Go Play In The Woods | Sam Larson | TEDxLincoln

Sam is a wilderness skills instructor, author, and speaker, with years of experience in a variety of wilderness environments. He is the founder and lead instructor for Woodsong Wilderness Education, a company that specializes in teaching wilderness living skills through events, instructing, and consulting. At 24 he became the youngest winner of the world’s most difficult and dangerous survival reality tv challenge, ALONE, on HISTORY, spending over 100 days alone in the wilderness. In his talk, he discusses how that experience disrupted his life and what he learned from it, as well as the intrinsic value of connecting with nature in our daily lives.
Sam Larson is a wilderness skills instructor, author, and speaker, with years of experience in a variety of wilderness environments. At 18, he chose to go to the wilderness, rather than inevitably flunking out of college. At 24 he became the youngest winner of the world’s most difficult and dangerous survival reality TV challenge, ALONE, on the HISTORY channel. He is the founder and lead instructor for Woodsong Wilderness Education, a company that specializes in teaching wilderness living skills through events, instructing, and consulting. Most importantly, he is a husband and father of two. Drawing from his experiences, Sam will talk on our need for wild places. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx