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Note: "Rites of Passage

Clients brief: "This is an event. A wilderness quest AKA vision fast AKA vision quest, for men of all ages. Are you feeling the call to quest? To discover your wild soul? To be initiated as a man? If so, join us in a deep, challenging and transformative rite of passage over 9 days, including 3 full days of solo time in the wilderness. Rites of Passage has been guiding men on wilderness rites of passage for over 30 years. These deep transformational journeys into the heart of nature and the hearts of men have had an enormous impact on the men who found the courage to say “yes” to the inner call."

Focus: Equinox Quest 2026

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Event details from client's website:

Equinox Wilderness Quest: Ritual and Ecology
September 19 - September 27
$2550

REGISTER
This nine-day Wilderness Quest will be held in the Inyo Mountains, a remote high desert range that is a place of silence, beauty, and wildness. This is a drive-in base camp, requiring a high clearance vehicle, preferably 4 wheel drive.

Occurring over the autumnal equinox, this Wilderness Quest offers a chance to slow down and experience the changing of the seasons within and around you. We will explore what becomes possible when we deepen our relationship with place and allow the land itself to guide our process of transition and renewal.

About The Ritual & Ecology Quest

While ecology refers to the study of relationships between living things, this quest is an opportunity to immerse ourselves in a spiritual ecology; to rediscover ourselves as part of a living web of relationships with place. We could also call this remembering.

Alongside the traditional Wilderness Quest structure, this program invites us to experience the wilderness more intimately through practices of observation, attention, tracking, inquiry, and ritual. These practices are forms of reciprocity and deepen our relationship with the land, help us mark and make meaning of transitions in our lives, and uncover insights into our unique gifts, questions, and longings.

Opening to deeper relationship with place reminds us that we are connected to all of life and a larger web of belonging. This is an opportunity to turn our awareness, care, and attention toward the plants, animals, and other beings around us. By returning to what is so often neglected in our human-centric culture, we rediscover that we truly belong, and that cultivating our relationship with the more-than-human world is both a gift to ourselves and an offering to the communities and places we inhabit.

Rites of Passage has offered the Wilderness Quest, with its roots in pan-cultural ceremonies and teachings, for over 45 years. With a focus on reconnecting with nature, finding authentic depth and meaning, healing old wounds, and  marking significant life changes, the program will appeal to men and women in any life stage.

DAYS 1-3

The first 3 days are Severance or preparation time for the solo.  Meeting in Council sessions, the group will explore a range of subjects related to the Wilderness Quest solo, including safety-related issues: flora/fauna, weather-related concerns (heat, cold, lightning), essential first aid, our buddy system, and tarp-tying.  The group will also explore eco-spiritual tools that can be of great value in preparing, such as the Medicine Wheel teachings, exploration of Intent and purpose, self-generated ceremonial practices, and teachings from the Death Lodge. Group members will have several hours to follow their calling to find a solo site to hold them in the wilderness for days and nights.

DAYS 4-6

You will have three days of time in the liminal world or Spirit world, held by the land and the wider community of life around you.  This is time to let go, heal, reflect, write in your journal, sing, dance, laugh, weep, call in the life awaiting you, mark your passage with ceremony.

DAYS 7-9

The final 3 days, following the return from the solo, will be devoted to taking the necessary steps of return or Incorporation in a fully conscious way. This process begins with a Council session where each participant has the opportunity to tell the story of their Wilderness Quest solo and to receive essential feedback and confirmation from staff regarding what has been achieved.

Dates and Logistics
The program will begin on Saturday, September 19 at 1 pm.  We’ll be spending the first night at a campground along the Owens Valley, California. The next day, we’ll move to the back country for 6 nights, returning to spend one last night in the Owen’s Valley before the program ends by noon on Sunday, September 27.  We’ll schedule an online pre-trip meeting about a month before the quest begins to review gear, logistics, and transportation and a follow-up online meeting about a month after it ends, to support participants on their journeys.

Staff
Dashielle Vawter is a coach, singer/songwriter, minister, wilderness quest and mountain guide.

Daniel Francis is a regenerative designer, educator, rites-of-passage guide, culture-repair coyote, storyteller, fly fisherman, musician and tracker.



About:

For four decades, Rites of Passage has been helping people of all cultures and walks of life find meaning and purpose by reconnecting with nature, practicing solitude, and engaging in deep self-reflection. Inspired by the traditional vision quest, a rite of passage present in many Native American tribes, their Wilderness Quest was designed to help people achieve personal insights or clarity about their purpose in life. "

Rites of Passage has opened registration for its 2026 Equinox Wilderness Quest, a nine-day wilderness immersion that combines guided reflection, solo time in nature, and group integration for adults navigating life transitions.

Adults looking to step away from daily routines and reflect on major life transitions can now register for the 2026 Equinox Wilderness Quest hosted by Rites of Passage.

Relevant stats:

 A landmark study by the European Centre for Environment & Human Health surveyed over 20,000 people and found that spending at least 120 minutes (2 hours) a week in nature is significantly associated with higher reports of good health and psychological wellbeing.