Happy People -- A year in Taiga

Thanks for that. That was a very interesting video. I am not able to watch the whole thing here at work so I am going to have to finish it at home.
 
I really enjoyed this video. Thanks for sharing it.

He shot a bird out of a tree with a mosin nagant. :eek:
 
I just finished this, Its a very nice documentary. Thanks for posting this.
 
Just watched the whole video. It was very well done. It shows how hard life can be for folks.
 
Great film, showed a lot of the reality of modern day living in the wilderness and how some knowledge is being lost or replaced by technology. Good to see that despite technology some knowledge is still practiced, like the deadfall trap and the skis.

I will say that man had an epic dog. Mine wouldn't run 1km in the snow never mind 150km. The mosquitos were something else, that would have broken me.
 
thats awesome thanks. have you read dersu the trapper or seen the film 'dersu uzala'. you guys should check it (them) out.
 
That was great, thanks for posting. I love the part where he describes how he and his partner were dropped off in the Siberian wilderness to trap with nothing (which he emphasises more than once) and how his partner wasn't quite up to the task. I'd love to hear more about that.:eek:

I can't help but think that if (more like when) the next global calamity eventually occurs those are the kind of people that will be the hope of mankind. Let's hope there's some still around.
 
Thanks for sharing that was really cool .What a hard life but they seemed to really enjoy it.What survival skills we all could learn a lot from them very cool.
 
Thanks so much for posting the link. WOW! What a great documentary. I've seen many documentary's and this one is now the Gold Standard by which i'll compare others to.

I'm acquainted with winter living/survival and love many of the different aspects/skills related to it. However, the level of skill of the "main" character is profound. Watching him use his axe, knife and other day-to-day tools is profoundly informative and enjoyable.

I have so much and take so much for granted - it's easy to forget the many comforts I have and don't even think to enjoy.

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I wish there was someway this could be a "Sticky" on this Forum. It's "Wilderness & Survival Skills" value is enormous.

Honestly, i'll be looking to buy a DVD copy of this somehow and showing it to my kids.
 
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I wish there was some way this could be a "Sticky" on this Forum. It's "Wilderness & Survival Skills" value is enormous.

Honestly, i'll be looking to buy a DVD copy of this somehow and showing it to my kids.

I thought i'd add this Reply so as to move the link to the top - it's really that good.

From a cultural anthropology standpoint, i'd be adding this video to a course's "Required Viewing" list as part of a culture's living/technological history (so many things in the video that give me thoughts for study - such as their relationship to the "external/greater" Russian culture, the role their theology plays/has played in their hunting/trapping/gathering tradition (vis a vis the "Spiritual Guardian" dolls which sleep during the day and are "active" at night), the relationship with other nearby sub-cultures, etc.
 
I got this DVD for "Father's Day" and have watched it a couple times already!!! What a great documentary.
 
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