ABOUT US
MATT BRUMMETT
FOUNDER/OWNER
Matt Brummett, the Rule of Five Wilderness Company’s founder, has a long-time passion for teaching others about ancient living and survival techniques. With a small team of fellow experts, he and the Rule of Five Wilderness Company go beyond typical wilderness preparedness to give you the skill set to survive in the wild, while also fostering a new understanding and appreciation for exploring and experiencing the world in ancient ways.
Matt has been teaching wilderness skills in both ancestral living and modern survival for over two decades. He has logged more than 3,000 backcounrty field days within backcountry settings in diverse ecosystems, including coastal North America, Alaska, Minnesota, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona, Scotland, Ireland, Switzerland and Newfoundland.
His formal education in nature-based wilderness survival skills includes time at the Audubon Expedition Institute and learning from Tom Brown of the Tracker School at Pine Barrens of New Jersey. Prescott College is where he earned his Bachelor’s degree in Outdoor Experiential Education and Holistic Healing. While living in Prescott, Arizona Matt also studied under survival instructor, Cody Lundin, who is the founder of the Aboriginal Living Skills School.
WHAT WE DO
This is not a muddy obstacle course or a cruel and crude boot camp. Anyone can enjoy this adventure as we journey into the American Southwest, teaching you about our ancestral lifeways, focusing on the Rule of Five: Shelter, Fire, Edge, Vessels and Cordage. We also incorporate lessons on expeditionary planning and provide presentations on ecology and natural history.
Let us be your teachers and teammates in a back-to-basics adventure that expands your knowledge of what it really takes to survive and live in the wild. We will show you that you don’t have to be a self-proclaimed mountain man or woman to learn and utilize the Rule of Five.
Think of this as a hands-on history and science class where you’ll tap into a fresh spring of appreciation for our ancestral lifeways and our earth. At the same time, you’ll learn about yourself throughout a trip that’s as much a spiritual journey as it is a physical challenge. There’s truly no greater pride or peace than knowing how to take care of yourself and work within the greater physical world.
WHO WE ARE
Adventure and exploration are hard-wired into the human psyche. Whether you examine our ancestral migration patterns from the continent of Africa or the sagas of Viking voyages to far-off lands, we all share one common drive–to discover the unknown.
The story has been proven and been refined over millennia. There are five life skills our ancestors created and learned. They mastered and harnessed these skills, making our survival and lifeway, easier. Rule of Five Wilderness Company is the common thread that connects us to them in all cultures.
Most people only learn a fraction of the basic survival skills that our ancestors relied upon every single day. You leave feeling confident in the outdoors, allowing you to set out to answer that ancient call we all share.
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