Brian Jones
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Guys,
I may be the ex-moderator for posting this before getting Spark's go ahead!!
Please welcome my good friend Kevin Estela to the moderator staff here at Bladeforums. I think you all know he is a great choice for this role, and of course, his participation has been highly valued here anyway!
We met back in 2000 or so, and I turned him onto the forums, and the rest is history. He is a consummate human being, with integrity and levelheadedness through and though. He is also probably the most naturally-gifted outdoorsman I've come across in a long time, and he is eminently reliable and considerate. As many of you already know, he is currently a mod at KFC's wilderness forums, and I think his becoming one here at BFC is a great asset to the forums!
Here's his bio from Marty Simon's website (http://www.weteachu.com):
Kevin Estela Instructor
Kevin Estela has been interested in outdoor survival since he was a child. Entertained by stories from his fathers jungle survival in the Philippines during the Japanese occupation of WWII, Kevin grew up with a desire to learn more about the outdoors. At a young age and throughout adolescence, his father taught him many practical survival skills. He grew up hiking, skiing, fishing and woods bumming with friends and family. He spent over 10 years working as a seasonal kayaking and canoeing guide on the Farmington River in Connecticut and 5 years working at a busy outdoors retail sporting goods store. Kevins formal outdoors education includes off-road driving, winter mountaineering, hunting and firearms safety, wilderness first-aid, primitive survival skills, traditional bushcraft skills and of course wilderness survival through the Wilderness Learning Center. Kevin is a certified PADI scuba diver, avid power boater and saltwater fisherman. Kevins passion for education translated into teaching High School History full-time in Bristol, CT. Kevin spends as much free time as possible getting out on the water or in the woods in anyway. Whenever possible, Kevin loves to share knowledge and know how with anyone willing to listen, practice and learn. Kevin worked for one full year with us and has now earned the title of Instructor. He is also a moderator on knifeforums.com where he contributes equipment reviews regularly. Although he isnt officially a resident of New York, Kevin considers the Wilderness Learning Center his second home and Marty, Aggie, Bobby and George a second family away from his own.
Kevin is a great asset to the school. His teaching style, personality, and knowledge will be appreciated by all.
Everyone, Please welcome Kevin aboard here as our new moderator! He is currently doing what we'd expect wilderness guys to do - spending a couple days in the Adirondacks. I'm sure upon his return he'll have some great info to share with all of us!
Kevin, welcome aboard!
I may be the ex-moderator for posting this before getting Spark's go ahead!!
Please welcome my good friend Kevin Estela to the moderator staff here at Bladeforums. I think you all know he is a great choice for this role, and of course, his participation has been highly valued here anyway!
We met back in 2000 or so, and I turned him onto the forums, and the rest is history. He is a consummate human being, with integrity and levelheadedness through and though. He is also probably the most naturally-gifted outdoorsman I've come across in a long time, and he is eminently reliable and considerate. As many of you already know, he is currently a mod at KFC's wilderness forums, and I think his becoming one here at BFC is a great asset to the forums!
Here's his bio from Marty Simon's website (http://www.weteachu.com):
Kevin Estela Instructor
Kevin Estela has been interested in outdoor survival since he was a child. Entertained by stories from his fathers jungle survival in the Philippines during the Japanese occupation of WWII, Kevin grew up with a desire to learn more about the outdoors. At a young age and throughout adolescence, his father taught him many practical survival skills. He grew up hiking, skiing, fishing and woods bumming with friends and family. He spent over 10 years working as a seasonal kayaking and canoeing guide on the Farmington River in Connecticut and 5 years working at a busy outdoors retail sporting goods store. Kevins formal outdoors education includes off-road driving, winter mountaineering, hunting and firearms safety, wilderness first-aid, primitive survival skills, traditional bushcraft skills and of course wilderness survival through the Wilderness Learning Center. Kevin is a certified PADI scuba diver, avid power boater and saltwater fisherman. Kevins passion for education translated into teaching High School History full-time in Bristol, CT. Kevin spends as much free time as possible getting out on the water or in the woods in anyway. Whenever possible, Kevin loves to share knowledge and know how with anyone willing to listen, practice and learn. Kevin worked for one full year with us and has now earned the title of Instructor. He is also a moderator on knifeforums.com where he contributes equipment reviews regularly. Although he isnt officially a resident of New York, Kevin considers the Wilderness Learning Center his second home and Marty, Aggie, Bobby and George a second family away from his own.
Kevin is a great asset to the school. His teaching style, personality, and knowledge will be appreciated by all.
Everyone, Please welcome Kevin aboard here as our new moderator! He is currently doing what we'd expect wilderness guys to do - spending a couple days in the Adirondacks. I'm sure upon his return he'll have some great info to share with all of us!
Kevin, welcome aboard!
