Tony Nester's Survival eBooks and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction titles are now available.

Just a quick note to mention that our survival print books are now available in eBook format. You can find volumes 1-9 of the Practical Survival Series on Kindle with some also available on Nook, Kobo, iTunes, and other digital platforms. Stay tuned for audio formats during the coming months. Tony's bestselling post-apocalypse series are also out. Just look under his pen name, JT Sawyer for the First Wave Series, Hell Week, and Until Morning Comes.

I am pleased to announce that our new survival kit company, Nester Survival Kits (NSK) is now open. After months of preparation and work with some of the country's finest gear companies, we are able to provide an assortment of compact and tailor-made survival kits along with select accessories.

Over the years of rigorously testing a variety of outdoor products on our survival courses, I wanted to be able to offer a line of quality kits that would hold up under the stress of real-world situations and provide for the critical areas present in a short-term emergency. You won’t find any D-cell flashlights, .99 cent ponchos, or paper matches at NSK. Each of our kits contain gear that is top-of-the-line and has been extensively field-tested under actual survival conditions.

Unlike other companies, when you purchase one of our products, we are here to field any questions about how to use the items in your kit, how to augment the kit for your specific region, and to provide relevant training tips to better increase your know-how in handling a short-term emergency.

For a look at the kits and our other products, please visit the NSK website, which is a division of the Ancient Pathways Survival School.

Stay Safe,
Tony Nester

What's New in 2014?

The Modern Hunter-Gatherer

2015 marks Ancient Pathways 26th year since we began teaching. This year we are once again offering our signature Knife-Only Survival Courses and our 4-Day Bushcraft Course. We have also teamed up with the Scottsdale Gun Club to provide one-day desert and urban survival courses over the next year.

Once more, we are looking at another busy year teaching US Military Special Operations  units in both mountain and desert survival training. Due to our teaching commitments with the military, we will only be offering a limited number of fieldcourses for the general public this season. For more information visit our course schedule which contains a complete breakdown of what we offer.

Many of our students ask about review material for practicing their skills after a course. To aid in this, we now have over 40 instructional videos on YouTube under the Ancient Pathways site. Everything from equipping your vehicle to harvesting cactus fruit and carving deadfalls is covered with more on the way.

Tony Nester and actor Josh Brolin
on an Outdoor Survival Course in the
High-desert of Northern Arizona.

Tony's new non-fiction book, Life Under Open Skies: Adventures in Bushcraft is now available on Kindle, Nook, Kobo, and other digital platforms along with a print version which will be out this spring. Inspired by over twenty-five years of practicing and teaching bushcraft throughout North America, Tony recounts backcountry tales of nomadic adventures using traditional skills that have faded from the modern world. Laced with humor, insight, and nerve-wracking encounters with wildlife, sandstorms, flash floods, brutal cold, and unpredictable clients, Life Under Open Skies reveals a rare look into the
often misunderstood world of survival.

That's all for now. We hope to see you on the trail this year. In the meantime, enjoy the wild places.


Take care,

Tony and Holly Nester

Programs in Outdoor Survival and Bushcraft!