Flash Parker

I am currently studying to become a wilderness survival expert in the same tradition as Paul Bunyan, though my beard has yet to mature, and blue ox are less common than they once were. My graduate thesis is titled “Grizzly Wrestling, Turtle Surfing, and the Art of Moose Poop Chandling.” To make ends meet, I moonlight as a writer, photographer, and photojournalist. Originally from Ontario, Canada, I spend most of my days on the road, though I escape to the Wyoming wilderness as often as I can. My work has been published by Afar, Outside Magazine, Lonely Planet, Conde Nast, Canadian Living, USA Today, Get Lost Magazine, GQ Magazine, Asian Geographic, Escape Magazine, Voyeur Magazine, Groove Magazine, Reader’s Digest, American Cowboy, and more. I have eaten everything from fermented shark to gold-flecked caviar, climbed mountains 20,000 feet tall, kissed a reef shark on the nose, and once hung by my ankles for a peek over Victoria Falls as ten million gallons of water rushed around me. This is my life, and this is what I do in the name of the story.