Mountain Men

20123 series
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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.

Bloodline: Episode Image
Episode 3Bloodline

Chance and Soraya slaughter a ram to provide meat for their growing family and Tom sets his line for another season of trapping in the mountains. (S14, ep 3)

Icebreaker: Episode Image
Episode 4Icebreaker

Bret and Ivy bust through sheets of lake ice to ferry critical equipment to their cabin by boat. (S14, ep 4)

No Way Down: Episode Image
Episode 5No Way Down

Chance and Soraya begin building a log barn to shield their livestock from winter. In Montana, Jake makes a daring climb to save one of his stranded dogs. (S14, ep 5)

Double Impact: Episode Image
Episode 6Double Impact

While hunting for meat, Mike crosses paths with a prowling brown bear and her cub and Chance races the first snow to finish his livestock barn. (S14, ep 6)

The Thundering Herd: Episode Image
Episode 7The Thundering Herd

Mike journeys to an uninhabited island to hunt a herd of wild buffalo with help from the local natives. (S14, ep 7)

Freefall: Episode Image
Episode 8Freefall

Lauro begins the longest Iditarod in the history of the famous sledge dog race and Mike hunts elusive and rare silver foxes along the shoreline of Kodiak Island. (S14, ep 8)

Into the Unknown: Episode Image
Episode 9Into the Unknown

Marty rebuilds a snowmobile from scratch before facing off with a wolverine menace on his trapline and Lauro feels the fatigue on the Iditarod trail. (S14, ep 9)

Triumph and Tragedy: Episode Image
Episode 10Triumph and Tragedy

Lauro is on the brink of completing the gruelling Iditarod as he races along the frozen Bering Sea coast. (S14, ep 10)

Backcountry Call: Episode Image
Episode 11Backcountry Call

Lauro sets off on a solo adventure with his loyal dog team as the harsh and unforgiving landscape of the Arctic presents several challenges. (S14, ep 11)

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