Welcome,

Lifesong Wilderness Adventures came alive in 1994.  Allow me to back up from here, where the roots of Lifesong Adventures took hold. 

The fall of 1989 found me in Tom's River, New Jersey where my education in primitive survival skills began, with Tom Brown, Jr.  It was an amazing experience learning primitive skills, nature awareness, inner vision and earth philosophy from a true "Coyote Teacher".

Graduation came and I was asked to contribute to the, "Tracker School", as a visiting instructor for several California classes.  I served in this capacity for three years.  Tom's support was part of the impetus to help realize my own personal vision as a teacher of the ancient ways, and to develop my own school.

Life began for me on the coast of Oregon in 1953.  In the formative years, nature consumed my thoughts and time.  The year I turned fifteen, I spent the summer in Canada where I heard my first wolf and saw my first grizzly bear.  British Columbia and Alberta were my haunts for the next five summers.  Countless hours were spent discovering all nature could offer including sleeping on cold bare ground and missing a few meals. 

In the 1970's I settled in the Yosemite area of the Sierra Nevada Mountains operating a small logging business and raising two children, or maybe they raised me.  This is where I immersed myself in rock climbing, mountaineering and back country skiing.

The 1980's and 90's found me spending the month of February caretaking for the California State Park in the Lost Coast region of northern California.  During my tenure I volunteered as a Ranger/Park Interpreter.  I also served as Board of Director for, "People for Healthy Forests", a grass roots organization supporting the restriction of herbicides used on National Forest lands.

Never thought I would end up in the South, but Mississippi educated me in the ways of the swamps and their less than gentle inhabitants.  It is the food, all that, "Southern Cookin, you al", makes my mouth water just thinking about it.  When I wasn't working, traveling or exploring, I volunteered at a local Boy Scout Camp.  A recipe for new friends and a great time.

Lifesong Wilderness Adventures is an exclusive camp born of passion.  It is this passion that drives us to share our diverse knowledge and combined experiences based on our deep connection to the wilderness in us all.

Mark Wienert, Jr.

Founder and Director