10 Brutal Stories From The History Of The Mountain Men
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- Few figures in history conjure up more striking images of the American West than that of the Mountain Man. Though often romanticized, their lives were in fact dirty, difficult, and all too often, violently brief. Tonight, join History At The OK Corral for a look at 10 of the most legendary stories from the history of the Mountain Men.
0:31-7:12 A Rocky Mountain Fight To The Finish
7:13-15:00 The Death of Hugh Glass
15:01-25:10 The Killing of George Druillard
25:10-30:29 John Colter’s Death Run
30:30-53:00 The Tragic Death of Mr Howell
53:01-1:11:40 The Poison Bullet Ambush of 1836
1:11:41-1:24:44 The Sandbar Fight of 1835
1:24:45-1:50:16 The Tonquin Explosion
1:50:17-2:04:59 The Battle of Sitka 1802
2:05:00-2:30:21 The Umpqua Massacre
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“My Four Years In The Rockies” by Isaac P. Rose a.co/d/c7mLBLE
“Jedediah Smith: No Ordinary Man” by Barton H. Barbour a.co/d/47sGMdy
“The Fur Trade Gamble” by Lloyd Keith. a.co/d/2BekXa9
“Blood and Thunder” by Hampton Sides. a.co/d/e5FYUeJ
Not mentioned in these tales or in most history in general is the fact that the indian tribes weren't so much trying to keep the white men and other indian tribes out of their territory as they were trying to protect their monopoly on access to the furs in that area or, as in the case of the Iroquois, they used white man's muskets to keep the tribes further West who actually trapped the furs from trading directly with the white men. They fought fiercely to maintain their monopoly as middle men.
The white trappers described in these stories were usually attacked, not because they were in the indian's territory, but because they were TRAPPING the beavers and trying to cut the indians in the area out of the line of trade.
We'd like to cover everything, some gets lost in the process of editing the story. But this is very important point, people often conflate later conflicts over settlement with conflicts over what essentially boils down to economics. Thank you for contributing to the conversation, our goal is to share these stories accurately and charitably. We will pin this comment so hopefully more people can read it! God bless!
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@historyattheokcorral Blackfeet this isn't Canada have some respect!!!
This is my favorite US history channel. Real stories without Hollywood spin
All my history channels use CGI and somehow Vin Diesel keeps appearing in history. BTW, a lot of these stories come from oral tradition, which is famous for embellishing.
Indeed, I really appreciate the lack of Hollywood spin. However, I must correct one point in the above video. John Colter hid from the Blackfeet by diving into the water, and emerging inside the interior of a beaver lodge, not a beaver dam. Many years ago I read a first hand account of his famous run, told by Colter himself (most likely written down by someone else, because it is thought that Colter could not write). In this account he stated that the beavers inside their lodge, were slightly aggressive to him initially, but they did move and make a space for him. I have a mental picture of these astonished beavers trying to figure out who or what, was this creature who had invaded their lodge.
@@The_ZeroLine yeah but it’s authentic . A story that has been passed down through word of mouth and might be embellished a little bit is completely different from the huge liberties Hollywood takes with the truth when making a “history” movie.
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Your voice, music, and the way you end each story give your videos a great campfire atmosphere. Every one is a hit
most researched and best narrated 'stories' on YT..and so under rated..
Thank you!!!
I’m support this comment
Fyi David Thompson story makes Lewis and Clark boring
Yessss this
As a student of history i always found this part of history interesting but your Channel just took that to another level.
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As a student of English you would know where your mistake is.
Definitely not a student of grammar!
As to the bit with Jedidiah Smith. If they had understood the culture of the natives they were dealing with, and treated their chiefs with more deference they could have avoided the massacre. But they just didn't understand that some people you just can't insult... Probably didn't realize they had been insulting and they paid for it with their lives. It still happens today between cultures all around the globe.
These stories are terrific in every way! I’m so happy to have found you. Thanks sincerely!
It really brings you a whole new perspective when you list the names of the people lost. It's often left out when this history is told , where people are relegated to just "mountain men". We forget these were individuals just as you are I. I find your videos both compelling and humanizing, well done.
These compilations are the very very best North American/war/battles/Wild West history compilations on TH-cam!!! I have been watching LITERALLY ALL DAY!! I am really enjoying all of the stories of very real people. You deserve so many more subs and likes. Unfortunately, people aren’t into this stuff. They’d rather sit on TikTok or FB and see what’s trending. Like that’s really going to matter in the grand scheme of things 100 years from now!!!
I appreciate all the time and effort you put into this content!! Bless you!! I look forward to (hopefully) many many more!! Especially the long watches!! Idk why but I really enjoy them!
My six month old daughter sleeps peacefully when I put on your channel during her morning nap, so thank you 🙏
So glad to hear that! She will be a history expert in no time! 😂🙏🏻 God bless!
@ that’s the hopes! You as well!
Absolutely fantastic 👏👏👏 Keep up your excellent work 👍
Hugh Glass died as he lived. A man of action. And Gardener properly avenged his mates. I salute both for the men they were. Men of courage, bravery & action. I'm a 55 yr old Texan, former military & law enforcement. I have met very very few real men in my life. How many men today have the grit, courage & fortitude of Hugh Glass, John Colter, Jim Bridger, Jedidiah Smith, Kit Carson, James Beckworth, William Henry Ashley, David Crocket, William Sublette, Jeff Turner, Marcus L. Sewell, James Bowie, Andrew J. Sowell, William B. Travis, Andrew Jackson, Lewis & Clark? How many men in America today can run a line of traps, endure hunger for days on end, skin & treat animal skins, make moccasins & clothes from treated skins, live off of what nature provides, & are prepared to take life if necessary to preserve & protect the lives of their own? The American male of 2023 is largely an embarrassing degradation of the men who defeated the mighty British military & fellow loyalists to establish our Republic in the 18th century. We are no longer men of steal, but soft. David Goggins is a modern day example of what real men should aspire to be in terms of courage & fortitude with a warrior mentality. Stay hard, & if you're soft, get hard!
Remember Uvalde
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All the stuff you mention I do on a regular basis except the taking life of another man. That’s something that lays heavy on a man’s soul. I’ve had to defend myself and been there and done that and it weighs on me daily but I’d do it again to save my family or my own life without thinking. I’d do it again with a smile on my face over my wife and kids. The only thing I could think the night my ordeal took place is it’s him or me and I didn’t start this, I wasn’t robbing him. I do run a line of traps and enjoy every second of the trudging through the mud and ice or plowing through the thickets just nature and me. I find grace in my solitude in the woods. If you can watch a day come alive and go to sleep and not believe in a higher power I truly believe there’s issues inside somewhere. I raised my kids the same way and taught them where their food comes from. We raised our own meats and they was part of the harvest hands on. They’ve all ran traps with me and most run a line of their own these days. Thank you for your service sir. I was unable to serve due to a replacement eardrum and a blown out knee by the time I turned 18.
You can't do any of that
Times were different, I am 60 and have skinned lots of animals for hides and food, made alot of money in 70s and 80s lot of hard work, that is all over now no money in it. Not everybody wanted to be a farmer in 1700s and 1800s. A lot more wilder place back then.
Losing 75m buffalo, which fertilized and aerated soil as they migrated has changed entire landscapes. Similarly, we’ve discovered that whales are critical to fertilizing the ocean floor. It was economically foolish to allow the herds to get so small. Had just a few million been left, they could have harvested tens-of-thousands continuously rather than losing all of them.
Wait until they look at us for destroying the environment mining lithium for batteries and eradicating millions of birds with giant fan blades. Don't view history through a modern prism or you might miss the point
Unfortunately they would have no place to roam. We have populated and covered their previous terrain
The loss of Buffalo was only one aspect of our untold collective history. Many people do not realize how many great fires there have been throughout history. The Great Lakes region was once so thick with trees that it was difficult to tell whether it was night or day underneath the canopy. Unfortunately it was intentionally burnt down from lake michigan to lake huron, just to remove the native population. Unfathomable amounts of wildlife, plants and fungi were lost. All of these things happened collectively to destabilize the ecology and food supply of the indigenous. In fact the entire continent of America was a permaculture food forest. But the settlers who wrote history didn't have a word for permaculture so they couldn't understand it until modern times. All they knew was conventional agriculture which lacks sustainability. When you look into the history of every city, big or small, in America, you will discover they all burnt down at one point. Then to go one step further look into the architecture of each city. Then try to explain how the population could have built what you see. Given that there was no electricity, no power tools, a smaller population, minimal transportation, etc. And yet every cathedral, university, railroad, bridge, canal, capital, and town was somehow built within 1 - 30 years. Immediately after removing the native population. While enduring wars, famines, a great depression, slavery, mental institutions, etc. All of that seems highly questionable. Our history is greater than any fantasy ever conceived. And the mainstream narrative was constructed in order to prevent humanity from remembering our full potential. Good luck on your quest for truth, and restoring the old world.
They killed the buffalo in order to kill the Indians - the economics was secondary
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I gotta say I Love your stories....! Besides being for the most part factual.. Your channel, along with your stories would be mandatory in any history classroom..! AWESOME JOB & OUTSTANDING WORK....! I mean it , Thanks for true awesome uploads like yours... Carry on Steve E. Charlotte N.C.
This is a gem. The stories are great and interesting of course, but what I especially appreciate is that your sources are credited and you clearly tell us when you're quoting a source.
You actually did the work. In this TH-cam hellscape of plagiarism and stolen work I like to give credit those who do it right.
Every story told was wrong because there isn't a Blackfoot Indian in this country period its a Canadian band!!! All bullshit. If he did any digging he would know the name of the band of natives he's talking about because he has zero respect and can't quote there names correctly he has zero credibility.
@@howardmorrow5350I lived in Montana and the blackfeet were in both Canada and Montana and they saw no line of division in their land.
I find this period incredibly interesting! I appreciate the breadth of this presentation! Keep it coming! Thank you!!! :)
Awesome I've downloaded it and I will finish it today for sure. Thank you for all your hard work.
Enjoy!
Stumbled on your channel on auto play. Glad I did. Subd and looking forward to diving into your well done vids. Thanks
What a great channel you have put together
Thank you very much!!
@@historyattheokcorral most underrated channel on yt, thank u!
Awesome stories! Thank you. Enjoyed listening to these accounts.
So GLAD I came across your channel and am binge watching. - grabs popcorn -❤❤
Man I wish my granddaddy was here to watch this with. He woulda loved it. Best grandpa ever. ❤
This is one of the best things iv seen on TH-cam.
You're doing a awesome job with these stories. Keep them coming.
Thank you! We have lots more on the way asap!
4:00 That is a conibear trap shown. They were not invented until the mid 1900's. Trappers of this era used double longspring leg hold traps. The conibear snaps the neck.
Cool your tittys wolfboy, he also used Leo Dicrapio as Hugh Glass and the kid who got his ball bit by a tarantula in we're the millers... (also not the real Jim Bridger) and the landscapes in the paintings are also not the valleys he is speaking about. He is just using stock photos. Cut and paste. I know this will break your heart but not everything on the interweb is real, fact, or truthful.
Well… of course not everything is real online, but for channels that ARE serious about what they do, about the information they’re presenting, little details like stock photos can make a difference. Luckily, this channel doesn’t seem to overdo it with the insane, unrelated stock imagery. These photos actually make SENSE with the stories… they’re not THAT far off..
Conibears don't snap the neck, they're crushing/asphyxiating traps.
If you're going to correct someone, it helps to know what you're talking about.
@@cavemanjoe7972 Wrong you be beta Joe! Conibears certainly do snap the neck! On seldom occasions they don't. They break the neck on wolverines that I catch let alone otters and beaver. Let me guess, you live in the city in your moms house and have never even seen an animal in the wild? BINGO ! I got it right!!!
I really like how these stories are put together and read.
Hokc, I have been a fan, and admirer of your History channel and subjects,thanks. 🎉
I like this format, I've always preferred the short stories of Steven King
(Night Shift, Skeleton Crew)
Over his famous longform novels
(The Stand,The Gunslinger)
This is no different, I love a whole episode of short stories.
Man you have the whiniest commenters lol. Great stories; I love these longform anthology style videos. Cant wait to check out your other videos.
Well I am enjoying this. I plan on listening to these with the kids over the next few evenings.
Greetings from Apacheria in the Arizona Territories Ahe'hye'e
Greetings from Texas!
You earned my sub. Love this channel
12/12/23 Viewing; loved it!
As a teenager, I trapped a 10 mile stretch of a river and tributaries. That was tough enough as I fractured an ankle, got blood poisoning and beaver fever as well as many cuts and scrapes that I still have scars from today. I cant imagine some of the hardships and injuries these men had to endure.
I think I had a touch of beaver fever😮
I have to ask, what is beaver fever?
@@dextermorgan1 It has a scientific name but it's basically a skin rash and fever contracted from a concentration of beaver urine in water. It is irritating but not usually dangerous.
Beaver fever symptoms, your lips get dry, and burn, sometimes in severe cases the bottom of your tongue gets sore.
@@RonS.-ts8ecsomeone come get their uncle
Love it!
Thank you kindly for this.
'To know the future one must look to the past.'
I can't remember who said this.
Love the mountain man stories. But with the story of Mr. Howell, a revolver was mentioned persuading the boat captain to turn around, and the date 1834. The first successful revolver was not patented until 1836, and as they were few in number and expensive, revolvers were not common until the 1850’s. Although just a small detail
You are correct if utilizing the COLT revolver concept, but Pepper Box revolvers ( Revolving barrels) were popular in North America from 1830 to the Civil War. Just a possible explanation.
It’s an AI generated video…
Damn interesting stories and good narration
I love how he just blew up the Ship. that is so gangster. I found this channel 2 days ago. Binge watching ever since love what you're doing.
8:22 Hugh glass couldn’t chase them because they joined the military as a scout. That is factual. He didn’t ever get to kill him though. He was protected by the military. The only thing the move got wrong was the child and knife fight. But he definitely did not forgive. He had no choice but to move on.
I’m a proud descendent from a long line of ancestral warriors from the notorious Sioux tribes. We would hunt fiercely after herds of buffalo all through the plains. All while dominating other tribes throughout the entire plains of Montana, Wyoming, and the Dakotas. The Assiniboine area on the map today is now a reservation belonging to a band of Sioux called Ft Peck. Thx for the uploads tho
Shoe manni 🎉too tonka...aw waw chee!
Couldn’t dominate the white man though. Too bad , turns out that’s the only group of people you had to be worried about. 🤷♂️
Loved the use of Red Dead Redemption 2 clips!!! 😎
EPIC!!!!
Your videos got me to play red dead redemption 2 lol. I sleep to them too they're soothing.
Amazing content
Better to be late than not to be here at all.😊
How far can an arrow fly ?
All of these accounts of history make it seem like 1000 or more yards.
This is my experience with a 40 lb bow (Bear fiberglass). With wind not a factor, wooden field point arrows got out to 200 yards. That is holding for max elevation for range. No matter what angle I tried, none ever broke the 200 yd mark.
A hard and unforgiving life. Anyone who’s ever spent time in the deep wilderness can appreciate the sense of exposure and danger these men faced.
Oh yeah you spend a lot of time being attacked by the blackfoot?
You don’t even need to encounter other people to be exposed and in danger.
I once chased a badger that ran out in front of the tractor while plowing. I was 12 or 13 and without thinking stopped the tractor, grabbed a 12" Cresent wrench and took after it. It was now running on firm oats ground which helped me get closer and closer. Badger reached his hole, which I didn't know about, did a 180 to face me and let out a nasty snarl along with a show of teeth. I remember looking at my "weapon" and thought "This is a bad idea". I immediately started backing away slowly, allowing the badger to put one in the "W" column. 🤣🤣
All else aside, these guys were some tough dudes. I have a hard time imagining the challenges they faced.
Swimming under the ice and spending the night inside a beaver dam. Then swimming back and walking 11 days to "safety" only to find everyone there slaughtered. Some of these guys must've had iron tough immune systems. I would've had hypo-thermia and/or pneumonia within a couple days max.
George Washington was another tough one. He got dunked in a river with ice slabs, then climbed onto one and rode it for a day or night. Another guy was with him and they huddled together on the ice slab for some warmth. Its been a long time since I read that story so I likely got some detail messed up. IIRC George and buddy were trying to escape either Indians or British or both. They certainly had motivation to escape somebody.
It would be bad enough to be dry and hole up in a dry shed, instead of soaked and being outside.
@@LuvBorderCollies Yup. Some of the stories are astounding. They likely may be stretched a little, or not. But still, those people were pure tough. Another really good story is that of Matilda Lockhart escaping from the Comanche Indians in Texas. The story sends chills up your spine!
Great Stories 👍🏻
Very interesting and well done
Tombstone is a cool town.
There's a beaver joke somewhere in here. Cool content 👌 😎
When listen to many of the storys you promice telling more about it but last 2-3 hours storys always the same when you release new storys? Dont get me wrong love your history only heard of a few of them but learning a lot of new storys but cant get enough so hope to hear some new storys now From a great time and thanks for your great work and uploads i love it 🙏🏻
Good content here. I would love to see the story of the notorious but fascinating James Kirker.
Could you make for videos that are longer, 3+ hours would great!
Yes! We are working on it! Next week's MIGHT be that long, certainly close anyways! Glad to hear you enjoy them!!
My family (my sister, her partner and brother in law) participate in hunting competitions. They select the animals they target based on the prizes offered by each competition.
They have a fairly accurate idea of where the animals will be at any given time of day. A level of management comparable to farming.
Given this, you can imagine how the uninformed actions of interlopers would offend people who rely on wildlife for their own survival.
To my knowledge, my sister has not scalped and mutilated any poachers.😅
Do they hunt for food or just bragging rights?
@@KFerg9 mostly food, they hunt when there are no competitions as well. Any prizes are a bonus.
I say mostly because my sister also does pest control, targeting introduced animals that threaten native forest and wildlife, and/or damage agriculture.
@@KFerg9 don't people eat bears? Or is that only the mostly vegetarian Black Bears?
You'd need a good freezer if you hunt moose? And a strong back.
@@KFerg9 I'm guessing moose taste like elk?
@@theflamingone8729the Scottish government hire me and my colleagues once a year to go out and cull wild haggis in Scotland, the pay isn’t the best but those wild haggis are tough little beasties and very difficult to catch
Thanks for the info,stories & history of these great men/women of a past time, Amazing
I find it shocking that they would have lied so blatantly about Hugh Glass. It shows the greatest of disrespect not only for the man and his family, but for history. They teach false history at every opportunity, and should not be allowed to get away with it. So thanks for telling the truth.
I don't find it shocking at all, it is Hollywood aftter all and the majority of people are lazy and don't question what they are fed. Thats the reality.
I do, in general, agree with you though.
When you say "They teach false history at every opportunity, and should not be allowed to get away with it", who are you talking about?
@@leelafarlett3535 I'm talking about anyone who makes up false stories about actual people. Hollywood movies or anyone who takes liberties with the truth, is lying about real people, which if they were alive, is actionable as defamation.
If it's not accurate, rather than letting people think it is, integrity would demand at least a disclaimer. In my humble opinion.
@@wendys390 I though you might have been talking about our schools teaching children things about people that wasnt true.
Those men were beyond brave.
That was very enjoyable
Where do i hear these other stories.. Dont leave me hanging
Thanks
Native Americans were absolutely brutal to each other and the Americans. This period of American history is fascinating. Thank you for putting this together for us!
But Hollywood has never made a single revenge movie! Druillard: yet another lesson to not get greedy. Coulter: what a great story.
The Revenant
I grew up in central Montana and can assure you fighting with the Blackfoot is still part of the experience.
I like the early 1800 s , could u offer versions with out the music ?
Cool
My Blackfeet friends had always asserted that they had never met a kinsman with only one foot.
As for John Colter story, I've heard 2 different stories, one he hid in a beaver hut, but other which makes more sense he found a log jam.
Do a story on the cannibalistic conflict between the Apache and the Pawnee!
Apache and Pawnee???? They lived a very long way apart? I am Pawnee and Osage. I'm curious about your story.
The Pawnee are from nebraska, they did not migrate towards Oklahoma until much later. Even then we were not traveling at 80 mph on horseback. Interaction were extremely limited as far as I know.
@@ivymoon1779 Yes plains Apache and some Jicarilla Apache and Pawnee warred with each other at some point. I read about how Apache had taken Pawnee captives to New Mexico to sell into slavery. Those who weren't wanted were beheaded. Apache then started cannibalizing Pawnee captives. In turn, Pawnee started taking Apache captives and cannibalized them. It's also well known the Pawnee traveled frequently to New Mexico and Texas.
@@bryanshoemaker6120 Pawnee's earliest history goes back to Eastern Texas and western Louisiana. They migrated north to Nebraska where they made that their official home. Although once the Sioux moved to the plains, Pawnee started relocating to mostly southern Nebraska and Kansas. I'm just curious to hear an in depth story about the topic I mentioned.
Wish more people would hear these stories.
the history of the mountain men good show
❤ it!
Richard Harris and John Huston in MAN in the WILDERNESS, a great film about Hugh Glass
Loved it,son❤
I like this narration. I just cant listen as the music, though somrwhat low distacts me too much.
Colter: Beaver dams do not have holes in them. Beaver lodges and beaver bank dens do have very large underwater entrances.
The trap pictured at 4:01 was a “conibear” trap which first became available in 1958.
“Which leads me to wonder what did they mean before that” 😂
49:29 it’s not a “canter” of a saddle but a cantle of a saddle. A canter is a gait of a horse faster than the trot. (FYI)
My cousin Johnnys boat kept getting stolen and vandalized on the rez. So he fixed it up and re named it the "Tonquin Avenger". somehow, the next time it got stolen by our cousins it caught fire and the thieves got all burnt and drowned. They washed up in the gillnets we use for food fishery and ceremonial purposes only. Wink wink.
Here’s a question:
In order to make beaver hats, did the pelt have to be in winter prime or could summer pelts be used as well?
not to sure. i do think cold pelts were a issue when skinning
Winter prime would have brought higher prices. A cheap beaver hat would have been made from un-prime pelts.
I like this
I love your videos bro but please get a better microphone
Background music is badass
This breed of men. the mountain men, were a bunch of wild and wooly men that lived with death by poison, hunger, Native tribes like the Pawnee, the Blackfoot, Lakota, and others. A simple cut could fester and kill you, as well as any other injury. If his horse was stolen or lame, it was a death sentence. Why did they do it? They wanted to see "the Elephant", or the " High Lonesome ". They disliked civilization or could not keep out of trouble in it. Many reasons, but all of them wanted the land west of the Mississippi river to remain a wild and natural place. They all lived like the natives, using every part of an animal they killed, left nature as is, and loved the feeling of being the first white man to ever see a river or a valley, lush with lakes and high grass. Amazing is too poor of a word for them.
My ancestor named Fielding Isacc, in 1850 was found with his head crushed in a 1300 lb dead grizzly. His knife was broken off in the bears neck. He was hired to stock towns with meat during the gold rush west. He was from West Virginia, ohio, and Kentucky area.
As a history of student this is one the videos.
When I was growing up I the early 60s, we had a older lady neighbour called glass in our street in belfast
Wow, going out there was not really safe! John P.
I was always told wm station is ruins along hwy 50 in the lahontan dam area.
"... those are stories for another time" - like right now!
The past is a wilderness of horrors.
JERIMIAH JOHNSON LIVES !!!!!!!!!!
NEWS UPDATE HE RAN INTO THIS HALFBREED AND I HAD TO DISPOSE OF THE SCRUFFFFF😂😂😂😂😂😂
My Great x4 Grandfather....Uncle Jack Robertson....came to Wyoming in 1826 with the Rocky Mtn Fur Company...He banged it out with the Blackfoot...3 different battles,all documented...Kit Carson,Joe Meek,Doc Newell,all came out together...He is buried INSIDE Ft Bridger...Carter Cemetery..last of Ashley's Men...He killed more than one Blackfoot
Do not have men like your granddad anymore....
Never put all you hopes in beaver!!-- © 2023 k.o.f.
Why are you so against the Blackfoot
Gotta admire the Blackfoot they must have known they’d suffer some heavy losses but went ahead and attacked anyway
That movie tried to hire me as an extra. I realized they were paying about half the industry standard and walked. They hired a bunch of people at pennies on the dollar.
Probably found a crevasse the hard way.
I've got mountains around me that I stay away from in the winter.
Yet, every year, a few cross-fit flatlanders, laden with half of the REI catalog , go up there to die whilst trying to prove something to either themselves, or the rest of the world.
Once we bring our minds,bodies,and spirits into balance,the choices are clear.All life is precious,and sacred.
One of the few literate mountain men, Joseph Lafayette "Joe" Meek, is my g g great uncle. I love reading about him. I saw Uncle Joe's rifle, "Sally" when I visited some distant cousins near Hillsboro, Oregon. I'm wondering if Hugh Glass' rifle is still around somewhere.