by these skills for thousands of years and it is our job to keep passing them on. I enjoy traveling around the region to design and instruct classes for students of all generations and walks of life.
My guarantee.. If you feel that you didn't get your monies worth from my workshop, I will repay your workshop fee in cash at the end of the day.
In the Press
The Rural Virginian: "Rivanna Conservation Society Holds Workshop in Primitive Survival Skills" - "Many who stayed for the three-hour course at this historic location left with knowledge that they hoped they would never need to use the information gained at the workshop, but were comforted knowing it was available."
Fluvanna Review: "Learning Basic Survival Techniques" - "Pullinger, a board member of the Rivanna Conservation Society that maintains Scheier, said everyone – young, old, outdoor person or homebody – can benefit from knowing basic survival techniques."
Daily Progress: "Primitive Skills Teacher Pullinger Puts in 'Dirt Time'" - "Pullinger isn’t putting himself in dangerous situations for the sake of a TV contract and he isn’t preparing for the end of the world. He’s simply passing down the knowledge most of our ancestors relied on simply to survive."
Fluvanna Review: "Learning Basic Survival Techniques" - "Pullinger, a board member of the Rivanna Conservation Society that maintains Scheier, said everyone – young, old, outdoor person or homebody – can benefit from knowing basic survival techniques."
Daily Progress: "Primitive Skills Teacher Pullinger Puts in 'Dirt Time'" - "Pullinger isn’t putting himself in dangerous situations for the sake of a TV contract and he isn’t preparing for the end of the world. He’s simply passing down the knowledge most of our ancestors relied on simply to survive."
- WVIR (NBC, Charlottesville): Participants Learn Survival Skills In Expert's Training Course
- Newsplex (CBS/FOX, Charlottesville): Dozens Got a Hands-On Lesson in Survivor Skills