Mountain
Pirate refers to a sub-culture of Southern Appalachia that uses the common historical reference to piracy as their motif. Most mountain pirates are former special forces operatives and operate on the French
Broad, South
Toe and the Nolichuky rivers. The mountain pirates are advanced wilderness medicine responders, SERE trained professionals and sell services as river/trail guides. Their specialties include advanced white
water rafting, ocean sailing and swift
water rescue.
The mountain pirates operate under a doctrine called the Appalachian Mountain Piracy, created by a yoga teacher who is related to one of the founders of the Iron Man. The doctrine is also referred to as 'The Code of the Appalachian Mountain Piracy'
Oddly enough, the moutain pirates are also hired by
people such as cryptid hunters, paranormal investigators and ufo researchers wanting to explore sites
deep in the Smokey Mountains (the Smokies). They also specialize in looking for missing
people in the Smokies, Asheville and the surrounding national parks. The pirates provide both security, assistance and provisioning for such trips.
