Applications for 2026/2027 Adventure Trips now open!
Applications will be taken January 1 through March 15, 2026. Our goal is to inform selectees for the May Gator Hunts by April 1st and selectees for the Canoeing and Big Game Hunts by April 15th. Applicants not selected for an upcoming trip will be placed on a standby list to be contacted in the event of a cancellation.
Every boy has questions on their journey to manhood. Men provide the compass for that journey.
Nearly every boy struggles with four questions as they mature into adulthood. “What does it mean to be a man? How do I become one? What’s this beautiful creature called a woman all about? How do I become truly alive?” See how Of Mountains & Men uses wilderness adventures, biblically-based discussion on manhood, and strong Christian role models to help the boys begin to answer these critical questions.
America Is In a Crisis of Fatherless Teens.
25%
More than 25% of teenaged boys live without a father figure in the home (U.S. Census Bureau)
63%
63% of youth suicides are from a fatherless home. (Oregon Legislative System)
90%
90% of runaway teens have an absent father (All4Kids.org)
Other teens have a father figure in their life but the man needs help teaching the boy outdoor skills or talking about Christian masculinity.
Solution
We believe there are three critical components in a boy growing into a strong Christian man:
- Confidence: Confidence comes from skills. We use a variety of wilderness adventures to teach the boys critical skills that result in confidence.
- Discussions on Christian Masculinity: While on our trips, the boys participate in biblically based discussions about Christian manhood using the book ‘Wild At Heart’ by John Eldredge.
- Role Models: Many boys have never had Christian Masculinity modeled for them. While on our trips, our volunteers are examples of what a Godly, strong Christian man is like.
This we must understand: Masculinity is bestowed. A boy learns who he is and what he’s made of from a man or a company of men. This can’t be learned in any other way. It can’t be learned from other boys and it can’t be learned from the world of women.
John Eldredge, The Way of the Wild Heart
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