Facility profile Utah

Distant Drums Beginnings

Formerly Reality Trek Wilderness Program

Closed Nephi, Utah

Distant Drums Beginnings was a program in Nephi, Utah.

About Distant Drums Beginnings

It appears to now be operating as Eagle Quest.source

Wardle and his father opened another wilderness camp, Distant Drums Beginnings, in Nephi.source

Survivor testimony

What people who lived or worked here say happened. Survivors' own words are published with their permission; forum accounts are what was posted publicly and are reported as claims, not findings.

Reported on survivor forums

Staff

Administration

Mark Wardle

Former Founder (2007)source
Elsewhere in the industry
- Eagle Quest Outdoor Youth Program Program Director, Owner
- Skyline Journey Former Program supervisor, Program Director
- SageWalk Wilderness wilderness operations
- The Wardle Home cofounder
- RedCliff Ascent field director
- On Track Wilderness Program field director
Scott Smith

Former CEOsource
Elsewhere in the industry
- Agape Baptist Academy School Supervisor, Marketing Director, Marketing Coordinator, Admissions
- Jasper Mountain Therapist

Notable staff

Lu Ann Peckenpaugh

Former Marketing Representative (2007)source
Lee Wardle

Former Admissionssource
Elsewhere in the industry
- Eagle Quest Outdoor Youth Program Executive Director, Director
- Skyline Journey cofounder

Connections on the network map

The companies, people and programs our research map ties to this program. Open it on the network map.

Names

Reality Trek Wilderness Program Earlier name

Documents

From the Unsilenced archive

22 documents about Distant Drums Beginnings that Unsilenced collected and Kids Over Profits does not hold a copy of. They open on Unsilenced's Google Drive. Their folders: Distant Drums Beginnings, Reality Trek Wilderness.

Materials and links

Reference and research

433. Distant Drums Beginnings

From SCIAD NET.

Reporting this program

This program closed, so the state agency that licensed it can no longer act against it. Other channels may still be able to: the boards that license the people who worked here, law enforcement, and the civil courts.

The Utah reporting channels list each one and what it can do. Time limits depend on the state, the kind of harm and the survivor's age, and many states have lengthened or removed them for child sexual abuse, so a program closing long ago does not by itself mean it is too late. Laws change, so the time limits we list were correct when we checked them but may have been updated since; a lawyer can tell you where things stand now.