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Wilderness Virtuoso: Jacks Genega’s Path as a Survival Expert and Founder of Wildcard Wilderness
Jacks Genega is an avid adventurer whose journey into exploring the world of wilderness survival began when encountering an earthquake and witness to an avalanche just moments after she began a 5-day solo hike in Iceland’s Landmannalauger region. She has solo-hiked across the United Kingdom twice beginning in 2019 with Scotland’s West Highland Way from Glasgow to Fort William along Loch Lomond and Ben Nevis; followed by The Great Glen, bordering several lakes including the infamous Loch Ness, ending in Inverness. In 2020, she completed Alfred Wainwright’s Coast to Coast Walk from the Irish Sea at St. Bee’s to the North Sea at Robin Hood’s Bay crossing 220 miles through England's Lake District, Yorkshire Dales, and North York Moors in under 10 days.
Other solo travel achievements would be completing Schwarzwald Germany’s 200-mile Westweg, or “The Black Forest Trail,” ending in Basil, Switzerland; as well as the Tour Du Mont Blanc, a 110-mile walking trek through France, Italy and Switzerland traversing some of the Alps’ highest peaks, glaciers and rivers. In 2023, Jacks spent 21 days hiking alone across Sweden's Arctic Circle and Lapland region via the infamous 300-mile King's Trail, the Kunglseden. She is also no stranger to various scrambles along the Appalachian Trail.
Her outdoor skills education began with the field of bushcraft when attending a course with Woodland Ways (UK) leading up to the completion of their Northern Forest Year, a yearlong intensive with David McCrae in Scotland’s East Lothian region, home to the famous mountaineer, John Muir. She then carried her dedication and talent back to the U.S. training under various experts in the fields of emergency and wilderness survival including Dave Canterbury (Best-Selling Author of Bushcraft 101, Owner of Self Reliance Outfitters, and Founder of the Pathfinder School); Shawn Kelly (Content Creator ‘Corporal’s Corner’); Joshua Enyart (Former Army Ranger, Green Beret and Owner of Gray Bearded Green Beret); and Craig Caudill (Best-Selling Author of Extreme Wilderness Survival and Founder of the Nature Reliance School.)
Jacks was an Instructor at Dave Canterbury's Pathfinder School Worldwide before starting her own, Wildcard Wilderness Survival. She is currently the primary instructor at Jason Marsteiner’s (Author of Wilderness Survival Guide: Practical Skills for the Outdoor Adventurer) The Survival University in Colorado, where she teaches both their curriculum and Wildcard Wilderness courses. Jacks is also an instructor for Georgia Bushcraft where she leads all women’s survival courses with varying levels of difficulty. She is also staff at The Foxfire Museum in Georgia. She is a certified Wilderness First Responder and HAM Radio Operator (KE8WHY). Jacks is also a brand ambassador for LT Wright Knives and Woods Monkey. She has developed a reputation as a well-respected talent and an all-around lovely, bad-ass woman who often sets things on fire for fun.
She lives in her van full time and travels across the country teaching weekend classes and workshops in survival, navigation, campcraft, and her biggest passion, tree identification.
Other solo travel achievements would be completing Schwarzwald Germany’s 200-mile Westweg, or “The Black Forest Trail,” ending in Basil, Switzerland; as well as the Tour Du Mont Blanc, a 110-mile walking trek through France, Italy and Switzerland traversing some of the Alps’ highest peaks, glaciers and rivers. In 2023, Jacks spent 21 days hiking alone across Sweden's Arctic Circle and Lapland region via the infamous 300-mile King's Trail, the Kunglseden. She is also no stranger to various scrambles along the Appalachian Trail.
Her outdoor skills education began with the field of bushcraft when attending a course with Woodland Ways (UK) leading up to the completion of their Northern Forest Year, a yearlong intensive with David McCrae in Scotland’s East Lothian region, home to the famous mountaineer, John Muir. She then carried her dedication and talent back to the U.S. training under various experts in the fields of emergency and wilderness survival including Dave Canterbury (Best-Selling Author of Bushcraft 101, Owner of Self Reliance Outfitters, and Founder of the Pathfinder School); Shawn Kelly (Content Creator ‘Corporal’s Corner’); Joshua Enyart (Former Army Ranger, Green Beret and Owner of Gray Bearded Green Beret); and Craig Caudill (Best-Selling Author of Extreme Wilderness Survival and Founder of the Nature Reliance School.)
Jacks was an Instructor at Dave Canterbury's Pathfinder School Worldwide before starting her own, Wildcard Wilderness Survival. She is currently the primary instructor at Jason Marsteiner’s (Author of Wilderness Survival Guide: Practical Skills for the Outdoor Adventurer) The Survival University in Colorado, where she teaches both their curriculum and Wildcard Wilderness courses. Jacks is also an instructor for Georgia Bushcraft where she leads all women’s survival courses with varying levels of difficulty. She is also staff at The Foxfire Museum in Georgia. She is a certified Wilderness First Responder and HAM Radio Operator (KE8WHY). Jacks is also a brand ambassador for LT Wright Knives and Woods Monkey. She has developed a reputation as a well-respected talent and an all-around lovely, bad-ass woman who often sets things on fire for fun.
She lives in her van full time and travels across the country teaching weekend classes and workshops in survival, navigation, campcraft, and her biggest passion, tree identification.
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JACKS
GENEGA
Wilderness Virtuoso: Jacks Genega’s Path as a Survival Expert and Founder of Wildcard Wilderness
Jacks Genega is an avid adventurer whose journey into exploring the world of wilderness survival began when encountering an earthquake and witness to an avalanche just moments after she began a 5-day solo hike in Iceland’s Landmannalauger region. She has solo-hiked across the United Kingdom twice beginning in 2019 with Scotland’s West Highland Way from Glasgow to Fort William along Loch Lomond and Ben Nevis; followed by The Great Glen, bordering several lakes including the infamous Loch Ness, ending in Inverness. In 2020, she completed Alfred Wainwright’s Coast to Coast Walk from the Irish Sea at St. Bee’s to the North Sea at Robin Hood’s Bay crossing 220 miles through England's Lake District, Yorkshire Dales, and North York Moors in under 10 days.
Other solo travel achievements would be completing Schwarzwald Germany’s 200-mile Westweg, or “The Black Forest Trail,” ending in Basil, Switzerland; as well as the Tour Du Mont Blanc, a 110-mile walking trek through France, Italy and Switzerland traversing some of the Alps’ highest peaks, glaciers and rivers. In 2023, Jacks spent 21 days hiking alone across Sweden's Arctic Circle and Lapland region via the infamous 300-mile King's Trail, the Kunglseden. She is also no stranger to various scrambles along the Appalachian Trail.
Her outdoor skills education began with the field of bushcraft when attending a course with Woodland Ways (UK) leading up to the completion of their Northern Forest Year, a yearlong intensive with David McCrae in Scotland’s East Lothian region, home to the famous mountaineer, John Muir. She then carried her dedication and talent back to the U.S. training under various experts in the fields of emergency and wilderness survival including Dave Canterbury (Best-Selling Author of Bushcraft 101, Owner of Self Reliance Outfitters, and Founder of the Pathfinder School); Shawn Kelly (Content Creator ‘Corporal’s Corner’); Joshua Enyart (Former Army Ranger, Green Beret and Owner of Gray Bearded Green Beret); and Craig Caudill (Best-Selling Author of Extreme Wilderness Survival and Founder of the Nature Reliance School.)
Jacks was an Instructor at Dave Canterbury's Pathfinder School Worldwide before starting her own, Wildcard Wilderness Survival. She is currently the primary instructor at Jason Marsteiner’s (Author of Wilderness Survival Guide: Practical Skills for the Outdoor Adventurer) The Survival University in Colorado, where she teaches both their curriculum and Wildcard Wilderness courses. Jacks is also an instructor for Georgia Bushcraft where she leads all women’s survival courses with varying levels of difficulty. She is also staff at The Foxfire Museum in Georgia. She is a certified Wilderness First Responder and HAM Radio Operator (KE8WHY). Jacks is also a brand ambassador for LT Wright Knives and Woods Monkey. She has developed a reputation as a well-respected talent and an all-around lovely, bad-ass woman who often sets things on fire for fun.
She lives in her van full time and travels across the country teaching weekend classes and workshops in survival, navigation, campcraft, and her biggest passion, tree identification.
Other solo travel achievements would be completing Schwarzwald Germany’s 200-mile Westweg, or “The Black Forest Trail,” ending in Basil, Switzerland; as well as the Tour Du Mont Blanc, a 110-mile walking trek through France, Italy and Switzerland traversing some of the Alps’ highest peaks, glaciers and rivers. In 2023, Jacks spent 21 days hiking alone across Sweden's Arctic Circle and Lapland region via the infamous 300-mile King's Trail, the Kunglseden. She is also no stranger to various scrambles along the Appalachian Trail.
Her outdoor skills education began with the field of bushcraft when attending a course with Woodland Ways (UK) leading up to the completion of their Northern Forest Year, a yearlong intensive with David McCrae in Scotland’s East Lothian region, home to the famous mountaineer, John Muir. She then carried her dedication and talent back to the U.S. training under various experts in the fields of emergency and wilderness survival including Dave Canterbury (Best-Selling Author of Bushcraft 101, Owner of Self Reliance Outfitters, and Founder of the Pathfinder School); Shawn Kelly (Content Creator ‘Corporal’s Corner’); Joshua Enyart (Former Army Ranger, Green Beret and Owner of Gray Bearded Green Beret); and Craig Caudill (Best-Selling Author of Extreme Wilderness Survival and Founder of the Nature Reliance School.)
Jacks was an Instructor at Dave Canterbury's Pathfinder School Worldwide before starting her own, Wildcard Wilderness Survival. She is currently the primary instructor at Jason Marsteiner’s (Author of Wilderness Survival Guide: Practical Skills for the Outdoor Adventurer) The Survival University in Colorado, where she teaches both their curriculum and Wildcard Wilderness courses. Jacks is also an instructor for Georgia Bushcraft where she leads all women’s survival courses with varying levels of difficulty. She is also staff at The Foxfire Museum in Georgia. She is a certified Wilderness First Responder and HAM Radio Operator (KE8WHY). Jacks is also a brand ambassador for LT Wright Knives and Woods Monkey. She has developed a reputation as a well-respected talent and an all-around lovely, bad-ass woman who often sets things on fire for fun.
She lives in her van full time and travels across the country teaching weekend classes and workshops in survival, navigation, campcraft, and her biggest passion, tree identification.