Jacks Genega
Jacks Genega is an avid adventurer whose journey into exploring the world of wilderness
survival began when encountering an earthquake and witness to an avalanche just moments
after she began a 5 day solo hike in Iceland’s Landmannalauger region. She has solo-hiked
across the United Kingdom twice beginning in 2019 with Scotland’s West Highland Way from Glasgow to
Fort William along Loch Lomond and Ben Nevis followed by The Great Glen, bordering several
lakes including the infamous Loch Ness ending in Inverness. In 2020, she completed Alfred
Wainwright’s Coast to Coast Walk from the Irish Sea at St. Bee’s to the North Sea at Robin
Hood’s Bay crossing 220 miles through England's Lake District, Yorkshire Dales, and North York
Moors in under 10 days. Other solo travel achievements would be completing Schwarzwald
Germany’s 200 mile Westweg, or “The Black Forest Trail,” ending in Basil, Switzerland; as well as
the Tour Du Mont Blanc, a 110-mile walking trek through France, Italy and Switzerland traversing
some of the Alps’ highest peaks, glaciers and rivers. She is also no stranger to various scrambles
along New York and Connecticut’s Appalachian Trail.
Her outdoor skills education began with the field of bushcraft when attending a course with
Woodland Ways (UK) leading up to the completion of their Northern Forest Year, a year long
intensive with David McCrae in Scotland’s East Lothian region, home to the famous mountaineer,
John Muir. She then carried her dedication and talent back to the U.S. training under various
experts in the fields of emergency and wilderness survival including Dave Canterbury (Best-
Selling Author of Bushcraft 101 and Owner of Self Reliance Outfitters) at the Pathfinder School;
Shawn Kelly (Lead Instructor at the Pathfinder School and content creator, Corporals Corner)
and Joshua Enyart (Former Army Ranger and Owner of Gray Bearded Green Beret).
She intensely studies tree identification for resource procurement aiding in fire making and
various tool productions. Other notable skills include tanning and working with other natural
materials for cordage and clothing. Her weaving allowed her to fine tune her skills in basketry
and funnel trap making which led to other fishing techniques such as making spring pole traps,
gill nets and assorted primitive hooks, gorges and gigs. Her skillset varies in modern survival to
primitive survival with emergency shelter construction, fire off the landscape, navigation and
basic wilderness first-aid.
Jacks was an Instructor at Dave Canterbury's Pathfinder School Worldwide before starting her
own, Wildcard Wilderness LLC. She is certified in Wilderness First Aid with ESCI (Emergency
Care & Safety Institute) and the American Red Cross. She has developed a reputation as a well-
respected talent and an all-around lovely, bad-ass woman who often sets things on fire for fun.
survival began when encountering an earthquake and witness to an avalanche just moments
after she began a 5 day solo hike in Iceland’s Landmannalauger region. She has solo-hiked
across the United Kingdom twice beginning in 2019 with Scotland’s West Highland Way from Glasgow to
Fort William along Loch Lomond and Ben Nevis followed by The Great Glen, bordering several
lakes including the infamous Loch Ness ending in Inverness. In 2020, she completed Alfred
Wainwright’s Coast to Coast Walk from the Irish Sea at St. Bee’s to the North Sea at Robin
Hood’s Bay crossing 220 miles through England's Lake District, Yorkshire Dales, and North York
Moors in under 10 days. Other solo travel achievements would be completing Schwarzwald
Germany’s 200 mile Westweg, or “The Black Forest Trail,” ending in Basil, Switzerland; as well as
the Tour Du Mont Blanc, a 110-mile walking trek through France, Italy and Switzerland traversing
some of the Alps’ highest peaks, glaciers and rivers. She is also no stranger to various scrambles
along New York and Connecticut’s Appalachian Trail.
Her outdoor skills education began with the field of bushcraft when attending a course with
Woodland Ways (UK) leading up to the completion of their Northern Forest Year, a year long
intensive with David McCrae in Scotland’s East Lothian region, home to the famous mountaineer,
John Muir. She then carried her dedication and talent back to the U.S. training under various
experts in the fields of emergency and wilderness survival including Dave Canterbury (Best-
Selling Author of Bushcraft 101 and Owner of Self Reliance Outfitters) at the Pathfinder School;
Shawn Kelly (Lead Instructor at the Pathfinder School and content creator, Corporals Corner)
and Joshua Enyart (Former Army Ranger and Owner of Gray Bearded Green Beret).
She intensely studies tree identification for resource procurement aiding in fire making and
various tool productions. Other notable skills include tanning and working with other natural
materials for cordage and clothing. Her weaving allowed her to fine tune her skills in basketry
and funnel trap making which led to other fishing techniques such as making spring pole traps,
gill nets and assorted primitive hooks, gorges and gigs. Her skillset varies in modern survival to
primitive survival with emergency shelter construction, fire off the landscape, navigation and
basic wilderness first-aid.
Jacks was an Instructor at Dave Canterbury's Pathfinder School Worldwide before starting her
own, Wildcard Wilderness LLC. She is certified in Wilderness First Aid with ESCI (Emergency
Care & Safety Institute) and the American Red Cross. She has developed a reputation as a well-
respected talent and an all-around lovely, bad-ass woman who often sets things on fire for fun.