Wilderness Medical Training

Instructor Profiles

Lead Instructor

Darren Stokes
MS, WEMT, EMT-Basic +IV, WMA Lead Instructor

Darren has been a professional outdoor guide and instructor for over 20 years and holds a Masters Degree in Outdoor Recreation. He lives in Buena Vista, Colorado at the base of the Collegiate Peaks and on the banks of the Arkansas River. Darren is a WEMT and volunteers for Chaffee County Search and Rescue where he serves as Training Officer and as a member of the Swiftwater Rescue Team.

Darren shares his love for the outdoors with wife Tina, son Jesse and daughter Bailey. The kids have been skiing since they were two and rafting since they were three, keeping up with them is Darren's foremost outdoor challenge.

 

Host, Lead Instructor

Graham Stokes
WEMT, EMT-Paramedic, FF, WMA Lead Instructor

I am the owner and Head Guide of Tall Man Outfitters. I'm a paramedic and volunteer firefighter with College Township Fire Department in Gambier, Ohio. I became a professional outdoor guide in 2006 and first became certified in wilderness medicine in May of that year.

December 2007 I hosted the first TMO Wilderness Medical Training course and it was a great success. In 2008 I traveled to Crested Butte, Colorado and upgraded my certification to Wilderness EMT.

I live in Gambier, Ohio with my wife Ellen and our black lab, Juno. When I'm not teaching you'll likely find me outdoors.