Archer Posted March 31, 2020 Share Posted March 31, 2020 A programme that some people might have missed. We've just finished all 6 episodes on BBC catch up and it was thoroughly engaging. The show is about 6 couples competing to win a house in the wilderness of Alaska. The really interesting part though is the older couple that are giving up their home. It's incredible because the guy and his wife trekked into the Alaskan wild 30 years ago - 100 miles from a road supposedly - and then self- built a huge 3 storey log cabin out of the woods. They lived in a shack for the first 9 years until the house was livable, fending off bears and preparing 2000 tree logs by hand with no major plant equipment. They cleared an airstrip by hand from the forest. It's crazy, inspirational stuff and might give anyone having a tough build a bit of a lift. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe90 Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 Yes I saw that, very inspiring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottishjohn Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 7 hours ago, Archer said: fending off bears and preparing 2000 tree logs by hand with no major plant equipment. They cleared an airstrip by hand from the forest. It's crazy, inspirational stuff and might give anyone having a tough build a bit of a lift. thats just what my road and house clearing has felt like .LOL 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProDave Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 @scottishjohn do they still have bears in D&G? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottishjohn Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 (edited) 14 minutes ago, ProDave said: @scottishjohn do they still have bears in D&G? no, but we got wild boar in some parts of D&G. who knows when they make it a national park they will want to re introdcue them along with wolves etc Edited April 1, 2020 by scottishjohn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeGrahamT21 Posted April 1, 2020 Share Posted April 1, 2020 I have one question about this house, how did he install his foundations?! Surely he couldn't get concrete to that location. I wonder what he used in place of it? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archer Posted April 1, 2020 Author Share Posted April 1, 2020 14 hours ago, scottishjohn said: thats just what my road and house clearing has felt like .LOL ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archer Posted April 1, 2020 Author Share Posted April 1, 2020 13 hours ago, MikeGrahamT21 said: I have one question about this house, how did he install his foundations?! Surely he couldn't get concrete to that location. I wonder what he used in place of it? I wondered the same thing. In South Island, New Zealand where I worked for a year, timber piles were quite common so I wonder if that's what they used. Possibly with the ends coated or wrapped somehow Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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