How a Family Has Lived Off-Grid In The Wilderness For 32 Years

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@skyrunner7474 8 ай бұрын

Incredibly informative and interesting! I never would have thought to have a floor like that. Great video!

@rockhopperadventures 8 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@dcranch4820 8 ай бұрын

What a amazing video! Such a wonderful way of life. These people have a awesome relationship with there surroundings!

@billfarley9167 7 ай бұрын

When I lived off the grid in the NWT in the 1960's I washed clothes in one of those large, metal milk containers, shaved off pieces of sunlight bar soap and churned the clothes with a toilet plunger. Worked like a damn. Also scrounged an old Eaton's Acme wood stove for cooking and purchased a Grandfather Fisher stove for heat. Now 90 years old, retired in rural Saskatchewan and really envying you folks. Best wishes to you all. Makes me proud to be Canadian.

@StephenBadhwar 7 ай бұрын

Thanks Bill, I'm proud to be Canadian too, we are so blessed, we have it all right here in our own backyard, we simply need to step outside and enjoy it. Travelling abroad makes us Canadians realize how fortunate we really are.

@doncoon8887 8 ай бұрын

❤Fantastic and very inspiring video. Thank you so much!

@rockhopperadventures 8 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it! Thanks so much!

@peps7724 8 ай бұрын

very educational, love the sauna, greetings from finland

@rockhopperadventures 8 ай бұрын

I've heard you have wonderful saunas in Finland. Greetings to everyone there!

@5nowyOwl 8 ай бұрын

This was very enlightening. Thank you

@rockhopperadventures 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting!

@Vern-yb8uv 8 ай бұрын

god bless you folks ,living a peaceful healthy life ,avoid all the stress of the crappy society we have today 😊😊😊

@very5ick112 7 ай бұрын

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@martinfrantz1623 8 ай бұрын

Very good documentary one of the best I've seen.I live similar to this myself and picked a few god ideas while watching for me and here is no bette way to live but a lot of people would never live like this and call us poor and dirty.The truth is we are the healthiest and richest people by far.I dreamed of living like this from a young age but the cities and small towns had me chasing the the Dollar and paying continuously in the vicious circle many get trapped in.I saved and sold everything 4years ago and made this my life and I will never turn back.I truly am blessed and deeply in love with nature and mother earth and she can really provide for me with a little elbow grease.

@rockhopperadventures 8 ай бұрын

Thank you and thanks for sharing your story!

@fa7842 8 ай бұрын

How you write you should be american or canadian... You are lucky to grow in a country where this is possible. Where i live, it is not.

@brendabrinkmanpasichnyk3500 8 ай бұрын

No such thing as mother earth. God made it all. Gove him the praise He deserves. Nothing else.❤

@brandonstitt8032 7 ай бұрын

Except bathing once a week is not acceptable for a female. Washing daily is a must exspecially during that time of the month. I know being a man at the end of a summer day I gotta take a shower cuase I can smell myself, so I he to imagine the smell of a vigina 3 days on her period along with sweating from the heat

@billfarley9167 7 ай бұрын

@@fa7842 British Columbia is a province in western Canada. They couldn't be Americans. They look too content.

@balghari23 8 ай бұрын

A lot of information with style 😊

@valdemarmikkelsen9830 8 ай бұрын

Wov I love this, everything so natural and nice people. Greetings from someone who is from the Faroe Islands but lives in Norway. All the best 🙂

@rockhopperadventures 8 ай бұрын

So nice to hear from a Faroe Islander! Thanks so much!

@PeteD1884 5 ай бұрын

The main guy, Steven, is clearly quite intellegent. His common sense is admirable. Those two attributes don't always intersect, but this guy's got it together. Great story telling.

@janebrommet7942 8 ай бұрын

I followed with little pain in my hart...such great life in the life.... I live in Holland am very Lucky to have a pièce of land at the edge of an industry park and no more chance of building...i live in my gipsy wagon, half of grid...and envy you....an 75 now and pleased with good health... Take good care of my land fit vers and butterflies and hedgehoaks.. Would like to do more so i host slow travellers with tent. Love to meet people but am a hermit... Tkx for sharing your life. Stay safe God vlees. Love jane

@aleksandraola5250 2 ай бұрын

Jane I admire your life style in a wagon. You can do glamping for slow travelers .. yesss you can❤️

@mochouinard 8 ай бұрын

The ground pebble is interesting, but what I would do is probably install some kind of pipe system under the pebble and have hot water going though that pipe. The rock will capture that heat and irradiate it. I'm just not fully sure how to do it easily without an electric pump. One huge advantage of this, is 4 inch of warm rock pebble still irradiate that energy after the fire is gone, and since heat rise, no insulation is really needed (I just wouldn't go too far to the border of the house, then this might cause issues maybe. You could also have the sun hit the rock floor, which the rock will store that heat (And you will want to do the reverse in the summer, protect so the sun don't enter the cabin).

@willamettehops 8 ай бұрын

Yeah that rock floor looks good for heating/cooling but I'm worried about ants getting in and losing small items in it.

@j_rainsgoat3929 8 ай бұрын

Ants ans mice.

@rodagrail3231 8 ай бұрын

U just made it very complicated...its meant to be simple..u don't get it😊

@nazuddin6346 8 ай бұрын

Awesome Best wishes from London❤

@rockhopperadventures 8 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

@sergec.2014 8 ай бұрын

I have been watching many outdoor survival & homesteading videos over the years. Now this one is about as real as it gets. Very good down to earth truth about this kind of living. No romanticizing. Life as it really is... if you choose to live and be self-sufficient. Awesome video.

@rockhopperadventures 8 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@mute7116 8 ай бұрын

Hope you do more of these. I admit at first I was like, I dunno...after a bit I respected what they were doing...and by the end I was very happy for them all. Eli seems like a pure boy...no corruption of society. Makes me smile. Thanks for sharing your lives and thanks for sharing the vid.

@rockhopperadventures 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for your comments!

@GF-pc5bt 8 ай бұрын

Was impressed with the doc and these men….thank you, i yearn for this lifestyle, dial humanity back a few notches is what we may truly all need.

@rockhopperadventures 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting!

@anthonysinclair5721 8 ай бұрын

After 10 or so years of KZbin watching , this video is very likely at the top of the list of the videos I've watched! You guys sipping the water from your hands would have been allowed in Gideon's army. 😎

@StephenBadhwar 7 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it Anthony.

@tomatin6437 8 ай бұрын

One of the best documentaries - no bulls...t for city dwellers. Thank you!

@rockhopperadventures 8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much!

@Giggatonne 7 ай бұрын

Every person should experience harvesting your sustenance. I really felt that pain of being truly thankful. ❤

@jim9337 5 ай бұрын

They seem like nice folks. Reminds me of my first homestead on the Alaska HWY, that was back in the 70s. I'm still off grid, but further south in central BC, old and a little spoiled. I like my life, couldn't imagine moving into a town. Enjoyed your vid, thanks.

@seantamke3108 8 ай бұрын

He has a lot of love for those bunnies. JESUS Bless you.

@StephenBadhwar 7 ай бұрын

Yup, I love my bunnies. Jesus taught us how to love, we simply need follow his example.

@very5ick112 7 ай бұрын

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahweh

@lynnyou3085 8 ай бұрын

One of the best videos.

@neomatrix2722 8 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing this documentary I love it and I also live off grid for like 8 years and I'm continually learning may God bless you and your family long health and peace

@Judamac 8 ай бұрын

Amazing video .Thanks for sharing your life with us .Hi from B.C. Canada

@rockhopperadventures 8 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@FBall-im8ui 8 ай бұрын

This was great! Thank you. OH CANADA! What a beautiful Country eh

@CanadianDreamer 8 ай бұрын

Yes it is!

@NamelessAmerican 7 ай бұрын

Their leftist government sucks.

@davedyck3982 7 ай бұрын

Eh!

@denisecrene8055 8 ай бұрын

I thoroughly enjoyed this episode. I've been dreaming of this way of living for the past 15 years, unfortunately my family don't think I can do it as I'm turning 70 this year and on my own now.

@ba4648 8 ай бұрын

Your values, principles and full of heart thank you for sharing. Makes me want to paint with oils and write with vigour such a way of life is nourishing. Thank you for posting...awesome soapstone elephant seals your son and pal make. Your rabbit tips and soil is wonderful as so much love too..in Highlands on west coasts the sea is bountiful and seaweed is raked into soils , but the bacterium enzymes must be more . Wish you all continued happyness and wonder. Ben

@renaestevenson1361 7 ай бұрын

This is really great share, Rockhopper and Friends (David, Steve, Alyssa, Elie). I hope I got all your names correctly here. Your lifestyle is inspiring to me and I learned a great deal watching this - you shared your home, yourselves, but MOSTLY you all shared your wisdom and knowledge of living off Our Mother Earth.

@elizabethmorton4904 8 ай бұрын

Steve is a good man, living a very good life, with excellent principles. It attracts me greatly, but I was born with gifts that I need to use, and can't use them in the bush. Thank you!

@rockhopperadventures 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting!

@ginadafox 5 ай бұрын

Amazing!!! I love your way of life!

@wildernesshermit 5 ай бұрын

Excellent presentation. Real folks living a true off grid wilderness life without any nonsense. A difficult thing to find on KZbin these days, many thanks. I'm subscribing and going to watch your other work.

@rockhopperadventures 5 ай бұрын

Thanks! I hope you enjoy my other videos too.

@andygrayson7485 8 ай бұрын

Absolutely love the pebble floor, never have seen this....seems quite obvious 👍👍👍

@bridenfarm 5 ай бұрын

Love how you describe the process of the Bunnies, it’s exactly how I feel here @BridenFarm

@HarrryClaudeLaBar 8 ай бұрын

At 75 you are living my dream. God Bless.

@aleksandraola5250 2 ай бұрын

Maje your dream yours .. you can do it .. we can do it as a group .. I also want this life fir some time

@deedeehartnett7665 7 ай бұрын

This channel was amazing to watch, i learned so much. Call me emotional, but i actually cried at the bunny part. I want to say thank you so much for sharing your way of life.

@julzhepburn3688 3 ай бұрын

I live high in the catalan mountains ,,have a very small amount of solar ,,(as a big build is very expensive) but some lights and phone charging ,,all heating is my woodburner ,and i live in an old stone casa i restored ,,,,i keep my 2horses not large ones ,,the old one is retired and the young smaller one helps me carry wood in winter,,i have a lgd ,and a couple of cats ,,its a dry finca so i haul water up here in my truck ,,im not really self suffient but still live by the dictates of nature as my track becomes impassible in any bad weather ,,theres been a two year drought here ,so growing stuff is limited ,,but i still get the advantages of living in the most beautiful natural valley of olives trees and forst ,,with views of miles into the sunrise ,,am old now and getting slower ,but would Never return to village living ,as Nothing compares to the quality of life ,tranquility beauty ,,and appreciation i feel from living here ,,i will tough it out until my time on this beautiful abundant and magical planet id done ,,,much love from the mountains ,,and bless you for your wonderful vlogs ,i only just found you ,and will subb ,,❤❤🐎🏞🐎🦋🦎🌿🌄🦅🪶🐕

@aleksandraola5250 2 ай бұрын

I read this beautiful story and tears cane to my eyes .. sending lots of love if love . I admire you and so want to live like you fir some rime . Im still not sold on till the end of my days .. have to try it for my self to make up my mind

@Jokker868 6 ай бұрын

Awesome way to live the way we made to live.

@paccur1252 6 ай бұрын

Such a beautiful spot.. l would love this living

@dottier2475 Ай бұрын

Great video, very informative. I watch a lot of these types of videos. Thank you.

@rockhopperadventures Ай бұрын

Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it!

@philpeterson 8 ай бұрын

Awsome that you give thanks I love your peaceful demeanor we would be friends for sure

@TomMan-qy4ux 8 ай бұрын

One of the best video lots Good info its informative

@jonmcleary4192 7 ай бұрын

Fantastic truly inspirational

@haribunn.medium 8 ай бұрын

Wow. Interesting video.

@JesusSaves86AB 7 ай бұрын

Excellent watch. God bless you all.

@gilbertmelara 7 ай бұрын

Hello never knew that life in the bush was very hard and interesting these people are so happy there thank you for your excellent video

@rockhopperadventures 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@jeannieb322 8 ай бұрын

this was so interesting and educational! wave of the future

@rockhopperadventures 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting!

@barbarahutchko3736 7 ай бұрын

Super video on life in the wild. Very tough habitation. Takes amazing people to be able to survive, Antics of that wild rabbit were hysterical.

@marywalker2896 8 ай бұрын

Beautiful life.gorgeous nature.

@atticuskilby515 7 ай бұрын

Excellent vlog, with lots of common sense information and tips to live with nature. Yes, it is hard work, but it is one's own choice in the way that this is achieved. There is no 9-5 boss looking over one's shoulder--it gives a true sense of freedom and at the same time requires a tremendous amount of self discipline. The fruits of this labor are many.

@alicerafferty9595 7 ай бұрын

Loved this video. There was a lot of food for thought. They have a good life. Thank you!

@rockhopperadventures 7 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@paulrosebush9137 8 ай бұрын

Fantastic video and thank you for the upload. Being one with nature is the best and most healthy way to live. An appreciation for nature and all that she affords us is the ultimate living and as natural as possible. Liked and subscribed!

@rockhopperadventures 8 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@michaelweibel9891 7 ай бұрын

Very intelligent man, I admire people like him.

@davelevalley6511 8 ай бұрын

Great documentary. I found all the characters, informative, honest hard working an likeable. I would love to have been able to live like this. Greetings from Brittany, NW France

@rockhopperadventures 8 ай бұрын

Merci! Bonjour to my viewers in France.

@Jacob_Pottz 8 ай бұрын

Amazing video!!!!!!!! I truly appreciate what you've done. Much love. Semper Fidelis

@andreewert1925 8 ай бұрын

you can also use the Ash to make a Cement like slurry ..add clay and straw..or horsehairs....not necessarily structural but great to stucco , fill in around logs..

@andecovillage 5 ай бұрын

Enjoyed seeing your video. From our off-grid homestead in New Brunswick :)

@sandypittman8182 7 ай бұрын

Absolutely great video, thanks so much.

@rockhopperadventures 7 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@Bobbie-s4t 6 күн бұрын

My goodness I love this

@kellssheehan8578 7 ай бұрын

Just excellent! I’m off grid myself, and a carnivore, the bear sounds good, lack of fat is the problem with game meat. I also have a Blaze King the same model, I heat water and cook on it sometimes, excellent stove.

@SwampDonkey530 8 ай бұрын

I had a whole soliloquy to say about the other video, but got stuck on this one. Cheers to you and your family and your friends 🤘🎩

@rockhopperadventures 8 ай бұрын

Cheers!

@EjwiiiMoviesNYMountains 6 ай бұрын

Facinating, we use some of these principles for our summer home.

@actionjackson9554 6 ай бұрын

Amazing work it was just laying around in the river for you

@ZonaEastham 7 ай бұрын

Thank you learned very much. Rick floor love it. I am off grid living on Oklahoma mountain. Love this off grid life.

@brianscott2404 7 ай бұрын

Id Give My Life To Have The Opportunity To Live Like This Today. I Wish I Was There With These Two Guys. It Would Be Life Altering

@aleksandraola5250 2 ай бұрын

Lets form a group and do it .. me too

@denisecrawford6974 7 ай бұрын

Great Video Dave, I loved it and the reality of your way of life Thanks Denise C.

@DanaBellefeuille 7 ай бұрын

now all u need is worms to break down ur waste an turn into compost,, u guys are living the life, how cool.

@bigjay6743 7 ай бұрын

Really enjoyed.

@kirbygulbrandsen4507 8 ай бұрын

The under ground stream definitely is better for you, it has many minerals.

@aleksandraola5250 2 ай бұрын

Lovely video .. Im going to get rid of my “stuff” and hopefully I’ll be ready then to change my life so I can live life that will bring me happiness.. Im going to look for new place to move .. Your video is inspiring and comes at the right time

@rockhopperadventures 2 ай бұрын

Thanks, I'm glad it inspired you!

@lindacrawford5029 7 ай бұрын

Great reality information!

@emilykro1 7 ай бұрын

i love your channel. what a beautiful find

@rockhopperadventures 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for letting me know you enjoy my channel and the people featured in the video!

@davidgingerich2230 8 ай бұрын

WOW Great Video. AWESOME ❤❤

@rockhopperadventures 8 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@Bobbie-s4t 6 күн бұрын

I love this !! Awesome

@jeremymullen5378 7 ай бұрын

🔥wonderful video.. we are off grib in northern Ontario, always work to do but a great way off life for kids. Got wood stove going as we speak 🔥👊🔥🏍🔨⚙️🪵

@littlegriffoffgridalberta6837 8 ай бұрын

Great video ! I want the warm running steam in my front yard :) You never know who you might bump into in the Canadian wilderness just living the dream, Mother earth will give you what you need , Good bear meat is awesome like he said it will keep you warm & your mussel strong :) I don't live that far in the bush but love my off grid life !

@rockhopperadventures 8 ай бұрын

Thanks! I'm glad you're loving life!

@robertodell7835 7 ай бұрын

Tent Material you have found tough,durable.Great Videos.

@gordtaylor4621 6 ай бұрын

This is the real deal! Awesome!

@daviddaley8581 7 ай бұрын

Awesome tought by natives god’s children ❤❤❤❤❤🇨🇦

@westbenchmancave 8 ай бұрын

Love the Ranger hoodie. Good for you!..

@StephenBadhwar 7 ай бұрын

I just retired after serving 26 years with the Canadian Rangers. I wear the hoodie with well-earned pride.

@ChristusIntus 5 ай бұрын

This guy is awesome.

@aletafrances4984 Ай бұрын

Excellent video. One question - where does the money come from to purchase blding supplies, food, etc.?

@GrammyTammy13 7 күн бұрын

Crazy, I stumbled across your channel Today and next thing I know I’m 3 Episodes in and hitting Subscribe and ringing the bell ❤

@rockhopperadventures 2 күн бұрын

Thanks for watching and subscribing!

@able880 5 ай бұрын

When I was a kid my grandfather worked on farm light plants he was a early 1900s electrician and radio man - There were some I remembered that saved all the charcoal from the winter fires and they ran there battery charging generator off the hot gas generated by charcoal smoldering - we called those wood smoke generator back then - Many did not have a lot of Money but had plenty of charcoal for fuel -

@blackterminal 7 ай бұрын

Interesting. Thank you.

@rockhopperadventures 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@kahutochishisumi9056 7 ай бұрын

I'm a Naga from Nagaland, India and we eat nearly everything, including imsects. One difference between carnivore/omnivore and herbivore meat is generally, carnivore/omnivore meat is softer and herbivore meat is harder. I've eaten elephant, bear, dog, cat, boar, leopard, monkey, stag, deer etc. But the best meat I've tasted is the barking deer.

@Monaz1 7 ай бұрын

Its looking great!!! Dont forget insulation. Because vans are tin cans. When its 80 ouside Its like 90 inside the van. You may want to think about the floor. Floors get cold. Congratulations!!!!!