There's a new show coming on discovery channel tonight that look's like it might be pretty good. It's called the alaska experiment, about 4 group's of ordinary people dropped in the wildneress to live off the land. It comes on a 9 central time.
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Re: The Alaska Experiment
Tue, April 22, 2008 - 5:13 PMYeah, I was hoping to catch that. If you ever want a fun show to watch, look for "Rough Science" where they drop off a bunch of scientists in remote locations and give them tasks to accomplish. The chemist they have on there is brilliant. He actually silvers a mirror and creates gunpowder from found natural sources and the few items they give them to work with. Talk about the guy you want to have living at your shelter at the EOW.
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Sat, April 26, 2008 - 4:25 PMbeen there done that that is why after 22 years(minus the military) I am outta here within the next month, if I get everything sold?
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Sat, April 26, 2008 - 7:48 PMIs the next part coming on tomarrow night? anyone know? I like watching that fat girl chow down on raw potato's. lol -
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Sun, April 27, 2008 - 7:34 AMIt just amazes me that "average" people are so helpless in the woods. I'll keep watching though. -
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Sun, April 27, 2008 - 10:44 AMI guess they think the helpless city slicker's make a better show than someone with a little outdoor experience. I think the bear population up there might rattle me a little bit, armed or not. -
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Sun, April 27, 2008 - 11:36 AMOut here last summer, a young family was camping just up in the hills from Provo area... A 400lb black-bear came into the tent at night, grabbed the ten-year-old son by the face, and dragged him out into the night. Dad went chasing after it but I guess he couldn't tell where the bear ran off to,or lost his trail pretty quick.
They found the little boy the next morning, 400 yards away in some bushes. Not alive. The rangers found the bear within a couple days and put one in his brain.
And my family still thinks I'm weird for packing in our familiar utah mountains...
I like bears, to me they're one of the big and necessary symbols of a true wilderness. I don't feel like I'm truly out in the boonies unless I know there are bears, moose, and cougars around, and the trout in the streams have the full fins of native fish, not those pathetic little nipped-off nubs of hatchery-planted 'restock' fish. But I wouldn't be caught out in the real wild for one minute without some heat on my side. -
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Sun, April 27, 2008 - 11:47 AMI also think bear's belong in the wilderness. I've had an up close personal experience with one in a tent one night. But if you choose to tread in their back yard then you should expect and be on the ready to do business with one. The black bear around here dont make me as nervous as those big kodiak SOB's in alaska. I know an attack from a black bear can be fatal too but a good size hand gun has a better chance of putting one down a little quicker than that 900 pound 10 ft tall kodiak sucker. I've read stories about them taking 10 round's from a big rifle and still managing to kill somebody before they died.
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Sun, April 27, 2008 - 11:50 AMI don't go into the deep woods without a dog and a gun. We have cougar and black bear, but more worrisome are the human predators. We were camping pretty far out in the Eagle Creek Wilderness back before my daughter was born and two guys came strolling up to our camp in the evening. The dog went crazy (he's normally very friendly) and they moved along after I assured them that the dog was, indeed, a bloodthirsty killer. I slept with my .38 holster under my pillow that night. -
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Sun, April 27, 2008 - 11:59 AMA few year's ago in flagstaff there were mountain lion's openly stalking hiker's and snatching their dog's right off the leash on mt. eldon. The forest service killed 4 lion's. I hiked up there alot but never got to put an eyeball on one. Seem's like other people alway's get to have all the fun.
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Sun, April 27, 2008 - 12:05 PMI remember meeting an interesting character out in the High Uinta wilderness, the peak ranges that separate utah from wyoming. The guy just seemed really 'off' to me. Nothing ever came of it, I was mildly comforted to have a gun with me. Then again, I'm not a cute, petite little redhead all by my lonesome out in the boonies.
I also always hike with a six-foot staff, I carved out of the heartwood of an 8'' thick tree down to about 1 7/8 inches. Capped the ends with steel bands and butt-plates. The extra length is indespensable while hiking downhill with a heavy pack, or fording a fast river, just plant the end as far downstream as you like and you're a rock-steady tripod. Also good to grip at about face-height and hang by your hands for a quick 'catch your breath' when your back is worn out. I am always confused at why people even bother fussing around with those weak little 'ski pole' hiking sticks. My hiking staff is less imposing on a trail than an exposed gun, but it still doubles my size to anyone looking for trouble. -
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Sun, April 27, 2008 - 1:31 PMCome fishinf in the Sierra and you can fight all the bears you want -
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Sun, April 27, 2008 - 2:40 PMI caught the first episode last night on a rebroadcast. The three nonwhites that are together(this has nothing to do with race just identifying the team) had no real idea how to use a compass. The father and two daughters team are doom because the girls are lazy and petty, although dad seems to know a little of what he is doing. They gave the most experienced couple the tent and had them kyak in. But I have a different take on seeing a 600 pound black bear that close to camp. Bears are good food. Bear lard makes some of the best pie crust you'll ever eat. Bear meat is great anyway I have cooked it or had it cooked for me. Om fact Native Americans in survival situations used to you themselves as bait to bring a bear within the range to kill it because it is one of the few sources of fat which are much needed when you're burning 4500 calories a day hiking in the mountains to provided for yourself. I respect all bears but I haven't been afraid of them since I was 14 and stood toe to toe with one in Michigan's North woods and it backed down from me.(yes I was liucky)
Overall I liked the show.
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Sun, April 27, 2008 - 5:10 PMBear meat tastes good. Slow cook it and it makes good burrito meat.
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