Thread: Alaska: One family's life in the wilderness

One family's life in the wilderness - BBC News

Alaska is a great place but you would need to be happy with the solitude if you wanted to live there all the time. I guess that's why they live there , peace and quite.....and the hunting.

Originally Posted by Mooseman

Alaska is a great place but you would need to be happy with the solitude if you wanted to live there all the time. I guess that's why they live there , peace and quite.....and the hunting.

They'll be sweet, mate. They do talking, guitar playing and writing - all useful survival skills for armed hippies.

That would be cool for a couple of weeks.

Originally Posted by Rushy

That would be cool for a couple of weeks.

And after that it would be bloody cold.
You'd definitely need to be of the 'correct' inclination to live/survive in that sort of isolation.

looks pretty cool

I envy that lifestyle.

I envy that lifestyle too but I think my outdoor skills aren't commensurate with the climate.

Originally Posted by Ryan

I envy that lifestyle too but I think my outdoor skills aren't commensurate with the climate.

Skills can be learnt, but the common sense to know the limits of our own capabilities is a very important one. I too would probably struggle with some outdoor skills, but I would be interested to learn at some point as that is the sort ofplace I would like to spend some time one day....but I know my wife wont want to and I dont particularly want to leave her behind either...

Alot of people try and live "off the grid" up there.Most don't last a winter.

Hats off to them for making a go of it.Feel a bit sorry for the young bloke having no mates around.

I lived on an Island in Northern British Columbia for three months,no electricity,running water,Radio or TV.When I got into town,first thing I did was call into a Chemistis shop to get my films developed.While I was waiting the Lady switched on the T.V. There is Ricky Martin singing "la vida loca" and it just blew my mind!

Talk about sensory depravation over coming taste.

I could live that lifestyle so easily, probably even more so by myself, I enjoy my own company immensely.

Its a lifestyle i could slip right into, if it didnt get so cold. A bush block somewhere here, boat access only... Make your own time, and not be over run with comercialism. Do enough to be comfotable, with a little in reserve as a safety net. As Steve Guerny wrote, Mud is a Foodgroup. Let the kids learn by doing, falling out of trees and having those ass tightening experinces. Theyd learn more there than they do now. Just because you particapate, it doesnt mean your a winner, or ready to take on the world

I could definitely do that - but there's no way my wife could. Also I couldn't put it upon my kids. I think it would be good for them but from a social perspective I think you'd probably end up with some issues... Looks fricken cold though!

Originally Posted by Matt-j

from a social perspective I think you'd probably end up with some issues...

there are more 'issues' in urban areas ... at least in that environment you are truly going to understand the power of Nature ... you are going to know about self-reliance ... you are not going to labour under some fecking sense of entitlement ...

and ... it is not cold all the time up there ...!!

Originally Posted by EeeBees

there are more 'issues' in urban areas ... at least in that environment you are truly going to understand the power of Nature ... you are going to know about self-reliance ... you are not going to labour under some fecking sense of entitlement ...

and ... it is not cold all the time up there ...!!

Who said it was cold 'all the time'? Pull your neck in mate...


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