Cody Lundin

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Cody Lundin
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Born (1967-03-15) March 15, 1967 (age 57)
Yavapai County, Arizona, US
Occupation(s)Survival instructor, TV personality, motivational speaker
Known forFormer co-host of Discovery Channel's Dual Survival

Cody Lundin [1] [2] (born March 15, 1967) is a survival instructor at the Aboriginal Living Skills School in Prescott, Arizona, which he founded in 1991. There he teaches modern wilderness survival skills, primitive living skills, urban preparedness, and homesteading. [3] [4] [5] Lundin was also a former co-host of Discovery Channel's reality television series, Dual Survival . [6] [7]

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Lundin is an only child whose father was in the military. [7] He spent his early childhood moving around until finally settling in Laramie, Wyoming, where he attended junior high and high school. [7] After graduating from high school he lived on the streets, in a commune, in the backyards of friends, and then in a brush shelter while he attended college in Prescott, Arizona. [7] Lundin holds a B.A. in Depth Psychology and Holistic Health from Prescott College. [8]

Lundin is the author of two 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. [9] Lundin has also provided a foreword for Steve Hart's Citizen Survivor's Handbook, a parody of British wartime propaganda focusing on the importance of psychological endurance in times of crisis. [10]

In 2004, Lundin hosted the Discovery Channel show, Lost in the Wild. [11]

Lundin was a co-host of the television series Dual Survival from 2010 until 2014. [6] [11] On the show, Lundin demonstrated various survival skills while wearing shorts in all weather and going barefoot. [1] On February 17, 2014 Lundin announced on his Facebook page and on his website that he had been fired from the series due to differences of opinion on matters of safety. [12] [13]

Lundin says that he lives off-the-grid in a self-designed, passive solar earth home in the high-desert wilderness of northern Arizona, collecting rainwater, composting waste, and paying nothing for utilities. [14] [15]

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  3. ↑ "Ecosa Faculty Biographies: Cody Lundin". Ecosa Institute. Archived from the original on 2012-08-07. Retrieved 2012-08-07.
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