He followed his dream

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No. Just another reality show TV guy.
There was another thread for the same video a few months ago.
 
He hit a couple snags .. he found out he wasnt able to deal with loneliness , and modern hunting laws meant he had to let a lot of food just keep on walking by

Thanks for posting the link Upnorth .
 
mtangent said:
No. Just another reality show TV guy.
There was another thread for the same video a few months ago.
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Ya, I watched it to completion the other day. It ended up being kind of weird with the guy having some type of emotional break down from the isolation. Some of it looked a little ''made for tv'' also.
 
Myal said:
He hit a couple snags .. he found out he wasnt able to deal with loneliness , and modern hunting laws meant he had to let a lot of food just keep on walking by

Thanks for posting the link Upnorth .
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I honestly don't know how to read that guy. On one hand he seemed legit, on the other he seemed to come unglued by the isolation.
 
Codger_64 said:
Your email is sending me spam. Look into it please. It is asking me to send a $2500 donation to your cousin in Ukraine.
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I really don't know why. Cousin Bereski is gainfully employed at the Yak testicle canning factory. :p :D
Really, my Norton anti updates every 48 and I made no contact effort. I'll run a scan anyway.
 
upnorth said:
I honestly don't know how to read that guy. On one hand he seemed legit, on the other he seemed to come unglued by the isolation.
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Isolation makes for mental problems , I guess thats why its used as punishment / torture .

I believe he was genuine , for the most part , he had a dream , he put it to a tv group who sponsored it it seems .. his filming style went from showing everything he did in creative ways .. attaching a camera to a tree while it was being felled etc .. to when he was feeling effects of hunger , to just dialogues at camp .

He had a lot of gear .. maybe it was all needed , maybe not , he had extra gear for video .. when he moved camp he was seriously loaded in not easy terrain to negotiate
But he got thru more than half of it .

I think , if he had more practice at doing things while self filming things would have been different . It takes a lot extra energy to just do that .

I know from when I used to go bush solo I had to work up to extended camps , just a couple weeks without another face to look at is a long long time .

Its also possible it was all staged .. if it was it was pretty convincing to me .
 
Myal said:
Isolation makes for mental problems , I guess thats why its used as punishment / torture .

I believe he was genuine , for the most part , he had a dream , he put it to a tv group who sponsored it it seems .. his filming style went from showing everything he did in creative ways .. attaching a camera to a tree while it was being felled etc .. to when he was feeling effects of hunger , to just dialogues at camp .

He had a lot of gear .. maybe it was all needed , maybe not , he had extra gear for video .. when he moved camp he was seriously loaded in not easy terrain to negotiate
But he got thru more than half of it .

I think , if he had more practice at doing things while self filming things would have been different . It takes a lot extra energy to just do that .

I know from when I used to go bush solo I had to work up to extended camps , just a couple weeks without another face to look at is a long long time .

Its also possible it was all staged .. if it was it was pretty convincing to me .
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I tend to agree with your assessment of the video. I just felt that the incessant crying scenes were over done. The guy probably did hit a wall and couldn't get up and out of the loneliness\depression. And it was almost foreshadowing when he opened the letter. Like tossing fuel on the fire. Oh well, nieve or not, I still tip my hat to the old boy. He went for it and got off the couch. I say better to try and crash then never to try and always wonder....or regret. And yes the physical deterioration (lack of food) must have had a direct correlation to his mental state. I would have bushwhacked a bloody moose or Caribou, but that is an individual ethical dilemma I suppose.... And if he was so worried about bears, why not toss the porky guts into the lake ? Oh well, whatever. :)
 
neat. I'll be watching this for sure.
 
He definitely did get off his butt and have a go .
last thought on the filming and his emotinal state , I think he had a comitment to make x much footage a week, so he was doing that , with what was important to him . his emotional state was important . It probably wasnt anything like he expected . It is difficult to deal with .
I would like to see him go back again , and have another go , being better prepared mentally now , and with a better understanding of what he needs to know up front about where he is going .
 
There were a few things he could have done differently. For one thing he could have researched the area better. I have heard more the one interview where the guy in the wild took a multiple of years to get set up. They all seem to go into the area for a couple months for 2-3 years. They get the lay of the land, what the plant/animal life is like, full understanding of the weather.

His shooting(with gun, not camera) were terrible. I motionless object that's the size of multiple soft balls from less than 100ft with a rifle s so bad, so utterly bad.

He had a couple things in his kit I would have dumped, it's been a while since I saw the show, but I know he had a bear electric wire system of some sort. Which he eventually stopped using an never had an issue. I would have traded that in for a couple more small scale maps and some Elk leather gloves. He would dig with his hands, get them cut, could have been avoided with some quality gloves.

I bet if he did a season two in the same area he would do much better. Really, he spent so much time out there getting to know his own gear and skills, I assume he has kept up with his learning, and would be much better off at this point.
 
Myal said:
He definitely did get off his butt and have a go .
last thought on the filming and his emotinal state , I think he had a comitment to make x much footage a week, so he was doing that , with what was important to him . his emotional state was important . It probably wasnt anything like he expected . It is difficult to deal with .
I would like to see him go back again , and have another go , being better prepared mentally now , and with a better understanding of what he needs to know up front about where he is going .
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Yes indeed. It would be fascinating to see buddy go for it again with his hard earned knowledge. I don't know the Yukon game laws but maybe there are ways to get around the big game season. There must be a loop hole or provision for taking one or two big game animals for subsistence hunting say, if you have an isolated mining claim or some such. Not taking down a big game animal really bothered me in that scenario. And a bit more planning on were\when salmon spawning runs occurred would have helped. But then it is easy for me to sit here and take buddies plans apart. I still admire his backbone to go for it. :)
 
NeedItCheaper said:
There were a few things he could have done differently. For one thing he could have researched the area better. I have heard more the one interview where the guy in the wild took a multiple of years to get set up. They all seem to go into the area for a couple months for 2-3 years. They get the lay of the land, what the plant/animal life is like, full understanding of the weather.

His shooting(with gun, not camera) were terrible. I motionless object that's the size of multiple soft balls from less than 100ft with a rifle s so bad, so utterly bad.

He had a couple things in his kit I would have dumped, it's been a while since I saw the show, but I know he had a bear electric wire system of some sort. Which he eventually stopped using an never had an issue. I would have traded that in for a couple more small scale maps and some Elk leather gloves. He would dig with his hands, get them cut, could have been avoided with some quality gloves.

I bet if he did a season two in the same area he would do much better. Really, he spent so much time out there getting to know his own gear and skills, I assume he has kept up with his learning, and would be much better off at this point.
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Yes I agree. I was watching the video with (my own limited knowledge) and still saw many mistakes. But when I got further in I realised what this was a boyhood dream from a fellow urban dweller. He mentioned a farming background which helped with the virtually useless rabbit snares (at his locations), and he also mentioned London. Other than the food problem. Like checking the rabbit cycle if it was up or down........ I've filled a back pack with rabbits quickly on peak cycle with a .22...... I think that he did quite well for the most part. Buddy was out there in serious remote wilderness day and night by himself for near two months. Some things I'm sure that he would do differently and I'm surprised that he didn't do some pre hikes with his full gear load to see if it was manageable. Sometimes I learn more from my own mistakes, or those of others, than I would if everything just fell into place.
:)
 
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