Journey: The Quest For Self-Reliance (1976)

[@Jesse_Hood]

More than thankful to have found this. This is my father, I was 7 when he had passed. There are so many things I wish I could have asked him as I grew up. Seeing old videos of him when he was younger is a blessing from god. I wasn't given the chance to get to know him and all I have are the DVDs he had made and rare gems like these. Wish I could have just one hour to talk with him.

[@stoney093]

thats awesome . god bless you an yours

[@whygowegabusch120]

I feel for you brother/sister. Take care.

[@yerkocets]

Your father is an inspiration to me im glad he was on this planet

[@Acta-nonVerba]

Why he passed? What happened? 😢

[@Jesse_Hood]

@Acta-nonVerba My father was a Vietnam Vet. While in Vietnam he was exposed to the chemical “agent orange” which ultimately caused health complications as he got into his late 40s and later passing from a heart attack while sleeping in 2011 at age 67. (My father was 26 years older than my mother) thus why I was conceived late in his life.

[@az_dogwhisperer520]

This is better than 90 percent of Bushcraft videos out there...

[@outdoorvideoswithbrad]

I do stuff like this, but I don’t catch my food, i gather my own water from springs and know some wild medicine, i actually build a nice shelter on new year’s if you’re interested

[@peggymorgan6355]

Because it was filmed before the last shift Of reality.

[@Creaturesofthemaroonlagoon]

Watchin them Canterberries ain't Bushcraft. 😂

[@memorysometimers3067]

Because this was done with meaning. Not to get $$$ from YT vids.

[@outdoorvideoswithbrad]

@@Creaturesofthemaroonlagoon lol, hey you responded that’s all I need

[@crowevurt]

"this was a challenge I had to face, I wanted to do it alone" cameraman:

[@daleyfun2247]

Yeah wtf 🤣

[@59plexi]

i was just thinking of that 🎥

[@user-ch6um1vn8x]

He started off with a knife and a dime and the next day he happens to have rope. This story is BS.

[@Sid-gu5qk]

​@@user-ch6um1vn8xwatch again, it shows him making the rope.

[@davearonow65]

Not only cameraman, but that annoying banjo hillbilly band following him around the whole time, too just strumming away just out of camera shot.

[@0tt0z]

I love these old films. Thanks for sharing.

[@TurkishKB]

This guy is dropping life lesson one liners all day long!

[@viddyo]

I remember seeing this in the early 80's and have been looking for it since, then not only to find it but find out it was the inimitable Ron Hood! A reminder of the man, and how beautiful the Sierra Nevads are; need to get back there! R.I.P. Mr. Hood, and thanks.

[@trapperdan2887]

What a great Film, can feel the Peace and quietness.. love these old films without any drama etc.

[@DMeade-g3h]

That same music plays when I’m in the wilderness

[@Xtreme808machine]

Lamo 😂

[@kevinjohnson9533]

LOL😅

[@Tracy81258]

I keep hearing banjos playing in the darkness.

[@rightwired]

We did this in Boy Scouts. It was called "Wilderness Survival." You got a tarp, a `10 foot piece of twine, 3 matches, a pocketknife, a canteen, and that was it. We did during the winter. In order of importance: Shelter, water, fire, food, physical health, mental health.

[@jamessones4044]

That was back when govt wanted the best for us.

[@Dhardy316]

Same here my man, the night we did it the wind was about -10! 30 years later and still a great memory!

[@rightwired]

@@Dhardy316 awesome! omg -so true! 10 below zero!? ..that's crazy i think we had 10 inches of lake effect snow but it was really warm...

[@randmcnally6442]

I never got to do that in the Boy Scouts, you guys are lucky.

[@maxpinson5002]

​@@randmcnally6442 In the early 70's, we got to use knives and make campfires and shoot guns at summer camp. I enjoyed the real scouts back then. A true shame that the younger people didn't get to have the same experiences

[@IntoTheWild369]

Brings back memories from the good ole days. I miss you Ron.

[@loren-zen-way7699]

Ron Hood the OG of wilderness survival!

[@challenger2884]

Cabin River Outdoors brought me here ... love to see the 'vintage' gear / leather boots and memories of '70s hiking JMT.

[@timbridgewater]

Wonderful, thank you! ✌️

[@jackmccombs2083]

The most beautiful film.

[@phyuckyu9222]

Alone in the wilderness by Dick Proenneke is another great one to watch

[@bunkydoes8048]

He's the real deal, for sure

[@johnpowell8568]

Nice. Reminds me of me, though I never learned bow drill fire making The vintage aspect was a very poignant connection to that lost time of youthful innocence. The memories it brings to me in such a down to Earthy sort of way, because it is all about getting back in touch with our Earth Mother! Really beautiful. Thank you for sharing! Gotta love it...

[@andriidubinin955]

Thank you for this amazing video!

[@jamessones4044]

I feel compelled to share something I saw recently. It’s called ‘ Willard- the hermit of Gully lake’. Self explanatory really but seeing how a man survived 40 years in -30 was really interesting. I enjoy the ‘Frontier movies/series on Netflix,the determination needed to make those journeys in that era are riveting to me. These old reels are great. Thank you

[@UltimateAleks]

Some movie recommendations?

[@jamessones4044]

@ love,honour & Obey.

[@UltimateAleks]

@@jamessones4044 Thanks!

[@Bazza-m6p]

Reminds me of a australian bushman, an ex army officer traveling and showing how to survive in the outback.

[@karstenvandersande3710]

Wild that he hiked from the southern sierras to mammoth in 2 weeks w/ just bushcraft skills.

[@stevefisher2121]

Awesome video!!!!

[@astrumdeus7098]

He's not alone, there's a film crew with him

[@joshhoppring5051]

If the trip is real then he would've done it and filmed it afterwards. Calm down

[@crowevurt]

looks like someone forgot to scroll down

[@user-ch6um1vn8x]

He started off with a knife and dime and somehow a few days in has rope, an overcoat, bags, etc. This story is BS.

[@NoFeeArea]

It's the precursor to Survivor.

[@adyingbreedofman9112]

​@user-ch6um1vn8x this man caught a trout bare handed, unless I'm not seeing the fish correctly. That doesn't happen.

[@M.Antonov_eye]

it is like the happy version of the movie "Into the wild" I am fulfilled

[@randmcnally6442]

Awesome video, exactly what I’ve always wanted to do, but never had the time/money.

[@JacobMarkley]

I didn't see him spend anything, but I get what you mean

[@randmcnally6442]

@ That camera crew wasn’t cheap I bet. 🤣

[@ltruism]

Great video

[@fancymovies7073]

Did the snowshoes work? Looked like he was making some pretty deep tracks. Tough hike.

[@JoeK-r3f]

Cool video, I dream but lack your confidence. Good job

[@Kylerjguitar]

That was incredible the way he caught that fish

[@bigears4014]

It's easy but illegal, tickling the trout they are resting under the stones

[@steviechampagne]

"the mountains were ignoring me. maybe that's why i felt so alone"

[@luckylarry5112]

I miss Ron...

[@NoFeeArea]

That's a cool drone that follows him around.

[@TheHypnotstCollector]

I lived near the San Joaquin Rv near Kerchoff Lake 2001-2018. Always said I'm gunna walk over the mtns.... Paiutes do it every year near North Fork, over to Nevada... and into Utah for some. Now I'm near Sutter Creek, 125 air miles north. And it's getting late in the day.... I was going to do it alone but now I'm with sweetie and she would not like that..... So now I need to convince my son to do it. If you want to just walk over, it takes 2-4 days. 20 miles a day. So at 75 I'm going to have find a friend to go over the Sierra. JC Fremont and friends crossed via American River. In Late January with snow. And a canon. Took about a month.

[@johnrudy9404]

Me again...this was, as another commenter said, a film for a Masters completion. Actual time to complete this fim was 5 mo. Dont think it was meant to suggest he was REALLY alone. Google the title, you'll find it. I think those Donner people could offer some advice...like "Dont take no short cuts."

[@Spartan-Of-Truth]

I’m already preparing for my permanent disappearance. I have to do better and try harder to make sure I’m ready.

[@jonmacdonald5345]

Same.....

[@kylefreemason]

Is that a young Ron Hood?

[@noads-ll5xv]

21:21 Yes

[@eddiewhite642]

Who is filming?

[@wickittiewhaat2495]

The credit indicate as such yes!

[@IntoTheWild369]

Yep!

[@Kreetcheer]

So ..if he is solo hiking, who is filming? All that movement, zooming in and out, etc.

[@johnrudy9404]

Soooo... cameraman...what's with that? Also, think, more than one guy in crew. How else could he do it? But, to be fair,..all programs back then. Kudos to him for making this film.

[@SmugMrSmitty]

2:32 "and i wanted to do it alone" as the cameraman slowly pans out....🙄😅🤣

[@majorhykroutdoors1986]

Survivorman before Survivorman 🙂

[@bellyarty]

Well he wasn't really alone was he, there was a film crew! Nice little film though thank you.

[@rosamundg.]

Yes, it is a bit of a trick on us, but as you say, a nice little film anyway - peaceful💚

[@macarius8802]

​It's funny how it took me a while to notice that! Too funny.

[@josephhaddakin7095]

Check out Dick Proenneke's film footage for someone truly doing it alone.

[@cspencer3421]

This guy would be in jail by the first night today. Catching fish like that, making a bed out of branches,Starting a fire! Between all the dogooder hikers and the forest service. His next video would've been about prison life.

[@glennevitt5250]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😎👍 and today standards you’re exactly right 😎

[@froggergoat]

😂😂

[@hernehill6282]

Wow, sarcasm.

[@kevinjohnson9533]

LOL🤣 You sure are cynical sourdough.

[@61shotbeehive]

"I decided next time....I'd bring a lighter... and some beans"

[@chadhelms4948]

Cool video but he wasn't alone out there.

[@steviechampagne]

the production value wouldn't be nearly this good if he was. this is a film worth watching over and over

[@jwfinley7808]

I lived in the Sierra's for 34 years. Higher than this guy. Cell phones didnt work! I can tell you he better hurry up if hes only got two week's!

[@highalpine7321]

you must be high if your calling it the "Sierra's"

[@don-qh7fx]

@@highalpine7321..? That quiet literally is the sierra

[@don-qh7fx]

@@highalpine7321look up where the kern river is lol

[@maxpinson5002]

HaHa No cellphones in the mid 70's He had a dime for a payphone

[@LawtonFile-ut7xw]

Go pro in the river scene or what

[@maxpinson5002]

Mid 70's No go pros or digital cameras. Film everything

[@bigb0r3]

All to myself, just me and the camera crew.

[@ErnieChapa]

If you were alone... who did the filming?

[@Boreascorax]

The crew is named in the credits at the end.

[@josephhaddakin7095]

Bycocket, he did it his way.

[@42lookc]

2:28 "... and I wanted to do it... alone", as the cameraman pans past him over the mountain range. This was where the BSing for views must have began.

[@TheBardicWolf]

That fish was definitely planted...no wriggle and no blood when he smashed its head

[@cliffwebb1443]

Good thing he had a camera crew to mooch off of .

[@bugales9055]

Omg what? No patagonia jacket? No goretex shoes? No lifestraw?Wondering like that in a flanel? What are we? Savages? 😆

[@user-ch6um1vn8x]

I guess by crossing the mountains alone he means himself and a cameraman.

[@Jarrod_D]

I'm sorry I mentioned Mcdodge 😢😢😢

[@Jarrod_D]

Just me and the whole camera crew reminded me of naked and afraid 😅😅😅

[@stribble78]

Pretty good

[@frankiedunham6678]

Badass

[@joshhofman6216]

I hate to be a pessimist but I assume there was a camera man?

[@glennevitt5250]

That’s one times is more simpler and a lot safer😎

[@Hotrodford]

So how is he “by himself?” There’s obviously someone with him filming this and that person has to eat, and sleep, etc. also.

[@brianfarmer6223]

Is he alone if he’s being filmed?

[@sproket168]

Wonder if he got a permit

[@jebstewart666]

credits said he was in sequoia national forest so probably not.

[@charlesleblanc6638]

Interesting film, but just making that amount of rope and snowshoes, would of taken quite a chunk of time.

[@SkippyTarbuckle]

Probably take at least an ounce or two...gotta be supplied. Must have been annoying to have that banjo player banging away whilst he was trying to fish.

[@JB-ef7ks]

Says he's all alone but fails to mention the camera guy/ possible crew

[@aaronhart3575]

I bet the cameraman had food and matches

[@chuckrobertson45]

I had to do it alone with a camera guy filming me zooming in and out and panning around lol I mean it’s cool but like he wasn’t by himself

[@susboy1554]

Literally me

[@seanlangaker1]

Ahhhh yes. Looks like every Washington state hipster. Video was alright. Proenneke was the real deal.

[@HuaweiTablet-vq5qc]

What's he talking about silence and solitude, he's obviously not doing the filming himself.

[@davearonow65]

It is extremely dangerous to be out there alone. Sasquatch will rip your flesh and pick your bones with his teeth, or is it, pick his teeth with your bones?Anyway, Then you'll wake up grave yard dead, and you'll ask yourself, "Self? Was it worth it?" All the while, Sasquatch continues laughing.

[@wawywawo]

🤙

[@FloridaManMatty]

2:29 - “…and I wanted to do it alone.” Just me. By myself. Absolutely, positively no one else. Solo. Only me… …and a camera crew. And the sound guy. Oh, and the grip. Can’t forget the grip. Or the director. But I still did it alone with no technology. Just me and seven other guys. And their A/V hardware. And radios. But that’s all.

[@conqueringlion420]

So this is who Survivorman copied. Also Les “literally I was the first and their was nothing ever like this ever seen on tv”

[@maxpinson5002]

Have the naysayers ever even heard of Ron Hood ?

[@G5im7]

Does anyone know what song this is in the beginning, Shazam keeps thinking it’s some real cr@ppy music that isn’t even close to sounding similar…. Literally club techno mix it showed me

[@MONTANAMANOFFICIAL]

Date - 1978-06 Resource Type - Masters Thesis Creator - Hood, Ronald Dennis Advisor - Welton, George Committee Member Bullaro, john Ware, William Campus - Northridge Department - Recreation and Tourism Management Publisher - California State University, Northridge Degree Level - Masters Degree Name - M.S. Subjects Wilderness survival. Outdoor education. Self-reliance. Educational films Dissertations, Academic -- CSUN -- Recreation and Tourism Management.

[@nightshadefern162]

alone. *Except whoever else is swinging the camera the whole time.

[@armandzottola1626]

Lot of risk here.

[@Creaturesofthemaroonlagoon]

Can you believe that this man was able to... make a phone call for a Dime?

[@maxpinson5002]

Payphones were a dime then went to quarters

[@СергейЛузгин-в6и]

..всё окей...не хватило только виски(с содовой)...и бифштекса(средней прожарки)с кровью.. ...ну а так...ничего... ...возьми банджо...сыграй мне на прощанье...

[@jwfinley7808]

He said two weeks so now he wants to hike down out of the snow??? WTF BY

[@tomrichardson3107]

1 fish a a few berries? Don't think so! 😂

[@ridgerover8347]

Ron taught the usefulness of fasting decades before the current fasting rage.

[@Thoreau-e4l]

Just thought I would mention, that's me on the harmonica.

[@jonmacdonald5345]

​@Thoreau-e4l Nice Nice didn't you do the opening theme song on the TV show Roseanne too??

[@Thoreau-e4l]

@jonmacdonald5345 why yes,so nice of you to notice. I also whistled the theme for Andy griffin

[@powerwagon3731]

I’m serious my wife fasted for 21 days with just water. She said the hunger goes away after 4 days then you go into ketosis. But she didn’t climb a mountain though. Not for me , I need 3 squares a day,

[@highalpine7321]

Absolute Fiction

[@user-ch6um1vn8x]

What a BS story.

[@ronaldboyer5820]

A real life Daniel Boone

[@DonL1edtke]

Who's shooting this footage...😮? No food, no matches and no compass. Alone. 😶‍🌫️🤯🫨💯