Everyone who is on that survival show ALONE is a survival expert. Only one remains and all they have to do is call a boat to leave. Can't do that in most wilderness. Interesting thing is, Milwaukee or Madison can be a jungle if you don't know the terrain. I had a rather frightening experience in Milwaukee and the wild animals were People!
When I was working in Ekuk, I had a couple of hours to spare so I walked up the road to an abandoned shack that once served as a church. The place was all overgrown with weeds and such but when I worked my way to one side of the church, there was a large patch where the weeds were crushed with a pathway around to the side I hadn’t been to yet. I’m naturally curious but not that curious so I made my merry way back to the the processing plant.
Has she experienced a real winter, @Jake Smith? If they are not used to winter, starting out with one that can be as much as 9 months long and very dark can be daunting.
No, none of the eight of them ever have. Mild to a little severe, for a few months tops. It's gonna be a challenge for them, I'm sure. It will either make or break them about being there so we will see. As I hear from them I will let you know if you like. And staying with the topic, being "The Best Poster Here" You have to be nice, and never mean.
What part of Alaska have they moved to, @Jake Smith? Too many people have a false idea of life here, and those "Alaska TV shows" don't help much.
I had just found out two months ago when I talked to her sister, my other niece who told me that she had moved to Alaska. She was on the phone with her at the time, she said that she told her to tell me she loved me and I was so surprised, that they moved I told tell I love her too and forgot to even ask, but I will get all that info when I talk to them again soon. What you described winters to be there, I think it will a big task to adjust for them, but they are still young though. I watched a lot of the fishing shows in Alaska and really enjoy them. Watched some on Sarah and her husband too and enjoyed them too. Think they're divorced now, but still in Alaska. All this good debating on here, about "who's the best poster", really helps in narrowing it down.
It's Ketchikan, A Island off the mainland, a small coastal town she said. She was working for a fishing lodge on another Island, and it was four months ago she moved there. Her sister told me she has moved back now to our hometown in the states now after the tourist season was over and she needed work. I guess with six kids one has to do what works for themselves. They probably won't miss the winter there. And it looks like there are a lot of best posters here as I keep reading but only one can win.
Ketchikan is very much like Seattle in climate; not much winter at all. No real cold and not much snow generally. Part of "Occupied Canada" or "The Banana Belt" of Alaska.
Well, the "New People" are now embarrassed by whatever happened and have withdrawn from the friends they had formed through the summer. So sad. We have now seen a number of new families with children moving up just before winter. What are they thinking??? Many from Texas and some from Colorado who say they want to "get away from people" and live "a simpler life". I think they don't understand Alaska at all.
When I lived in north Idaho, we had a similar thing happening there each year. Usually in the spring, all of the “wanna-be” pioneers would come to Idaho, buy or rent a piece of ground and set up some kind of camp. If they bought the property, then they started felling trees and making a log cabin of sorts, which was to be ready by fall. No electricity, and no water; so they had to live with kerosene lamps and pack water in the back of their 4x4 pickup. They went to the livestock auction and bought chickens, rabbits, goats, and whatever else struck their fancy. All went well during the warm summer months. They swam in the creeks and rivers and packed water for themselves, their animals, and maybe a small garden. But then fall came, and they started having cold nights. Most of the people had come from California, or someplace warm, and they had never experienced snow, either to shovel, or to have to drive in. Soon, the auction would be swamped with gunnysacks full of chickens, boxes of bunnies, and all of those milk goats, and the property would be up for sale, as the newcomers made their way back to California to keep warm. I can imagine how much worse that must be with people who go to Alaska !
Sadly, the "New People" from Texas have lost the battle with Alaska. The husband took his own life yesterday and was found by Troopers who notified his wife. I guess the winter followed by the lousy summer played with his mind. Wife is in contact with the woman, but I don't know what she will do now that she is alone. Go back to Texas perhaps?
That is such sad news, @Don Alaska ; but as you had said before , these people had no clue how to cope with life in Alaska. Coming from a really hot climate like Texas can only have made it harder for them. I think that these survival “real life” television programs do no always give people the right idea about moving into some wilderness and surviving.
I feel worse for those who have to witness such things and who helplessly see the train wrecks coming than I do people who make [bad] adult decisions in their own lives. I've encountered people like this. There is no more dissuading them than there is any other child. At least no one else was put at risk having to search/rescue/recover either of them. RIP