14 Days Solo Camping in the Yukon Wilderness - The Full Documentary
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Published 2020-05-01
The Yukon holds some of the World’s last large expanses of wilderness. It’s, brave wilderness - deep backcountry camping, remote wild camping in the full sense of the word as it’s well off grid and far from the road system. This is the full documentary about my survival in the woods where I’m truly alone in the wild and exploring the Yukon. After bush flying into a remote mountain lake, I head out solo camping and fishing on a wilderness travel adventure for fourteen days by canoe. On the trip, I paddle the advanced level whitewater of the Hess River and then follow the Stewart River, completing the trip some 400 kilometres later in the community of Mayo. On this adventure, I catch Arctic Grayling and Lake Trout. What’s better than catching wild Trout for a catch and cook over the fire while in the Yukon? I also find a remote traditionally-built trappers log cabin, run multiple whitewater rapids, undertake long, bushwhack portages and see a lot of wildlife.
The Yukon is a place where dreams are made and where adventurers have been going to follow their dreams since the Klondike gold rush in the 1880s. As much as anyone, I went there to follow my dreams and they became a reality
0:00 Intro
1:04 Doc Start: Whitehorse
2:40 Float Plane Base: Alkan Air
8:22 Outfitting Canoe
12:18 Start of Trip
19:11 Morning Day 2
44:38 Morning Day 3
1:20:11 Morning Day 4
1:35:42 Morning Day 5
1:39:49 Trappers Cabin
2:10:29 Morning Day 6
2:23:38 Morning Day 7
2:44:38 Morning Day 8
3:23:50 Morning Day 9
3:48:38 Morning Day 10
4:02:15 Trappers Cabin
4:18:05 Morning Day 11: Final Day
This long documentary version is basically all of the episodes from this adventure back to back with a few edits to shorten it down. Still I wound up with the longest film I’ve ever uploaded by far.
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All Comments (21)
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Thanks a lot for watching everyone! Please subscribe to my channel. I had a few requests to put this adventure out in a single, full-length documentary and that’s exactly what I’ve done here. There’s not much from the whole trip that I don’t share. Enjoy!
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At 72 years old with a pacemaker imbedded in my chest, I can only wish I had followed my day dream and did what you are doing. So, for now & forever I will live vicariously through you. I choose to watch you for hours on end, as it is the best view available to me today. Thanks Jimmy!
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Jim, I had been struggling with certain decisions in my life, and a few weeks ago randomly (or not) came across this video. As a result of watching your journey I was given clarity about what direction I should take in my life, which has provided a much-needed boost to me in moving forward from some difficult circumstances.
I don’t know what your spiritual beliefs are, but I feel like coming across your videos was an answer to my prayers.
Thank you for being who you are and taking the time and putting in the the immense effort to inspire others. It’s not so much the “adventures” that makes you special, it’s your character.
Thanks Jim.
Jeff -
Thank you Jim for this. My husband and I canoed many of the rivers in BC fifty years ago. I could smell and hear exactly what you did when we watched. Hubby is 77, had 4 strokes, brain surgery from a bleed and while doing ok, can't do much of anything physically except exist. Your calm, even pace and tone of voice (he's pretty hard of hearing) and natural reactions to the environment took him back and he loved going on your journey with you. He is a "mountain man" so to speak and so being stripped of all that matters is not the golden years. Thanks to folks like you on you-tube, you all have enhanced his late years in ways impossible a few years ago. And yours (vids) are the best. And I must say, it is a wonderful thing for wifey to be able to get things done knowing he is content and happy. Heartfelt thank you's to you!
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IT WAS THE MOST AWESOME TRIP I NEVER MADE. THANKS FOR THE RIDE JIM...ENJOYED EVERY MILE WITH YOU
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As a handi-capped person, I can live vicariously, through you and your amigos, thanks for that!
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Me at the beginning of this video: there's no way I'm going to sit here and watch all 4 and a half hours.
4 and a half hours later: WHY ISN'T THERE MORE?!
Great video and what a radical trip. -
This is hands down one of the best wilderness adventure videos of them all, epic scenery, professional camera work with excellent editing and Jim is such a compelling character, a must watch for anyone with a pulse.
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I just finished watching this. Took me several days. The most impressive thing about this is the author's attitude toward all of it. Hard working, easy going, no hero complex. Very nice to see this attitude in a semi-public figure.
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Great watch , how people watch normal tv with all the crap and ads is beyond me , when there is interesting quality stuff like this on youtube thankyou very much
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“This statue is dedicated to those who follow their dreams”
If that doesn’t give you chills I don’t know what will -
Watching this for a second time, it just never gets old.
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I’m an avid canoeist and outdoorsman. This gentleman is extremely skilled at what he’s doing and I’m super impressed.
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1:08:07 TFW you've run out of stuff to binge watch in quarantine but then you find this 4 hour masterpiece
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Seriously, what couch potato gives this a thumbs down? Great scenery, great commentary, and a great adventure. I really enjoyed 👍
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Cannot express how impressed I am right now.
Whatever you did on this trip was awesome!
I love Yukon. But you made it much more lovely for me by sharing this adventure.
We love you Jim. We wish you all the best in the trips to come.
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I would have to say this is the pinnacle of real adventure shows I have ever seen.Jim,your skill and stamina is so impressive.You are truly a gifted adventurer.My highlights were,obviously the beauty of the land,the wolves calling,you singing Lightfoots song ,the bears,the moose,your down to earth,no B S commentary.Thankyou for this,sincerely.🇨🇦👍🍁🚣♀️
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I am Bangladeshi soldier, noe i am in Kuwait mission. After my job i will make adventure journey in my country place . I like your journey brother. Now i download it.
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Started watching your video and my girlfriend said "who's gonna watch a 4.5 hr youtube video?" Well we just finished watching over the course of a couple evenings and we really felt like we were on the adventure with you! Great job making the video and we look forward to watching your other adventures!
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Это лучшее видео о путешествии! Джим, позвольте выразить Вам свое восхищение Вашей отвагой, мужеством в преодолении трудностей, граничащих с риском для жизни. Далеко не каждый мужчина способен на такой поход в одиночку. Я прожил на севере Ямала, в Сибири 24 года, привелось выезжать в тайгу на рыбалку и охоту, но не в одиночку, вдвоем, и только на три-четыре дня. Как я теперь понимаю, эти мои "подвиги" - прогулки младшей группы детского сада по сравнению с Вашим испытанием.
