real life axe work Tiaga style

I like it already and its just the first 2 second showing the statues boob.

This guy is awesome. I learned something new today, thats for sure.
 
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BobSig said:
I like it already and its just the first 2 second showing the statues boob.

This guy is awesome. I learned something new today, thats for sure.
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His triple wedge board making.. pure awesome
 
Excellent video, lots to learn from this video through the whole thing... Thanks for posting!
 
Great vid. Tough people, nature doesn't tolerate fools. Funny how the native population seems ruined by "civilization".. trappers were imported by the comunist government to continue the tradition. I wonder if they worked as hard when the fruit of their labor when into someone elses pocket.
 
I watched the whole video and the content overall was good as far as skills and working in their environment but the comments on the native folks seemed to rehash sterotypes of them as alcoholics and lazy. It seems like they breeze over the reality that for many people of asian or proto-asian descent their ability to metabolize alcohol is not nearly as efficient as europeans so it does not take much to really keep them messed up. If civilization had come but left the vodka back in Moscow maybe they would have retained their accumulated skills but it never works that way. Anyhow, the 'Happy People' title seems to gloss over the folks who have to live on the edge of subsistence and likely have health issues that probably shorten their lives by the looks of some of the dental sets they were packing.
 
i noticed several similarities to our American natives. Werner loves a dramatic scenario with a close to the bone struggle making his classic Herzog style tend toward the awesome.

i let skewed (cinema) realism X philosophy slide. i give it a pass and enjoy the ideal, but it never hurts to peer through this ----film---- and see what else it is.

i liked the video, i don't get to travel to remote places like Siberia, or the Gobi,or Inner Mongolia when i do go somewhere i am not a tourist, i'm simply a traveler. what is their "there everyday" is good enough for me too. working up birch timber ,making skis, and other tools of survival is mentioned in "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich" and "The Long Walk" . this video actually shows this work .

buzz
 
I had a chance to finish watching the whole video. It left me kind of depressed actually, but definitely a good watch
 
zcd said:
I had a chance to finish watching the whole video. It left me kind of depressed actually, but definitely a good watch
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The triple wedge was awesome, I havent finished it yet, had to stack some wood but I hope it isnt too depressing. Ill finish the vid soon, it was good as far as I got to the canoe making.
 
Someone (re)posted this in WSS.

Just wanted to say thank here too. Great film.

That canoe was incredible. The skill of the trappers with their tools too was also very impressive.

Thanks again.
 
The mrs and I watched it last night while polishing off the last of my deer loins. She even said it was outstanding. Thanks for posting it up!
 
Thanks for posting, I am saving the rest of the video for later. I wish that I could experience a life like this for a while, just to know what it is like...
 
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