Snowflake Mountain: Who Are Survivalists Matt Tate & Joel Graves
Netflix released its newest reality show, Snowflake Mountain, last week, and the survival camp competition series is already gaining notoriety. The premise involves 10 entitled millennials from the U.S. and U.K. whose families have sent them up to survive in the mountains without even basic amenities from civilization, such as shelter, running water, and Wifi. With no parents to enable them, the contestant's only guidance comes from ex-military soldiers Matt Tate and Joel Graves.
The two survivalist mentors watch over the crew of spoiled twenty-somethings, as they attempt to face the harsh conditions of the mountain wilderness on Snowflake Mountain. The veterans are often tasked with teaching even the most basic skills to their inexperienced pack while being met with the most outrageous defiance from them. Their militant, tough love, eventually leads one contestant to be crowned Wilderness Warrior and $50,000. Expedition adventurer Bear Grylls may have competition as Netflix's favorite survivalist hosts.
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According to The Cinemaholic, Matthew grew up in a Cherokee community in Rogers, Arkansas, where environment living was very much a way of life. Most of his childhood was spent in the mountains, hiking, fishing, and hunting. After high school, Matt enlisted in the army, where he eventually served as a combat engineer. Matt's career continued after military retirement, as he took a job with the Oklahoma Military Department, Employment Security Commission, and the Executive Branch of the United States Government. In 2014, Matt became president and owner of Integrated Survival Systems LLC, a company that provides training in primitive skills with
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