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Team Building
Power of nature for stronger teams. Transformative experience for your company.
5 Elements of Nature
Love what you do, and success will be yours. Although we haven’t been actively advertising it we have been offering various team building events for two years already. What better way to unite a team, strengthen cooperation and trust if not in nature? With us your team will go on adventures and learn to rely on other teammates strengths. We offer an individually developed team building program with various natural challenges and hiking elements
Team building program is based on nature elements – water, fire, earth, air and ether. Combining the useful with the pleasant the program takes place in several blocks and it’s purpose is to strengthen the company’s team, promote mutual cooperation, communication and reliability.
We offer several challenges in nature – a rope course, working with knots and crossing the river in various ways. This includes making fire using flint, building a shelter from available natural resources, shooting with a bow and arrow and other activities.
Together with Modern Nomad exciting team every participant gets a new experience, while the company provides it’s employees with an unforgettable event that improves employee relations, promotes a sense of work and friendship between team members.
Our Team
We are here to give you the best experience in nature. Each of us has our own life experience, but together we make a force – Modern Nomad.
Instructor
Janis Klavins
Professional instructor, hiking organizer and guide, TV and radio host, nature explorer, Modern Nomad outdoor equipment manufacturer. Since childhood he has done motocross and during his 20-year sports career, he was a multiple Latvian and USSR junior champion.
Janis Klavins
Professional instructor, hiking organizer and guide, TV and radio presenter naturalist.
Since childhood he has done motocross and during his 20-year sports career, he was a multiple Latvian and USSR junior champion.
In 2006 Janis together with Andis Pikans did a 5-month long motorcycle expedition from Latvia to Australia.
Janis was one of the participants of the canoe expedition along the Yukon river. About this 3200 km journey was made a documentary film and series called “Down the Yukon River”, which in 2002 won LTV award for the best series of the year.
Janis is the host of TV program “Uz meza takas” and “Piedzivojums daba”. Together with Maris Olte on Radio SWH he hosts the program “Zalais sturis”
Industrial mountaineering instructor. Active National Guard.
Languages: Latvian, English and Russian.
Instructor
Krisjanis Eihmanis
Krisjanis has been a real adventurer since childhood. Starting with hiking with his family, continuing with months long sailing in the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean at the age of 18 and a little later becoming a hunter. Throughout these years Krisjanis has become a real-world explorer and nature lover.
Krisjanis Eihmanis
Krisjanis has been a real adventurer since childhood. Starting with hiking with his family, continuing with months long sailing in the Mediterranean Sea and Atlantic Ocean at the age of 18 and a little later becoming a hunter. Throughout these years Krisjanis has become a real-world explorer and nature lover.
Professional photographer, Latvian National Guard and Modern Nomad outdoor equipment manufacturer and developer, outdoor survival and team building event organizer. Technical, precise and charismatic person. Krisjanis is able to find a common language in any situation and company, you could listen to his “hunting stories” all day.
Languages: Latvian, English.
Instructor
Pauls Jurjans
In his childhood Pauls explored the world through direct contact and in harmony with it, not through various gadgets. This approach resulted in international sports achievements, education as well as professional careers choice.
Pauls Jurjans
In his childhood Pauls explored the world through direct contact and in harmony with it, not through various gadgets. This approach resulted in international sports achievements, education as well as professional careers choice.
He is a multiple Latvian karate champion, as well as World and European karate championships participant. Paul has a master’s degree in Sports science. Combining both knowledge and experience, he leads survival courses at schools and works as an industrial mountaineering instructor.
He also spends his free time doing various outdoor activities including long distance running like the marathon distance. He has run it 4 times. Mountaineering is another one of Pauls lifelong love of Paul (after family), which requires physical and psychological concentration at the highest level. He has passed different difficulty routs on Mountains like Alps, Caucasus, Altai and Pamir-Altai, and he tested his own abilities while climbing Mt. McKinley, Alaska in 2013.
Paul shares his experience not only in his professional activities, but also with his three children and believes that in today’s digital age it is especially important not to lose the connection with nature.
Instructor
Viesturs Silenieks
Viesturs promotes an active and environmentally friendly lifestyle for more than 25 years. He was Latvian Great clean-up organisation committee member. The founder of the environmental protection app VidesSOS. Author of Water Cleaning guide.
Viesturs Silenieks
Viesturs promotes an active and environmentally friendly lifestyle for more than 25 years.
He was Latvian Great clean-up organisation committee member. The founder of the environmental protection app VidesSOS. Author of Water Cleaning guide. Participated in several USSR rock climbing championships. Organized several mountain expeditions and received 3rd place in the Baltics and 2nd place in Latvian mountaineering championships. Restored the original name – Latvijas smaile (6218m) on the Pamir mountain range by making a symbolic climb. Was the first person who climbed a peak, which was named Riga. Has organized bicycle, boat, mountain expeditions and adventure events for many years. Developed a “Action in crisis situation and war conditions” guide. Active National Guard – instructor of drones and snipers. More information on Silenieks.lv
Languages: Latvian, English and Russian.
Instructor
Kaspars Melnikonis
An eastern martial artist who works with high-risk youth and helps families find harmonious relationships. He has been practicing martial arts since childhood. Over time martial arts has grown closely together with the art of life, because the philosophy of martial arts goes hand in hand with humanity and a true understanding of life.
Kaspars Melnikonis
An eastern martial artist who works with high-risk youth and helps families find harmonious relationships.
He has been practicing martial arts since childhood. Over time martial arts has grown closely together with the art of life, because the philosophy of martial arts goes hand in hand with humanity and a true understanding of life.
Russian Open Championship champion in 1997
Since 1997 he has organized sport camps. Since 2000 the camps took more of a self discovery path and later on got a name “Discover Yourself”.
He started working with “difficult” teenagers in 2000 and this is still Kaspars professional hobby.
In 2005 he started organizing team building events for children, students and later also for companies and various teams.
Prepares young specialists for work with teens, trains instructors and organizers of team building events.
Languages: Latvian, English and Russian.
Instructor
Arturs Klavins
Young and enthusiastic cook Arturs Klavins passions are cooking and activities in nature. With Modern Nomad, he manages to combine both of these things. He has been fond of snowboarding, archery since childhood, and has good boating experience with kayaks and canoes.
Arturs Klavins
Chef Arturs Klavins.
Young and enthusiastic cook Arturs Klavins passions are cooking and activities in nature. With Modern Nomad, he manages to combine both of these things.
He has been fond of snowboarding, archery since childhood, and has good boating experience with kayaks and canoes.
He graduated from one of the best tourism schools in Austria, where he studied cooking and hospitality.
Arthur has worked in 5 star hotels and well-known ski resorts in Austria and Sweden. He is happy to participate in the events organized by Modern Nomad, where he pleases the participants with delicious meals prepared in any conditions, including on fire. Trying different food recipes, also using plants found in the wild, he wants to give people positive impressions, emotions and a most importantly a full stomach.
Languages: Latvian, English and German.