![]() Burt Kornegay, Machias River, Maine Photo by Fred Coyle |
Dear Fellow Hikers and Paddlers, It’s been 26 yejars since I started running Slickrock Expeditions in the Joyce Kilmer-Slickrock Wilderness here in western NC. Since then I’ve led hundreds of backpacking and canoeing trips to National Forests and National Parks, down Wild and Scenic Rivers, and through National Wilderness Areas across the U.S., from Montana to Texas and from Florida to Maine, as well as in Canada. Some of these wild places have been explored just once, while others I’ve returned to repeatedly, including such favorite haunts as Panthertown, in North Carolina; Big Bend National Park and the Rio Grande, in Texas; and Oregon’s Grande Ronde River. As adventurous trailmates in all kinds of “wind and weather,” many of you have joined in these explorations. Burt Kornegay |
Burt works under outfitter-guide permits issued by the following agencies:
Burt has been nationally certified in the following:
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 Guides 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, & their son, Henry, 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 |