For you "outdoorsmen" (and women)

[Deleted member 5962]

I've been watching a couple new to me shows on Saturday mornings that I have really enjoyed. One is Epic Trails, and the other is Facing Waves. Both of these shows are outdoor shows, and much of the episodes I've seen has been up on Peter/Dave/Lola land. There are some incredibly beautiful areas up there as most of you know, but seeing the hiking, biking and kayaking through this country is something I dream of doing some day.

Do any of you watch these shows? If not, I strongly suggest looking them up. If they aren't on your available channels, they also have a lot of the Facing Waves stuff on YouTube under "Paddle TV" (not that kind, Alan). You all know I like to hike, bike and kayak. There is some incredibly beautiful "destination" type stuff just a few hours north of the border. I've been to Canada at least 10 times but always on Fishing trips, and most of those, we drove through the night so I didn't see much til we got there, but what an absolute treasure it is for the outdoors people!

 

[veinbuster]

Why watch it when you can live it?

 

[sergiodeblanc]

Big fan of the outdoors, when it’s screened in.

 

[bodia]

Most outdoorsy thing I watch is Bear Grylls show, and the Ken Burns National Parks documentary

 

[Deleted member 5962]

Why watch it when you can live it?

One show had a new bike trail that they just opened in a national park near the coast, so you may discover a cool new place.

And, last week, the hiking show was in Tahiti, so they aren't all in your back yard. Although, from what I've seen, one could spend a lifetime in Canada and never see it all. Heck, you could probably fish a different lake every day and never fish them all. Plus, I'd want a little of that tropical weather mixed into my list of adventures for sure.

 

[Alnus Rubra]

Most outdoorsy thing I watch is Bear Grylls show, and the Ken Burns National Parks documentary

For me it’s Ozark or Tin Star

 

[CandidPicker]

Although I enjoy the outdoors from a distance, I've not hiked or camped in the wilderness more than our local game refuge when I was much younger. It was good exercise, but the deer flies and mosquitoes were off-putting even with bug repellant. There were some nice color-coded trails that took you further into nature, and some that brought you back to civilization.

When I was in high school, a few of our cross-country team members were training for the season and we ventured back into the game refuge once. We encountered a cold mountain stream with pools and rocks where you could take off your shoes and socks and sit in the stream and let cold water pour over you. Just the thing on a hot summer's day for cooling yourself before putting your shoes back on and heading back out running again.

You kind of wish to revisit those days again, but most times, the only outdoorsy things my schedule includes is gardening and walking to the recreational park while putting in some footwear miles.

Yet, thanks for reminding me about this wonderful memory. I've been writing my memoirs the past few years and this will be added to my high school section's "membries."

I also own a DVD called The Living Eden: Denali (Alaska's Great Wilderness) that I watch occasionally when I wish to feel closer to God and nature. Also, a DVD called "The Human Planet", a science series describing various environments on Earth. The Denali DVD is honors nature much more so, but the science series is more detailed with various forms of animal life. Kind of a toss-up between the 2, but both describe how intelligently life is designed.

 

[McMahon67]

I’m pretty out doorsey…. Hiked to the top of Mt Whitney when I was 12, as an example. I’ve never seen those shows, but I’m intimately familiar with the western Canadian landscape.
Check out Meat Eater on Netflix, if you like the outdoors lol
Actually a very intelligent show.

 

[Deleted member 5962]

OK, wrong crowd. Guess all the “bikers” threw me off.

 

[Alan Jurgens]

I don’t watch tv much anymore but love the outdoors. If I ever get my Bronco I’m taking two weeks off and doing a national parks tour. Leaving from Texas to Colorado, to Utah, then Montana. I’m going to check off a bunch of places I’ve always wanted to see. I will hike where inspired. It will be the first trip without a planned agenda. If I don’t make it all the way to Yellowstone then I will do that on the next one.

I have done many fly in fishing trips with my dad into Canada throught my life. The furthest north was Northwet territories. Beautiful country!

I’m a country boy that lives in the city for now. I hope to change that and move to the hill country though.

 

[FragileThunder]

I like nature TV. I prefer actual nature however. In 10 minutes I’ll be heading out the door for my daily hike, a couple miles of me, the forest and the woodland creatures. Yesterday I tracked coyote and bobcat. Every morning I play 30 minutes of guitar and get in 30 minutes of hiking. If I miss either, I get cranky.

 

[Daryl Jones]

I get the attraction, that's why I live where I do (I guess), in spite of the sometimes horrible winter conditions and living in a rural location where you learn to do things yourself out of necessity, as often there are no repairmen willing or able to come at the behest of a phone call when things break. I hunt, fish, ride off-road recreationally in my UTV, and generally just enjoy the outdoors. We both used to waterski, tube ride, and just cruise the lake in our old but still wonderful Scimitar boat. Both of us have reached the age where the joints and bones don't forgive the punishment taking a nose dive over the tip of the Connelly slalom ski at 38 off anymore, but time just does that to you. I have yet to travel the North into the Territories or Yukon on the Goldwing, but it's on the list for the coming years I hope.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/6dau2vqkjob1nar/82gl-scimitar-pic.jpg?dl=0.

 

[McMahon67]

Wrong crowd he says….. not.
We are exactly the right crowd. Fight me. Lol

 

[KThaxton]

I kinda live for outdoor recreation....of many types. I live in Utah so the opportunities are endless. I love mountain biking, hiking, backpacking (not very often) off-roading and last year I tried bikepacking for the first time (it was hard!).

I like watching those types of shows too, I subscribe to Darwin onthetrail, Foresty Forest, Dana Hollister and Miner Biker.

Dana is probably my favorite, but he doesn't release a lot of content. I really like Foresty Forest, what grabbed my attention was his long bikepacking trips from a few years ago (2-3 month trips in the southwest), however, he doesn't really do those much anymore. Most of his episodes are "van life", hiking summits and cooking a meal. Its one of those strange things...since I got hooked early on, I feel like I know him and always want to see what he is up to, so I keep watching. I still enjoy it, but I miss his long bike trips.

 

[danktat]

 

[aphantomvaper]

You have Broadheads mounted, nice! What are you tracking in this picture?

 

[danktat]

You have Broadheads mounted, nice! What are you tracking in this picture?

That was this past deer season. Never got close enough to get a shot off on that particular outing. I won't take a shot at longer than 40 yards or so. I only saw two that day. The closest I got that day was around 90 or 100

 

[garrettb]

I've been watching a couple new to me shows on Saturday mornings that I have really enjoyed. One is Epic Trails, and the other is Facing Waves. Both of these shows are outdoor shows, and much of the episodes I've seen has been up on Peter/Dave/Lola land. There are some incredibly beautiful areas up there as most of you know, but seeing the hiking, biking and kayaking through this country is something I dream of doing some day.

Do any of you watch these shows? If not, I strongly suggest looking them up. If they aren't on your available channels, they also have a lot of the Facing Waves stuff on YouTube under "Paddle TV" (not that kind, Alan). You all know I like to hike, bike and kayak. There is some incredibly beautiful "destination" type stuff just a few hours north of the border. I've been to Canada at least 10 times but always on Fishing trips, and most of those, we drove through the night so I didn't see much til we got there, but what an absolute treasure it is for the outdoors people!

Neato. Not aware of those shows, but I do like that sort of stuff. Will check them out.

Wifey and I are hoping to get more use out of our kayaks soon. For one reason or another, we seem to always do other things on the weekends. That's a shame because we are surrounded by water everywhere!

I'm pretty much obsessed over cycling stuff these days. Global Cycling Network on YouTube has done some wonderfully cinematic vids that got me jonesing to ride in England, Scotland, and Iceland. Almost had the fam convinced on an Iceland trip for this summer, but I was overridden by Cancun. We'll be in Scotland summer 2023 and I hope to find some sort of cycling tour to do there.

Vegan Cyclist on YouTube is another who has done some great adventure vids, called The Impossible Route. He and a partner or two take on insane amounts of miles over tough terrain. Even taking out the cycling aspect, I think it's an interesting dive into how it goes when people challenge themselves beyond their limits. And the scenery is always beautiful.

 

[Deleted member 5962]

Neato. Not aware of those shows, but I do like that sort of stuff. Will check them out.

Wifey and I are hoping to get more use out of our kayaks soon. For one reason or another, we seem to always do other things on the weekends. That's a shame because we are surrounded by water everywhere!

I'm pretty much obsessed over cycling stuff these days. Global Cycling Network on YouTube has done some wonderfully cinematic vids that got me jonesing to ride in England, Scotland, and Iceland. Almost had the fam convinced on an Iceland trip for this summer, but I was overridden by Cancun. We'll be in Scotland summer 2023 and I hope to find some sort of cycling tour to do there.

Vegan Cyclist on YouTube is another who has done some great adventure vids, called The Impossible Route. He and a partner or two take on insane amounts of miles over tough terrain. Even taking out the cycling aspect, I think it's an interesting dive into how it goes when people challenge themselves beyond their limits. And the scenery is always beautiful.

If I lived where you do, I'd be out all the time on the kayaks. Fishing a lot of it! And probably taking some form of gator deterrent...

 

[alantig]

That was this past deer season. Never got close enough to get a shot off on that particular outing. I won't take a shot at longer than 40 yards or so. I only saw two that day. The closest I got that day was around 90 or 100

Personal choice, or is that the effective range?

My dad hunted all the time when I was younger. He went through a stretch during deer season where he was getting a deer first day every year for like 9 or 10 years in a row, so he asked for a muzzle loader kit for Christmas. I asked him why, and he said it would give him a project to keep busy during the year, and it would be a challenge when hunting season came, and he felt like he was starting to lose interest because of how easily he was getting his deer. So, he got the kit and built it. The first day of hunting season that year, I felt something shaking my leg. I woke up, rolled over, and it was my dad. He said, "Can you come help me?" I looked at the clock - it was like 8:30 AM. I looked at him and said, "You're kidding." He just shook his head sadly and said, "First shot." I never saw him look so disappointed after a successful hunt than that day. He later told someone, "I thought I'd get a couple days out of it, at least, and I didn't even get a couple hours or a couple shots."