Press Kit
CODY LUNDIN is an internationally recognized professional in the field of primitive living skills, modern wilderness survival and urban self-reliance training. Due to his intimate understanding of the physics, psychology and physiology of survival, Cody is routinely sought after to train the media, individuals and organizations in the art of self-reliance.
As a result of his skill and dedication, Cody has been featured in dozens of national and international media sources including The Today Show, TV Guide, The Discovery Channel, Lifetime Television, The History Channel, Dateline NBC, CBS News, Fox News, USA Today, The New York Times, Playboy magazine, Esquire magazine, Field and Stream magazine, The Donny and Marie Show and CBC Radio One in Canada. In September of 1999 Cody was honored as the third person in history to appear on the cover of Backpacker magazine which featured a story on his skills and philosophies of survival.
He has consulted for National Geographic Television, PBS, the Travel Channel, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the United States Forest Service, Copley News Service, and the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), among others.
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Founder, Director, and Lead Instructor of the Aboriginal Living Skills School, LLC
Cody founded the Aboriginal Living Skills School in 1991 in Prescott, Arizona. When not teaching for his own school, he is an adjunct faculty member at Yavapai College and a faculty member at the Ecosa Institute.
Best-selling Author
Cody is the author of two best-selling 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, published by Gibbs Smith Publisher.
98.6 Degrees has been translated into Spanish and is routinely featured in Amazon’s top ten survival books since its release in 2003. It’s also been adopted as a training manual by dozens of Search and Rescue teams around the country and has saved several lives. When All Hell Breaks Loose sold 10,000 copies in less than three weeks after its release and continues to be featured in Amazon’s top five books under the “Disaster Relief” heading.
Television and Film Host
Cody routinely helps develop or host new network and cable programming. Cody hosted the Discovery Channel show “Lost in the Wild”, and was chosen by the Today Show to design and perform the live survival segment on Sir Richard Branson’s private retreat in the British Virgin Isles for the finale of “Where in the World is Matt Lauer.” He was chosen as the survival expert for two Dateline NBC adventures, three “What Should You Do” episodes for Lifetime television with Leeza Gibbons, and featured as the sole expert on the Donny and Marie Show for a Y2K preparation special. Cody also designed and was featured in the pilot episode of the History Channels "Digging for the Truth". He has appeared on camera for dozens of network news shows for FOX, CBS, NBC and various morning shows and other programming around the nation. Contact our office to request a reel of Cody’s television performances at (928) 713-1651 or email us at abodude@codylundin.com.
Keynote Speaker
Cody is known to thousands as a pointed, entertaining and passionate speaker. He has spoken at dozens of professional events around the nation, from those with a few dozen to several hundred attendees. A literal survivor, Cody used his love of nature and psychological stamina to heal his life and has the natural motivation, credibility and authority to enhance any event.
Consultant
Cody offers a wide variety of consulting opportunities in the realm of self-reliance. He has trained authors, film and television producers, magazine and newspaper editors, corporations, businesses, governmental organizations and individuals in the following range of subjects:
- Primitive Living, Wilderness Living and Modern Outdoor Survival Skills Training
- Urban, Suburban and Rural Preparedness Training and Disaster Mitigation
- Real Estate Analysis for Self-Reliant Living
- Sustainable Design, Building and Living Systems
- Water Harvesting Methods for Arid Landscapes
Two Years Living in the Woods
Cody’s expertise in practical outdoor skills comes from a lifetime of personal experience, including two years spent living in a brush shelter in the woods where he slept on pine needles and cooked over an open fire.
Living Off-The-Grid
Cody designed and lives in a self-reliant, passive solar earth home in the high-desert wilderness of Northern Arizona in which he catches rain, composts wastes, and pays nothing for heating and cooling.
Contacting Cody Lundin
Cody Lundin / ALSS, LLC
P.O. Box 3064
Prescott, Arizona 86302 USA
Phone: (928) 713-1651
Email: abodude@codylundin.com
Web site: www.codylundin.com
