Donny Dust
ADVENTURER-AUTHOR-WILD MAN-VETERAN
US Marine Corps veteran Donny Dust has earned his reputation as a “professional caveman” by fully embracing a minimalist way of life in the wilderness, where he crafts everything from scratch, be it tools like knives, saws, hammers, and cordage or items such as bows, arrows, axes, ropes, sandals, backpacks, bowls, or swords— and, of course, fire. Having amassed two decades’ worth of primitive living skills that enable him to survive everywhere from the jungles of Asia and South America, the vast open regions of Africa to the mountains of North America.
As a United States Marine Corps veteran who has served in combat zones as a counterintelligence/human intelligence agent and infantryman. During his time in the military, Donny mastered survival skills and then left the Corps in 2011 to teach Department of Defense personnel everything he'd learned in his years of service. Donny owns and operates Paleo Tracks Survival, Colorado’s premier survival and wilderness self-reliance school, and has nearly two decades' worth of outdoor survival and primitive living experience. When Donny isn't teaching, he can be found trekking through the many remote regions of the Rocky Mountains and the Chihuahua Desert. Donny works in the TV and film industry as a technical consultant for all things related to survival and primitive living. He has appeared on shows such as Alone and Alone The Beast on the History Channel and Mud, Sweat & Beards on the USA Network, First Man Out on Amazon, and he now has millions of followers on social media. Donny has two sons and lives in Boulder County, Colorado. In addition to his Military service and being an expert in primitive survival, Dust is also an author of three books - Scavenger, Earthroamer, and Wild Wisdom.
