Dan Baird is Head Instructor of California Survival School and one of the world’s leading back-country primitive survival experts and guides. Dan regularly travels and leads survival training and exploration trips to some of the most remote and hostile places on Earth.
As Head Instructor of the largest survival training school in the U.S., Dan is responsible for programs training an average of 6k+ persons annually in wilderness and urban survival skills.
In addition to being a leading back-country primitive survival guide, Dan is also a certified Medical Wilderness First Responder, a FEMA/DHS trained National C.E.R.T. Instructor, and a member/trainer of Law Enforcement Search and Rescue (SAR) teams across California.
Dan has been featured for his remote guiding and survival expertise in the media with National Geographic, History Channel, Forbes, Good Morning America, and many more.
Dan was a speaker at the 2019 GBS and we are very glad he is joining us to speaks at the 2022 GBS too.