The Guides
Trip Leader: Dr. Kenneth Liberman has been leading wilderness expeditions since 1972. He was Director of Project Wilderness (Sierra Club Foundation), lived for two years with traditionally oriented Aboriginal people in a remote region of central Australia, spent three years studying at a Tibetan monastic university in India, and has taught sociology, philosophy, Buddhism and yoga at the University of Oregon since 1983. He is the author of three books and more than 50 professional articles (see Google).
Assistant Leader: B. Naga Kumar is a popular teacher of Ayurvedic massage in Mysore, India, and comes from a family of famous Ayurvedic doctors. He will lead classes (optional) on Ayurvedic massage; yoga sessions will also be scheduled.
About Marble Mountain Expeditions: Founded in 1981, Marble Mountain Expeditions has been leading people into the wilderness areas of the Western U.S., Baja California, and Ladakh for more than 25 years. Each trip, whether it is to a remote mountain range in Idaho, a desert trek through Escalante Canyon, or a Himalayan expedition is carefully crafted to emphasize and contrast the natural aesthetics of the wild landscapes through which we are passing.
Based on some property on a wild and scenic river in northern California, Marble Mountain Expeditions has provided a sensitive introduction to becoming competent and confident in the wilderness to more than 1,000 patrons. Its mission is to enhance patrons’ receptivity to the resources that natural areas have for enriching them.