Kai Harper,
age 21, is a Big Sur local, a graduate of Esalen's Gazebo School, and currently attends UC Santa Barbara. He has spent his entire life training his father, Steven Harper, in the ways of innovative parenting and hiking.
Fathers and Sons: Celebrating Father's Day in the Tradition of the Old Ways
It is a wise child that knows his own father. — Homer
It is a wise father that knows his own child. — William Shakespeare
Over the ages, fathers and sons have journeyed together into the wilds of nature, traveling light, living simply, and stepping together on the path of what is known and what is unknown as students and teachers for one another. This weekend is a time for fathers and sons to come together as individuals, family, and community to explore the natural wild areas of Big Sur and the relationship of father and son in a community of men.