Aaniin fellow travelers,
This past quarter moon has been both exhilarating and strange. Despite it being close to the green season, it has been unusually cold and rainy in the northwoods. Of the 25 – 30 suns we have been out here, 3 of them have been sunny. And we couldn’t be more excited for the warm suns in our future; as we got our canoes this quarter moon. The lake has been choppy and windy at times, but at others completely still and quiet. We have also been doing a lot of repairs and exploring. We have been continuing the seeker tradition of fixing the bridges over the bog. We built a new canoe rack, and improved our fire storage and hearth cover. Truly this camp is starting to feel like a home. Till next time. See you on the Path.
Oh! We decided to include some bio information on us seekers below. Check it out.

When the program started my name was ‘Pete’. I chose to participate because I felt on some level it would be really good for me. I felt a longing for being part of a strong community. There is a huge interest for everything that’s needed to establish that, for example communication (‘truthspeaking’ in general). I also wanted to get more in touch with myself, find out who I am, and what my role is in all of this. I wanted to establish strong and healthy relationships with all those beings around me. And one thing I wasn’t that aware of before I came here but which is now an important topic for me is to come aware of old patterns, habits and addictions I brought here, so that I will be able to heal and maybe reform my way of living to a certain degree.

Hey, I’m called ‘Tends A Fire’ or ‘Jokes’ here in this camp. I am a woman in this pack of males and I came all the way from Austria to live my dream of a life in the wilderness. To me it seems important to dive deep, reclaiming my connection with humans, animals, plants, and the entire natural realm.
Getting to that place where I can walk in balance without being struck by any cold weather, mosquitoes, or the non-availability of highly processed foods, takes a lot more than just a week-long immersion in the wilderness. Therefore I’m willing to take the effort to live this life for a whole turn of the seasons and looking forward to all the adventures awaiting us out here.

My name is Aaron, everyone here calls me ‘Knows A Lot’. I am here to challenge a lifetime of preconceptions along with testing my mental and physical limits. I want to work on my canoeing obsessively. I also want to learn about medicinal plants and their application and culture. This will be the challenge and thrill of a lifetime, I hope I can live up to it.

The other seekers call me ‘Speaks His Mind’. My home is where the Wabash and Ohio rivers come together in southern Indiana. I’m here at this primitive camp to become more wild. The proper term is probably ‘feral’, since most of my life has been mostly domesticated up to this point.

Aaniin!
I have gone by many names in my life and currently my clan has gifted me the name ‘Gives Good Advice’. I am a graduate of the Family Wilderness Guide Program in 2012 and of the Guardian Intensive the year after that! I am back for more self-exploration into who I am and deepening my connection to the Mother Earth. There are already challenges, surprises, fears, excitement, and really all life has to offer out here and I can only delve deeper into what these next 10 moons have to bless me with!

Aaniin!
My birthname is Joseph and my clan name is “Moves”. I believe it’s because I don’t stay. You can usually find me jumping around on tasks. I look forward to learning more about tracking, trapping, hunting, fishing, craftsmanship, lodge building, dream-work, orienteering, weather attunement and much more. I chose the WGP to push myself out of my comforts to grow physically and mentally so I can blossom into the balanced wild being I can be.