Member Number: 58
Location: Rayne, LA
Hobbies: Hiking, fishing, camping, hunting, motorcycles, overlanding
Vehicles:
2005 Ford Excursion (Overland Kitted)
2012 Jeep Wranger Sahara
2002 Toyotal Land Cruiser
2009 Triumph Scrambler
2007 Kawasaki KLx 250
2005 Overland trailer

Social Media:
IG:  nomad_leblanc
FB: Damon LeBlanc

Favorite Quote:
“The obstacle is the way.”
Marcus Aurelius

MEMBER BIO:

Growing up in South Louisiana, I have always considered the outdoors a way of life. From fishing in nearby ponds to exploring and hunting the numerous bayous and swamps, my love of adventure, the outdoors, and water adventures continued into adulthood.

I’ve traveled to Haiti spending time in Port-o-Prince for missionary work delivering medical supplies and care for wound clinics and orphanages. It was on this trip that I discovered a yearning to help people. For seventeen years I served in the Fire and Rescue service as a paramedic, firefighter and rescue diver. Fifteen of those years were spent as a Captain of an aircraft rescue department. I later went on to become a Marine Survival Instructor at the University of Louisiana Lafayette and spent several years as a lead instructor for Helicopter Underwater Egress Training (HUET), Medical Rescue training, Marine Firefighting, Fast rescue Craft, Cold Water Survival, and Helicopter Landing Officer (HLO).

In 2005, following Hurricane Katrina, I changed careers from rescuing people to focusing on the environment. I went to work for the environmental division of Chevron company to decommission coastal oil production platforms to transform them into artificial ecosystems for marine life. After several years in the position, I was relocated to northern New Mexico to help facilitate the remediation of a 100-year-old mine.

New Mexico re-sparked my childhood passion for adventure. Here I summited the two tallest peaks in New Mexico and hiked and overland camped in many remote locales around the area. I’m the co-founder of Trail Life, a youth group based in Angel Fire, New Mexico. I also founded the Enchanted Circle 4-wheel drive Club, and host an annual Jeep rally event in Red River, NM each year attended in 2021 by more than 100 participants. Until recently, I called Angel Fire home, raised my family in the community, and focused my attention here to create community prosperity.

Recently, I relocated my family back to Louisiana and accepted a new postion as the Lead Facility Engineer for the Gulf of Mexico for Chevron Pipeline and Power.

Damon LeBlanc
Founding Member #58