Mountain Pirate refers to a sub-culture of Southern Appalachia that uses the common historical reference to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.
