As an outdoor educator, I led adventure and wilderness skills trips and workshops, including backpacking, rock climbing, spelunking/caving, and primitive skills. I teach ecology, carving, fire-making, survival, aidless navigation, and comfort and familiarity with the outdoors.
I also love to go on wilderness adventures, with friends, family, colleagues, and school groups!
Some of the places I’ve been and adventures I’ve had the privilege to be on:
- The wilds of the Washington, DC region which are beautiful: Assateague National Seashore, Catoctin Mountain Park, Mount Sugarloaf, all over the Potomac River, George Washington National Forest, and Patapsco Valley State Park, to name a few favorites.
- The Kimberly region of Western Australia on a 9 week canoeing and backpacking expedition (2004)
- The Appalachian Trail through Maine and New Hampshire (2006)
- The Florida Everglades (many many times)
- The Firth River in Canada’s Ivvavik National Park (2009)
- Oregon’s Rogue River National Forest (2008)
- Idaho’s Snake and Middle Fork Salmon Rivers
- Backpacking in Pisgah National Forest, NC (2001 and as often as possible since)
Eliza Cava 