Pedro McMillan (he/him) is a queer elder with more than 20 years of experience with rites of passage work. A father, grandfather and environmentalist since childhood, he became an early eco-entrepreneur, founding and running a green business for 26 years before leaving to focus on rites of passage work. Being involved in rites of passage work…

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Petra Lentz-Snow (She/Her) is a certified naturopath and first generation immigrant from Germany who came to the Western United States in her twenties through a series of initiatory processes and trainings with Zen Buddhism and Indigenous Wisdom Lineages.  She has been guiding vision fasts and wilderness rites of passage programs for more than 3 decades. Guide,…

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“Roo” Ruth Wharton (they/them), deeply rooted in earth, body, ceremony and a long lineage of guides from the School of Lost Borders, Roo offers an abundance of love and fierce insight to those Roo guides and mentors. Beginning to guide wilderness rites of passage at the age of 21, Roo’s experience spans over 2 decades,…

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Scott Eberle (he/him) is an educator, counselor, and wilderness guide. A former hospice physician for over thirty years, Scott recently shifted his professional energies toward a private practice where he offers rites of passage counseling and mentoring. This 1-on-1 work is well-integrated with the wilderness programs that he co-guides. For more details about his counseling practice,…

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Silvia has been a wilderness guide since 1993 and is a recently retired hospice nurse. She is a supporter of the deep immersion into the natural and wild places where the exploration of the mythic, the archetype and the imaginal dimensions offers a  gateway towards personal growth. Silvia guides from a full life experience that…

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Cynthia Eisho Morrow (she/her) has been a wilderness guide with EarthWays LLC, a Bay Area collective, since 2006 and with the School of Lost Borders since 2011. Her father’s family lived in the Owens Valley, and so she grew up joyfully exploring the vast territory of the Eastern Sierras and the deserts in and around…

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Solstice. The Owen’s Valley is cold and quiet. The sun will set at 4:47pm this afternoon, but it will already sink behind the crest of the mighty Sierra Nevada Mountains around 3:30pm and quicken the pace of those still venturing about on the trail. The cold has a way of coming on fast once that…

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