Biko Wright

Alone Season 8, Runner- Up, lasting 73 days in Chilko Lake, BC, Canada

Age: 32

Hometown: Otis, OR

Profession: Survivalist / Lead Singer

Strengths: Gill Nets, Shelter Building, Bushcraft, Foraging, Hunting

Experience: 22 years

With the heart of a mountain Viking and the soul of a skald, Biko is most at home in the wild. He grew up in the mountains of Topanga Canyon, California, where his parents shared with him their love of the wilderness. Family vacations involved camping, backpacking, snowboarding, snorkeling, spearfishing, or hunting. Wilderness and survival skills were prized in his family. Biko's father, a former Los Angeles sheriff's sergeant and Marine veteran, shared a passion for wilderness outings and hunting and fishing, that he learned from his own father as a child in Fiji. "In a survival situation," was Biko's dad's constant mantra. He taught Biko and his older brother everything about wilderness survival training. When he was older, Biko trained with his Dad's search and rescue team and he even participated in avalanche training.

Biko loves the Norse gods and following in the old heathen ways. He spars with sword, axe, and shield with like-minded friends, and loves building, welding, and forging with his own hands. These are all skills that he looks forward to passing on to his beautiful twin girls.

Music is in Biko's blood. His grandparents are blues musicians in New Orleans, and he formed his first band when he was 9. By 14, his growls, screams, and strong baritone put him at the front of metal bands. He became the lead singer of the melodic death metal band Sirion, which became one of the top LA area local metal bands. In Oregon, he is part of a heathen folk band, Endelos, that plays at local mead halls, pubs, and festivals.