So you think it was cold this past winter? Try living in the Alaskan wilderness from September through December with no electricity, no running water and no conveniences of home. Bernice Pierson PTU's Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist/Marketing Director and Greg Pierson PTU's Golf Fitness Manager lived entirely off the land in a 200 square foot cabin in Alaska's Wrangell-St. Elias mountains. The project was part of the Discovery Channel's hit television show called "The Alaska Experiment." (Season 1)
Greg and Bernice lived in a 60 year old 200 square foot trappers cabin. They spent hours each day chopping and gathering firewood to fill their wood burning stove so they could cook and keep warm.
They had to hike almost a mile everyday to get water. Their watering hole was a glacier fed river that melted from the glacier above their cabin and ran down to the glacier below. Eventually the river froze and they had to chip at the ice and carry the heavy chunks back.
Greg was able to hunt and kill a 300 pound mountain goat which they preserved and ate. Bernice caught several salmon, canned them and made them last for several months. They also sustained themselves with the wild blueberries that grew nearby and a couple of ptarmigan birds.
You can see some video clips here.
You can purchase the DVD's here.
I am making my third visit to Moose Pass, Alaska, this June. I salute you both for the effort it took to live in a primative cabin in the winter in Alaska! What an adventure.
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