Burt Kornegay:
- First ran wilderness
trips: age 20, Adirondack Mountains, New York.
- Started Slickrock
Expeditions: age 33.
- Number of nights spent annually in
the woods: 100+.
- 445, the number of Slickrock Expeditions run as of December, 2011.
Burt works under outfitter-guide
permits issued by the following agencies:
- the U.S.D.A. Forest Service
- the National Park Service
- the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- the Oregon State Marine Board
- Montana Fish, Wildlife, and Parks
Burt has been nationally certified in the following:
- Wilderness First Responder
- Whitewater Canoe Instructor
Burt is a veteran
of the US Marine Corps, 1972-74. He has a B.A. in history from the
University of Oregon (1976) and an M.A. in English from the University
of N.C. at Chapel Hill (1980). He was president of the NC
Bartram Trail Society for 12 years, and he is co-author of the NC Bartram Trail
series of maps. Burt is author of A Guide’s
Guide to Panthertown Valley and is a freelance writer, with numerous
published articles about wilderness skills, backwoods safety, and
natural history. Burt has been written about in such magazines as
National Geographic, Backpacker, Blue Ridge Country, Southern Living, Cooking
Light, American Hiker, Southeastern Outdoor Recreation, Wildlife In
North Carolina and Our State. He lives with his wife, Becky in Cullowhee, NC.
"Burt Kornegay is a one-man university
on subjects such as the geography of the wilderness area, its animal
and plant life, low-tech camping and wilderness survival, and the
history of the native Americans who once were the only residents of
the mountains. He can identify just about every plant in the forest
and tell you which ones are edible and which are poisonous. He can
show you how to make rope out of tree bark, and where to find natural
tinder and kindling. He can start a fire with a wooden bow and stick,
and with that fire he can cook a pot of good chili or chicken stew
with dumplings, spiked with fresh ramps pulled from the creek bank."
Jerry
Shinn, The Charlotte Observer
"Burt Kornegay is a one-match man. As the owner of Slickrock Expeditions, and the longest-running independent guide in the state, he has started hundreds of campfires in some of the most remote setting in the country, never using more than a single match."
Becky Johnson, The Smoky Mountain News |
