Title sponsor, Coleman Family AdventureFest!, is featuring an outdoor experience allowing attendees access to Coleman products with demonstrations throughout the weekend. Coleman Family AdventureFest!
Guests can try their hand at archery, building and launching rocketry, playing a fishing game, testing robotics, experiencing a virtual zip line, climbing a rock wall, learning about ATV safety and more.
Celebrity guests include former NFL pro and multi-talented athlete Herschel Walker, environmental activist and explorer Philippe Cousteau, adventurer and speaker Matt Moniz, and more.
Coleman Family AdventureFest! is an exciting way to give families an opportunity to try something they’ve never done before. With so many activities to learn about, the experiences are limitless,” said Coleman President and CEO Robert Marcovitch. “We want to offer people a chance to fall in love with a new sport or take some time to appreciate what the great outdoors has to offer.”
The event is open August 21 from 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. and August 22 and 23 from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m. Tickets are $12. Admission is free for ages six. All activities included in the price of admission. Go to www.FamilyAdventureFest.com for information and to purchase tickets.
Philippe Cousteau
EarthEcho International Co-Founder and President Philippe Cousteau Jr. have established himself as a prominent leader in the environmental movement.
An award-winning television host, producer, author, speaker, philanthropist and social entrepreneur, Philippe is the son of Philippe Cousteau Sr. and grandson of Jacques Cousteau. His life mission is to empower people to recognize their ability to change the world.
Creek Stewart Biography
Creek Stewart is a survival expert who honed his survival skills through a lifelong study of outdoor living and thousands of hours in the field. He started leading survival skills courses at the age of 21 and is now the owner and founder of Willow Haven Outdoor Survival Training School, located in Central Indiana.
In 2013, Willow Haven was named one of the “5 Top Adventure Trips in the US” by Chicago Magazine and one of the “Top 10 Survival Schools” by MSN Travel.
In 2014, Creek became the host of the original series Fat Guys in the Woods on The Weather Channel. In every episode of Fat Guys in the Woods, Creek takes three “average Joes” into the woods to survive for a week with only one objective: to teach them the skills that make a man… a man. The popular series returned to The Weather Channel in June 2015 for its second season.
Creek has featured as a guest expert in outlets including Fox & Friends, Men’s Fitness Magazine, Backpacker Magazine, Outdoor Life Magazine, WGN-TV, WISH-TV 8, The Weather Channel, Living Ready Magazine, American Survival Guide, Huffington Post, MSN News,
Lifehacker, and The Daily Beast, as well as numerous radio and online outlets.
Also, Creek is a published author with four books under his belt. His first book, Build the Perfect Bug Out Bag: Your 72-Hour Disaster Survival Kit, is an Amazon.com best-selling title.
His second book, The Unofficial Hunger Games Wilderness Survival Guide, was released in Spring 2013 and Build the Perfect Bug Out Vehicle released in Summer 2014.
His latest title, Build the Perfect Bug Out Survival Skills debuted in February of 2015. In addition to his books and blog, Creek is also a regular contributor to the famous men’s interest blog, ArtofManliness.com.
In 2015, Creek delivered the keynote speech at the Boy Scouts of America National Annual Meeting and bestowed one of the organization’s highest honors for distinguished service, the NESA Outstanding Eagle Scout Award.
Matthew J. Moniz
Matthew Moniz, age 17, is one of Colorado’s most accomplished young alpinists, having climbed four of the seven summits and setting the world speed record for completing all the US High Points by age 12 and was named a 2010 National Geographic Adventurer of the Year for that effort.
In 2014, he became the 14th American and youngest climber to summit Makalu (27,285′), the fifth highest mountain the world, reaching the top only seven days after summiting Cho Oyu (26,906′).
He was recently named the 2015 Outdoor Inspiration Award Youth winner at Outdoor Retailer’s Winter Market. He achieved the rank of Eagle Scout with the Boy Scouts of America in 2012 and in March, honored at Boulder Distinguished Citizens dinner as the 2015 Boulder Distinguished Scout.
In 2015, Matt and his team left for Nepal for another ambitious expedition: a hoped-for summit of Mt. Everest followed by a mountain of Lhotse and then an attempt to ski the Lhotse Couloir.
The tragic earthquake on April 24th set Matt on a very different course. The second year in a row that Everest experienced a tragedy: last year, an avalanche at Everest Base Camp killed 16 Sherpas.
Matt immediately saw the tremendous amount of urgency to get some help and the need to focus on of the remote areas that are often the last to receive aid.
Matt and his team worked with philanthropists and donors to get money directly into the hands of people in need and simultaneously help the relief efforts.
The group mounted a second expedition into the remote Laprek with 200 enthusiastic porters and critical supplies from the U.N. World Food Program and the team at dZi.
A Boulder native, Matt has been active in the outdoors since his early youth and is a competitive freestyle skier, mountain biker, and rock climber. In addition to his outdoor pursuits, Matt is an accomplished public speaker and advocate on behalf of many causes including the Pulmonary Hypertension Association, American Himalayan Foundation, the Access Fund, and Outdoor Nation. Sponsored by Q-Force, Mountain Hardwear, Zambarlan, Dynafit, and Leki.
Learn more about Matt’s expeditions on his Facebook page, www.climb7.com or follow on twitter at “Climb7Moniz.”
Thank you,
Glenda, Charlie and David Cates
