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"She's convinced there are lost signs and secrets scattered on a desolate wilderness of the quadrant."
"In the heart of the Bob Marshall wilderness in Montana, a Tale of Survival and the inexplicable unfolded as Mike Stevenson, a Montana native and seasoned outdoorsman found himself facing a perilous predicament in the unforgiving wilderness."
"Protect and guide your people as you forage a town from untamed wilderness."
"The deepest and most untraveled wilderness has always been my sanctuary, and when I trekked there alone and in solitude, I feel most connected to the whole."
"The greatest victories of the Rangers are unsung, unheard of because they happened out on the lonely trackless wilderness."
"Wilderness experiences are either going to kill you or they're going to make you better."
"For the terror of feeling oneself lost in this wilderness is nothing short of awful."
"Indigenous mythology right now best explains Baseline reality in the wilderness."
"Being on expedition, being in the wilderness, being in the middle of nowhere is for me anyway a spiritual thing."
"Antarctica is cloaked in mystery as the last untouched Wilderness on Earth."
"The woods are still that major region of the world where anything could be hiding and no one is around to save you if something goes wrong."
"Guys, that is so creepy, if you're in a forest and you see that, you better get out of there, mhm."
"Anything can occur in the wilderness, and even the most seasoned of adventurers and hikers can find themselves as victims of a cruel fate."
"Far Harbor is truly post-apocalypse... it's the beginning of a new wilderness."
"Living out in the wilderness, it starts to mess with your head. I'm telling you, I'm telling you, you don't understand, you don't understand."
"You now live in the woods inside your hunter's hut."
"We're all out here completely in the wilderness."
"The wilderness is in some respects the opposite of civilization, but also there's a sense in which we carry a bit of wildness in ourselves as well."
"Take the harshness of wilderness exploration seriously and say that what happens out here means something."
"No one will ever know how Arvin Nelson disappeared in the Ventana Wilderness without a single trace."
"Part of the goal of this trip is to put away meat for the winter... but just being out in the wilderness experiencing it with my son is more than enough satisfaction to me."
"What draws people to Alaska is often the same thing that is their undoing: the vast untouched wilderness."
"The Resurgence of a creature long thought extinct unfurls in the mysterious photo captured in the Australian Wilderness."
"The wilderness is violent and brutal and will kill you."
"I personally carry a satellite phone every time I go into the woods and I also carry an emergency Locator Beacon," - Safety Tip
"Cole from Power Rangers Wild Force was the Red Lion Ranger and spent his life roaming the wilderness."
"Have you ever been out for a walk in the woods and stumbled across a random staircase?"
"It was that feeling of being in the wilderness with Brian and having that freedom and that privilege to be able to just get totally lost..."
"Something out there knew my name and I sounded just like my brother. I don't know what the hell it was but I don't think I'll be going back to the woods again."
"In one of the last wild places on earth, is it possible that here and only here, wolves still live the way wolves once everywhere did?"
"Before heading back into the jungle, she turns and gives Jane a huge hug of gratitude."
"Yosemite's wilderness: countless dangers from environmental disasters to wildlife attacks."
"He said, 'Don't mind me boys, just passing along,' then he briskly walked off and back into the woods."
"I love the wilderness and consider being out there my church."
"Courage, fear, pain, faith – part of her will forever remained in the jungle."
"The mountain man is a different type of killer, he doesn't just do it for fun."
"Why did any Explorer ever put his life and career on the line to venture into the unknown? It's some strange and powerful curiosity that pushes me back into the wilderness."
"It was my first experience; I knew at that point there was something else sharing the woods we did not know about."
"I became a wilderness guide. People from the city pay me a pretty penny to show them around my little patch of Ozark wilderness."
"It's just that was a thing why've you got terracotta or something you've made it in life."
"I'd rather be in the wilderness with you than the promised land with an Angel."
"If I can walk into the woods I can walk out."
"The point of the challenge is to gain or maintain our body weight while eating nothing but wild foods for seven days."
"They don't leave it better than they found it... when you are out here in the wilderness and you see some trash pick it up."
"Siberia is one of the last truly wild places on our planet."
"How did all these wilderness-experienced people go missing, some with no clues ever to be uncovered at all?"
"Some people believe that Bigfoot and other creatures like him are lurking in many of Earth's forests."
"Pan cabin, a triangular treetop escape in the Norwegian wilderness."
"The outdoors can be very dangerous. It's not a playground. You can disappear just as easily in the wilderness as you can in a big city."
"America leads the world in wilderness and wildlife conservation efforts."
"In the realm of forest and snow, they said Russia could never be tamed."
"A father and son encountered a partially alive anomaly while hunting."
"So if you're ever alone in the woods, please be careful."
"I have over 40 years of hunting that area and still won't go into those woods."
"An underground facility right there in the heart of the wilderness."
"The North American grizzly bear is an icon of the American wilderness."
"This is the true allure of the Sasquatch, a creature that is in harmony with this epic wilderness."
"The last thing is it's I feel a sense of freedom being here. I think this is literally, I mean it's called the last frontier for a reason guys."
"If you're exploring unexplored territory there're only two ways to deal with that one is to actually take a fire and set it in the unexplored territory or the other is to cultivate that unexplored territory."
"It was like a light switch was flipped on this morning. This is the second moose that we've run into on our way to the moose that we're hunting."
"Imagine living out here for another night, another sleepless night."
"Alaska is more grand, vast, and untamed than any other state, and it's not even close."
"Bigfoot represents a wildness that still exists out there."
"Look at this, the deep woods, a new place. This is pretty nice."
"I'm always comfortable in the middle of the Wilderness."
"The Altai, a stunning land of snow-capped mountains, fascinating nomadic tribes, and incredible wilderness, offers adventure."
"Time in the dangerous wild is always working against survival."
"It's going to be great to be just in the wilderness, hear the birds chirping, all that good stuff."
"I'm an accomplished outdoorsman, but I knew better than to take the Alaskan bush for granted."
"Emulating the hunter archetype means accepting your place as a bulwark between civilization and the terrors of the wilderness."
"It's the balance of opposites that implies that intrinsic sense of meaning is the unerring guide when you're on the edge of the wilderness."
"I like being in the wilderness, so I either stay home and curl up or I face my fear and not let it control my life."
"Your goal should always be when you go out that you get something from the Wilderness."
"The endless wilderness, the snow-capped mountains, the muffled way everything sounded during blizzards."
"Sometimes you just luck out in the wild."
"Infections kill people more often than anything else in the woods."
"No water, predatory mountain lions, nighttime chills, disease-carrying insects, loneliness, and despair—these are the dangers and challenges of the Southwest canyons."
"It's as close as you can get to wilderness in the lower 48."
"My first encounter was in the Pecos Wilderness east of my hometown of Santa Fe, New Mexico."
"In the wilderness, animals orchestrate an unpredictable dance, showcasing that the natural world is both thrilling and at times frightening."
"I'm with two other men that are very knowledgeable of the wilderness in the mountains and have the same mentality I do: family, God, faith."
"This encounter isn't about Conquest it's a stark reminder of the power and fragility of life in the Untamed Wilderness"
"Untouched hollers deep in the Blue Ridge Mountains hold a bounty of Nature's finest timber."
"So even in the Alaskan woods, you never know who may be watching you."
"It's the very definition of the middle of nowhere."
"You're daring, you're different in the woods. You're less annoying."
"I impulsively started running, throwing away my cellphone, flashlight, and sandals."
"Some of the woodlands out there are some of the last great wilderness areas on the west coast, the kind of places where radio or even cell towers won't reach, the kind of place that when you're there we truly are disconnected from the modern world."
"That's all the protection a man needs to survive in the wilderness."
"We are back in our world now, surrounded by the familiar, the comfortable, but we carry a piece of the wilderness with us, a silent guardian watching over us."
"It was like a frozen black ocean as far as the eye could see, not a single star twinkling above. The entire resort felt like something lost in deep space, isolated and displaced, a monument to comfort in a subdued wilderness."
"Now I get to travel all over, discovering and preserving the world's wild places before they are gone."
"It was as if we were in the middle of the jungle all of a sudden."
"Resting when lost, an unspoken rule of the wild."
"I love the wild side of Mother Nature, so the bigger and wilder it is, the better for me."
"It is the craziest thing to be out here and be able to swipe on TikTok and text message people in the middle of the wilderness."
"There are things lurking in the forests in the wild that will leave you defenseless and in shock."
"You really had to keep your wits sharp and watch your six when all alone in the woods."
"I live in rural Appalachia and adore the wilderness."
"If the people don't get you, the Wilderness will."
"Stay calm, stay put, and be as loud as possible if you find yourself lost in the woods."
"Be cautious in the wilderness, even if you don't go alone, you might come out alone or not at all."
"Sometimes getting lost in the woods is a part of the fun, as long as you know what you're doing."
"Never go out into the woods alone, especially without any kind of communications or navigation equipment."
"Vines and roots, if you get the right kinds, they're really strong and make a very quick and dirty rope."
"I've been fishing with brown bears, had black bears say hi as they walk by my camp, mountain lions stalk us and then leave, it doesn't rattle me until I see a cow moose alone."
"Listen well, never walk in the woods around that camp alone, and if you ever hear a raspy growl, turn and run back to your camp."
"I felt like a true wild man, a man and his dog on the hunt."
"Here on the edges of a vanishing wilderness, human beings are encountering a thing that does not fit within the parameters of man's knowledge."
"For some reason, I'm optimistic. I don't know why, I don't even know why I like it, but sitting right here, right now, totally pissed off, all disgruntled, I'm like more interested in moose than ever."
"I've hunted Grizzlies in the Alaskan wilderness armed with nothing but a bow."
"Kodiak Island is not a land of man; it's a land of bears."
"The Bears rule, so when you go in to camp and set up, you don't think about other people, you think about where the bears are because they're all around you, and it's their ground."
"Be prepared in the back country with maintenance and recovery"
"Trapping for beaver has always been hard work."
"We did not see or hear a single human."
"The variety from the Grand Canyon to the incredible Wildlife to then all of the geothermal stuff... everywhere you turned there was something new and unique and different."
"Just how little we know about the disturbing events that truly unfold when people find themselves away from civilization."
"Wow, at the top of the Wilds, the constant struggle between species with suffocating predators."
"One of the things I enjoy most about my time in the wilderness is progressively narrowing the gap between the reality of nature and what I understand about it."
"There's something really special about being the only people out here."
"An enormous grizzly bear seems to be following him and despite only being a few feet away from the animal the hiker manages to remain calm throughout the ordeal."
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"Jesse Hoover left the gatehouse and walked towards the 100-Mile Wilderness, and after this, she was never seen again."
"Jesse Hoover got lost and died in the wilderness as a result."
"It sounds like multiple animals or whatever moving out there in the brush."
"I'd like to stop looking for proof after his night hiking adventure along the upper Big Manistee River with a few other squatchers ended up having bowling ball sized rocks flung through the trees to splash in the river."
"Wild, truly wild. You come out here, you understand that, you get it, you feel it."
"Living off grid in the Canadian wilderness for decades."
"There's some places that feel like truly wild when I just feel really out there in the middle of nowhere."
"The SLRV Adventurer 4x4, a compact and adaptable expedition vehicle, entirely self-contained, offering proper insulation, comfort, and all modern amenities to live comfortably in the wilderness."
"The Hen Party made trips into the wilderness for some 30 years under the unflappable leadership of La Grande resident Jean Birnie."
"If you get lost, remember the rule of three: three minutes without air, three hours in extreme temperature, three days without water, and three weeks without food."
"The wilderness is a place where God meets his people."
"It's this wasteland almost of nothingness and everything all-in-one. I mean, it's so unforgiving yet at the same time, it's almost spiritual to be there."
"A vast Untamed Wilderness ready to be explored."
"In the wilderness, every sound holds a story."
"The memory of that harrowing night would haunt us for years to come, a reminder of the dangers that lurked in the wilderness and the strength of the human spirit in the face of adversity."
"America's public BLM Forest Service lands are some of the most amazing things about this country."
"The roar of the wild beasts...the roar of the lions was heard."
"As you walk, you take notice that the further you make your way in, the more dense the forest became."
"That's a drip, did the journey he went through to get these shoes, yeah, the dude left him out in the wilderness when I got him I felt just like that."
"I still have no idea what was in those woods, but as an avid outdoors woman, I know no animal makes that kind of wail."
"I've learned my lesson that there are far worse things than mosquitoes and bears in Canada's woods."
"I woke up... in the middle of the woods, surrounded by miles of trees."
"The Yukon is one of the last Untamed places on Earth."
"As the years went by, we learned to just hike out of the woods if they got dead quiet and we didn't see any signs of other animals."
"The woods is the woods. It is an unforgiving place, and society has done well in making us all forget how dangerous the wilderness is."
"if the Wilderness is your happy place the bike's full suspension will make riding anywhere super comfortable"
"Whatever it is that inhabits these lands does not seem too keen on having people wandering around here at night but if you are be careful for you may soon find the woods themselves can't tell the difference between friend and foe."
"We chose a particular forest that was only three hours away. As we pulled up, my heart started to beat hard. I was pretty excited, yeah, but my stomach fell as I realized no one else was around."
"I heard the unmistakable sound of a cougar, and it sounded angry."
"The next time you're in the woods or plan on taking a trip out in them, make sure you bring a GPS of some kind and always tell a loved one where you're going."
"The wilderness is a place where decisions are made, character is formed, and God begins the work in our lives that gives us the courage to finish our journey well."
"In the wilderness, even the bitter things become sweet. When life takes a bitter turn, when the Word of God is not bringing comfort, the cross of Jesus Christ appears, reminding us to trust in divine purpose."
"A fire would be a big help; you'd think he'd know enough to strip the wet bark from his wood or to whittle some dry shavings. Naturally, his fire is a great success."
"Imagine going out on the weekend during hunting season as you often do. You're looking for a big old buck, but what you see down your sights is not a deer at all, and somehow despite the distance, the creature you see is looking right back at you."
"There are things in the wilderness that might surprise you."
"In my lifetime I have heard and seen deer, elk, moose, and bears crash through the forest, nothing and I mean nothing even comes close to the cracking of wood that we heard that night."
"As long as there are dense forests and unexplored wilderness, the legend of Bigfoot will continue to thrive."
"He literally wrote most of the book on how to not die away from civilization and he also fixed CHS."
"The scariest thing to encounter out in the wild, however, is another person."
"Trappers and Traders started showing up here in the early 1800s in Mackinac Island, and Beaver Island became the two economic powerhouses of this Wilderness Area."
"No food no water no shelter the three things that are going to keep you alive in the bush we've got none of that right now."
"There are things that lurk in those woods that will kill you if they get a chance."
"There are still people that disappear in the wilderness, never to be found, without a trace."
"People get lost in the woods of a national park never to be found and it's always a creepy possibility for even the most proficient Woodsman."
"There is beauty in the wilderness."
"A woman appeared from the brush holding a tiny baby... wandered into the jungle and lived for 5 days before being found."
"That was my one situation I've never personally had to do it don't want to have to do it uh but also when you go into bare country prepared."
"I swear if we run into some sort of wild animal, well I guess actually wild animals are not really much of a problem. I'd much rather run into a wild animal than a wild human in here."
"It's extra Urban suitability ultimately I think Mitsubishi and I reached a compromise like we got into the demilitarized zone on this issue on my world it Still Remains crazy to take a vehicle into the Outback without a spare tire."
"Much of Billy's offseason is devoted to public speaking. He travels across the country sharing his knowledge and passion for the wilderness at corporate events, schools, conservation organizations, wild game dinners, Christian outreach events, and much more."
"Yosemite is a beautiful wild natural place. It is not a theme park."
"I'd like to dedicate this video to Randy Morganson, his friends, his family, and all the park rangers, all the people that work for the NPS, and everyone who's going out there every day to help make our experience better when we're out in the wilderness."
"People always make fun of me and say oh Dave, there's so many millions and millions of people in California, they're not getting lost until you go up to the Sierra Nevada mountains and you start walking around folks."
"I was like a wild beast that had broken the toils; destroying the objects that obstructed me, and ranging through the wood with a stag-like swiftness."
"These animals had the potential to deeply alter the face of the earth's wilderness."
"...the behavior of being lost and alone in the wilderness, sitting down, having a nice hot cup of tea, and staring at safety, staring at survival, and choosing to ignore it can only be defined as insanity. That is craziness."
"The most valuable times of my life are those wildernesses that I wrote about. I hated them when I was in the middle of them. I absolutely couldn't stand them. But I looked back and I realized, that is where God revealed himself to me."
"A slender wedge thrust into the untamed wilderness."
"The feeling that washed over me was reminiscent of a scene from a thriller, a sensation that one might experience when encountering the unknown in the midst of wilderness."
"The Magruder Road connects Idaho and Montana sandwiched between two Wilderness areas that have over 3.7 million Acres of undeveloped land."
"The simple act of walking through the wilderness here can be a therapeutic experience."
"Being out in the wilderness is a very powerful process."
"Dispersed camping just means camping outside of a developed campground."
"While crossing the creek in our waders we look up on the hill to see six caribou and what appear to be some good bulls headed right at us fast we had to make a quick move and try to get in range."
"No animal is more iconic to the North American Wilderness than the bison."
"There's nearly 5,000 people go missing every year in national parks, and a lot of them are never heard from again."
"Remember the wilderness can be a cruel teacher, but like any instructor, if you respect and learn from your instruction, the wilderness will be an ally."
"A refuge without Prospect is a prison, and Prospect without Refuge is wilderness."
"I don't know too many men that can drag a bull elk up a tree. I don't know what would do that."
"The Alaskan interior is one of the most deadly places in the world. Unpredictable weather, dangerous wild animals, and extreme remoteness make it an incredibly difficult place to survive."
"Always leave your hiking itinerary with somebody else before you set off into the Wilderness."
"Embrace the wild with reverence, for within its depths lies the uncharted territory of our greatest adventures."
"To survive in the wilderness, you really need knowledge, good awareness, and tools that you can rely on."
"It's very rare to actually get attacked by wildlife. A lot of things you can do in the wild to stay prepared and to avoid the situation altogether."
"If you're a hiker, you should probably be intimately familiar with the time of the year, the food source for the grizzly bears, and where they typically travel and which way the wind's going and when to make noise."
"Your ego will get a major thump. I think of wilderness as where you get a feel for your true size."
"But talking to you, I realize wilderness is for the most part a comfortable place for me, as long as I still got a box of raisins, and as long as I can see the stars, as long as water is within a day away."