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At BOSS, we recognize that the quality of your experience with us depends on the quality of your instructors. Please use the links to the right to learn more about our current staff and how one can possibly work for BOSS.

Mike Barnett

Mike Barnett
First year at boss

2005

Current Position:

Instructor

Hometown:

Kanab, Utah

Status:

Boulder, Utah

I CAME TO BOSS BECAUSE...

I actually worked with a few BOSS instructors at Aspen Achievement Academy and was curious. I admired BOSS's "old school" approach to being outdoors. I knew I had to work here.

I TEACH AT BOSS BECAUSE...

I teach at BOSS because I think a lot of modern programs lack what BOSS offers - an authentic immersion in the wilderness. BOSS courses students a very real, profound experience. And I love the staff I work with.

Interesting Trivia About Mike:

  • Mike was raised in Southern Utah.

  • Mike has been a wilderness therapy guide in Utah, an environment education instructor in Europe, and a dog sled racer in Alaska.

  • He actually competed in a number of dogsled races, including the Knik 200, in which he placed 4th.

  • The coldest weather Mike's ever been outside in is -65 degrees Fahrenheit. His lungs froze from breathing and, as a result, he was coughing blood for one month.

  • In high school, Mike worked in a meat processing plant. He eventually worked his way up to becoming a professional butcher, serving clients throughout Southern Utah.