Cody Lundin is an American television personality, survival instructor, and motivational speaker, perhaps best known as the co-host of the Discovery Channel series “Dual Survival”. The show, which aired from June 11, 2010 until its final season in October 2016, documented the struggles of two survivors in predetermined scenarios, as they overcome difficult environments while fighting for their own survival.
Lundin and his co-presenter, Dave Canterbury, starred “Double Survival” for the show’s first three seasons, until Dave was replaced by Joseph Teti during the third season and Cody was replaced by Matt Graham in 2014 during the series’ fourth season.
Although the show was received popularly among the audience, Lundin certainly enjoyed a lot of attention from the show. At the time, Lundin was somewhat of a well-known survivalist, but after his performance in “Dual Survival” he became a household name among many fanatics of the survivalist genre.
However, since his departure from “Dual Survival” in 2014, Lundin seems to have gone off the grid, and as such, many of his fans and followers are left wondering what exactly happened to their favorite naturalist.
Well, they can no longer doubt that, as we take a peek into Cody Lundin’s life and see what he’s been up to since “Dual Survival.”
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Who is Cody Lundin?
Born on March 15, 1967 in Yavapai County, Arizona, USA, the only child of a military family, Cody’s early life was spent migrating with his family from one place to another, including several cities and towns in the US and Europe. It wasn’t until Cody reached Junior High that his family finally settled in Laramie, Wyoming, where Lundin attended high school.
As a young child, Cody’s first experience of the naturalistic lifestyle came from his grandparents, who lived in a rural part of South Dakota, where they lived off the land and got by on little except through their own efforts.
This homesteading is often referred to as “the good old pioneer way of life” by Lundin’s family, and as he grew older, Cody accepted this lifestyle as well.
After graduating from high school, Cody spent time on the road, traveled the states, and lived on nothing but wits and self-sufficiency, though he often stated that his bond and bond with nature began during his early years of migration with his parents. With no permanent place to call home, Lundin found solace in accepting nature and the wilderness as his only home.
During his teenage years, Cody’s interest in self-reliance training grew, as he often went on solitary treks in the Wyoming wilderness with nothing but fishing line and what he would call “Spartan Gear,” living on brown trout and sleeping as close to nature as possible; as Cody would often admit, he learned a great deal about nature and himself during these early adventures.
Then, after completing his basic training, Lundin put together his first survival kit to live on the road and boarded a bus that continued west. But as he would later reveal, it was a decision that nearly cost him his life.
As a budding survivalist fresh out of high school, he barely knew anything about survival as he traveled the roads of America. For some time, Cody lived on the city streets with nothing but a duffel bag and a guitar, at one point part of a rural commune near the Mexican border.
Despite being difficult, Lundin often refers to this dark period in his life as his warrior training.
After his first adventure in the life of a drifter, Lundin traveled to Arizona, where he lived in the red rock wilderness and discovered a new calling in life. Here he came to the decision to share his knowledge about survival and his love for nature with the rest of the world. Cody signed up Prescott College in Arizona, where he graduated with a degree in holistic health and depth psychology.
While attending college, Lundin lived in a forest shelter and survived by living off the land. After completing his tertiary education in 1991, Cody started his educational institution, the Aboriginal Living Skills School in Prescott, with just $10 to his name.
Eventually, the school became a success, eventually attracting hundreds of students and even a few government agencies.
According to Cody’s personal web pagehe has trained numerous private, corporate and government agencies, as well as dozens of national and international media sources on wilderness survival, primitive living, bushcraft and urban preparedness.
Some of his long list of impressive media appearances include “History Channel”, “Dateline NBC” and “The Today Show”.
In 1999, Cody became the third person to appear on the cover of “Backpacker” magazine, which Cody considers a great honor. Over time, Lundin’s philosophies and survival skills gained immense prominence, as he became one of the world’s leading survival experts.
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In 2009, Cody was chosen to star as one of the hosts of the Discovery Channel series “Dual Survival”, and he remained a cast member until 2014. Unfortunately, due to a dispute over safety, Lundin left the show – according to various reports, the dispute ended related to Cody’s habit of appearing barefoot and in shorts, which in some ways became his personal trademark. but he has continued to pursue his passion and is still teaching people about wilderness survival.
In 2003, Cody published his first book, “98.6 Degrees: The Art of Keeping Your Ass Alive,” and in 2006, he released a second book, “When All Hell Breaks Loose: Stuff You Need To Survive When Disaster Strikes.”
Both books focus on Cody’s expertise in survival and his preparation for surviving the worst possible scenarios – they have been translated into several languages and are also on Amazon’s list of top ten bestsellers in the survival genre.
Apart from all this, Cody has consulted for the National Geographic Channel, the Federal Emergency Management Agency, British Broadcasting Corporation, the National Park Service and numerous other organizations on survival basics and primitive life skills.
It goes without saying that Cody’s experience and knowledge of wilderness survival and disaster scenarios has earned him great fame both in the US and abroad.
In addition to teaching at his private institute, Cody also serves as an assistant faculty member at Yavapai College, Prescott College, and Ecosa Institute, teaching survival and sustainability courses based on his field. According to his personal page, Cody’s teaching style contains a strong, passionate intensity with a touch of humor.
What is Cody doing today?
After Cody’s departure from “Dual Survival”, he released a statement on Facebook that he was fired from the show due to disputes with the producers, but also claimed that his new co-host, Joseph Teti, made him feel like he was filming was in jeopardy. .
According to Lundin, Teti threatened him twice, once with an ice ax in Norway, saying he would bury Cody under the mountain, and the second incident occurred in Hawaii, where Teti threatened him with a spear.
However, the producers of “Dual Survival” later released their own statement, claiming that Cody left the show of his own accord, that he was not fired from the set.
Naturally, this angered Lundin, and in return Cody criticized the producers for making false claims. According to Lundin, the producers insinuated that he quit the show because he could no longer keep up with the increasing difficulty of the survival scenarios. Naturally, Cody took this as an insult to his professionalism and ended up serving one defamation lawsuit against the producers.
Unfortunately, Cody’s case against “Dual Survival” couldn’t hold up in court, as the verdict found Cody willingly participated in the show and he couldn’t provide any sustainable evidence of defamation by the producers.
In the end, the court ruled in favor of the Discovery Channel and Cody lost his case. However, this was not the only scandal that rocked “Dual Survival”.
According to reports, two of the new hosts, namely Canterbury and Teti, lied about their qualifications, resulting in their removal from the show. Both claimed to have served in the military, but background checks on both showed their claims to be false.
Teti was also forced to leave the show after a violent outburst, allegedly killing a dog on set. According to reports, the dog chased some kittens onto the set, and in an attempt to save the kittens, Teti hurt the pooch.
However, the reports are confused on the details of what happened, with one report claiming that the dog died, while another suggests that the dog was only injured. Nevertheless, “Dual Survival” became short-lived as these scandals eventually led to the show’s cancellation.
Since his appearance in “Dual Survival”, Cody has continued his teaching profession and currently still lives in Prescott. According to his personal page, Cody lives the life of a naturalist in his self-designed earthly home.
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His home is self-sufficient, as Cody collects rainwater for his needs and relies on solar energy to heat or cool his home, thus not spending money on cooling and heating; he turns all his waste into organic compost that is used to live off the land.
While Cody may no longer appear on television or in the media, other than the occasional consult on YouTube videos and other media outlets, Lundin lives happily—some would say survive—in the relative wilderness of Arizona.
He also continues to teach people in his field, both at his private institute and at the many other faculties of which he is a member. Other than that, Lundin inspires change by encouraging people through motivational talk to live sustainably, and ultimately seems content with the life he’s chosen.
