JUSTIN KINGSLAND
Mountain GuideFormer British Army – Special Forces veteran – Commercial Helicopter Pilot – Wilderness Emergency Medical Responder – Wilderness Survival Instructor – NC Wilderness Rescue Technician – Emergency Medical Responder EMR – EMS/LE Chaplain, Advanced Individual and Group Crises Intervention ICISF.
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Justin was born in North Wales. He graduated from Military college in and joined the 2nd Battalion Coldstream Guards where he trained for Cold Weather Mountain survival in Norway and was then selected for British Army Special Forces.
Justin moved to the USA to work as an FAA commercial helicopter pilot instructor. In 1991, he accepted a leadership position with BMW North America. Justin helped develop the BMW adventure off-road motorcycle school and their Smoky Mountain motorcycle adventure tours. In 2010, Triumph Motorcycle, a British Company, asked Justin to help develop their off-road motorcycle adventure program in the Appalachian and Smoky Mountains.
In 2015 Justin moved to Highlands NC started Highland Excursion. He has worked closely with the US Forest Service and obtained a USDA special use permit which enables him to operate as an official mountain guide and expedition leader in the Nantahala Temperate Rainforest. Justin’s mountain guide qualifications include: Wilderness Medical First Responder and Wilderness Survival Instructor.
In 2013 Justin founded and became the President (no longer at present time) at Warrior Survival School, a 501C3 non-profit organization teaching both Veterans and First Responders Resiliency against stress and PTSD, Justin is an Emergency Services and Law Enforcement Chaplain with training in individual and group crises Intervention (International Critical Incident Stress Foundation) – Warrior Survival School is for veterans and First Responders.
KELLY KINGSLAND
Office ManagerOur War Eagle call sign “Whisky Echo” – War Eagle – Graduate at Auburn University.
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Kelly ” Picklesimer” Kingsland a native Highlander, raised in Dothan Alabama, and graduated from Auburn.
Kelly is the proud mother of two beautiful girls. Kelly loves the outdoors hiking biking and Kayaking. Kelly is an essential team member that works tirelessly behind the scenes to keep our guests informed and our guides mission ready at all times.