Name: Mountain Men
Released: 2012-05-31T00:00:00.000Z
Cast: Eustace Conway, Tom Oar, Mike Horstman

TV Show · Reality

Most people enjoy the modern technologies and conveniences of today -- smartphones, tablets, cable and satellite TV among them -- but there are people who choose to live off the grid and in the unspoiled wilderness, where dangers like mudslides, falling trees and bears are all parts of life. `Mountain Men' profiles three such people. Eustace Conway, who has lived at the western edge of the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina for more than 25 years, teaches interns about the old ways of living with nature. Tom Oar needs an entire year to prepare for the seven-month-long winter on Montana's Yaak River. In Alaska, Marty Meierotto must gather enough wood to survive, in complete isolation, winters that can have temperatures drop to as low as 60 degrees below zero. It's not an easy life but for these mountain men, it's life as they know it.

2012 · 40m

Starring Eustace Conway, Tom Oar, Mike Horstman

Director David Arabia

EPISODE 1

Unbreakable

In the farthest reaches of the North American wilderness, some of the bravest men and women still carry the torch of the age-old tradition of the "Mountain Man," relying on nothing but their grit and stamina.

40 min
EPISODE 2

First Kill

Tom instructs young Hank on some essential skills. Newlyweds Jake and Anika hunt elk in the bone chilling cold. Paul takes on an infestation of nuisance badgers. Ray uses bushcraft technology to haul his elk meat out of the backcountry.

39 min
EPISODE 3

Gunpowder And Lead

Tom packs a traditional muzzleloader on a winter deer hunt with Sean and Hank. Jake and Anika complete a successful elk hunt with a backbreaking pack out. Aron and Jen cut down dead trees that threaten to destroy their cabin.

40 min
EPISODE 4

Breaking Wild

Eustace and his neighbour train a stubborn stallion. Jake and his team of dogs successfully run off their first mountain lion of the season. Paul tracks and kills a young buck. Aron hunts for moose while Jen fishes for rainbow trout.

41 min
EPISODE 5

Lion Alley

Tom and Nancy make a special buckskin vest for Hank. Jake's snowmobile breaks down in the heart of Lion Alley. Paul takes on a neighbour's beaver and muskrat problem. Kidd and Harry plough a backcountry airstrip so planes can land safely.

40 min
EPISODE 6

Ice Cold

Jake spends the night in the mountains after his snowmobile breaks down. Paul traps for mink and pine marten. Eustace helps a friend buy and assemble an antique sawmill. Aron and Jen harvest 12,000 pounds of ice from the lake.

40 min

Eustace Conway

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Tom Oar

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Mike Horstman

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Harry Youren

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Kidd Youren

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Josh Kirk

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Martha Tansy

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Marty Meierotto

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Rich Lewis

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Morgan Beasley

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Jason Hawk

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Mountain Men

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Most people enjoy the modern technologies and conveniences of today -- smartphones, tablets, cable and satellite TV among them -- but there are people who choose to live off the grid and in the unspoiled wilderness, where dangers like mudslides, falling trees and bears are all parts of life. `Mountain Men' profiles three such people. Eustace Conway, who has lived at the western edge of the Blue Ridge Mountains in North Carolina for more than 25 years, teaches interns about the old ways of living with nature. Tom Oar needs an entire year to prepare for the seven-month-long winter on Montana's Yaak River. In Alaska, Marty Meierotto must gather enough wood to survive, in complete isolation, winters that can have temperatures drop to as low as 60 degrees below zero. It's not an easy life but for these mountain men, it's life as they know it.

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