Thank you, Jim, for that Alone experience.The dramatic sounds, and camerawork was a bit over the top, at times, but the screams of happy joy, catching fish, and other achievements that worked well, were completely natural in all the episodes. I truly feel that your team, you and Ted, showed the most experienced, and therefore optimistic, constructive and relaxed way of living through this experience on Vancouver Island. Congratulations, you both deserve the price. I learned a lot from this documentary of so many hours, and also understand now better, how speaking your mind, quarrelling and swearing calmly at each other, cat and dog, haha... can work to release tension, and at the same time keeps the brotherhood in good shape. You're both capable of being rude to each other and not letting it spoil it, keeping a great sense of humour also, which is priceless. That mix, to me, is one of the best rewards of living in nature, with nature and merge with nature's laws, the change of the seasons, sun and rain both. In friendship, it's wonderful to let the sun and the rain both in, and move with the flow of restoring good vibes again.
...and such an honest, wise and inspiring one as well...I'm 3 years late, but it has made me feel so much better about what I have embarked on just before these "trying" times...spent 5 months in the woods, living in a tent...it was the most terrible summer with torrential downpours for a month straight, then had hail the size of golf balls, and then the highest humidity of intense heat...talking about dampness, I so totally get it, trying to start fires with wet wood, like you said about knowledge as you go along cause I learned a lot about wood, fire, and the dampness factor feeling so much colder...hasn't dampened my passion (pardon the pun!)...can't wait to get back and learning even more...there is a lot of anxiety, but as you said, the reward is that it is also very exciting!!! Thank you...
Thank you, Ted, for that Alone experience, and winning the price. You both deserve it. What I've written in my comment for Jim, is meant for you as well. Congratulations, I hope you'll continue to keep up the good life.
The main reason I moved to Italy and live in the high hills near the mountains is for my health. Everything is better here. The air, water, food and just living so close to nature. It's wonderfully silent at night. I just love it. We have wild boar, deer, and lots of smaller animals and birds up here. Quail and pheasant hunting is popular. And cinghiale/wild boar hunting in the fall. And when it gets warmer, snakes haha. Anyway, so far so good. I turn 71 very soon and I feel great. Thanks again Shawn for a wonderful video.
Hello from Milan I like too even as last days are not so fanny with wisitor from China, some years ago in sveden file:///home/ari/Immagini/canoeist.jpg
@CiaoBella. Great to hear of your living conditions, the enthusiasm too. When it gets warmer, and snakes awake, keep in mind that you can use an extremely versatile remedy called MMS alias Chlorine Dioxide. (an no, it's NOT bleach). It helps to neutralize snake poison, insect bites, infection in a wound, skin rashes, digestive discomfort, in short, it removes pathogens from the body. The first use of it was in Belgium, in the 19th century, on the coast, when Spa resorts came into fashion. Patients with psoriasis, eczema, and other skin diseases, came for the healing baths where MMS was mixed in it, and they also drank this remedy. Early in the 70's Jim Humble cured malaria patients with MMS in South America. Nowadays, with great interest in killing pathogens, the remedy has hugely risen in use and popularity. It's as much preventive as curative in cases of SARS-Cov-2. There are more remedies, helpful for it, like Hydroxychloroquine with Zinc, Ivermectin, and I guess you know of immune system boosters, such as Quercetin, cod liver oil, vit. D (but never choose high doses, for it hardens the brain tissue in the long run) The sun is the best source for vit. D. I'll stop, otherwise this is too long, too much.
Cali seems to really like Ted in particular. Canada’s wilderness is absolutely immense and breathtaking. These guys are truly invested in their passions.
I was hooked on Alone from the very first season. Well worth checking out all of them. It is mind boggling the amount of effort it takes to survive in the wilderness with a few basic items. Incredibly taxing on the body. Hard to imagine how tough our ancestors must have been. Very entertaining guys! Thank you for making us southern Ontario bush people proud.
@Amalie V. Thank you for your experience of Alone. It's the first time watching Alone 4 all episodes, I'm not at the 7th, and it's just like you describe it in your comment. This is such great education, very inspiring, also the fun in it.
When I was younger I couldn’t get enough of the outdoors, regardless of what the day held. Photography has always been a passion of mine and nature as my subject was always what I loved most. These days I’m completely disabled so getting to go on these virtual trips is something I always look forward to, so thank you for putting such effort into your vids. Peace.
I so enjoy these guys. I love alone and was so happy when they won. I also follow Brooke and Dave Whipple who were also on that show and then Brooke the next season in Mongolia. It was fun seeing another side to the Bairds just sitting and getting there views on life. They have so much common sense. Thanks Shawn for sharing this with us. Take care
Something you mentioned was the desire to share the experience of the wilderness, and for doing so, I am immensely grateful to you all, as I'm one of those who just can't experience it first-hand any more, due to physical disability. I enjoyed the outdoors to the far more limited extent possible in the heavily overpopulated UK when I was younger and physically capable, but now have to do so vicariously from behind a computer screen.
It wasn't too long ago say 3 generations when my great grandfather came to the Minnesota from Norway in 1898 he became a farmer had 2 farms had to log the land so he could plant crops.they had no running water no bathroom no electricity they did not have a log home,I think of all the hardships they had to go threw at that time, it's kinda like Ted and Jim going threw there adventures in the wilderness.you have to have the passion the ambition the enthusiasm to withstand obstacles in nature and what nature has to offer to you it's hard like it was for my ancestors.i was like 8 or 9 yrs old when my great grandparents past away I'm now 61.PASSION is the best word to described it. They were 91 and 89 yrs old when they passed. Great video Shawn you should have the brothers do the u tube I would watch them along with yours if coarse. NICE!!
Thank you. This is what my sis and I used to do when our dad and his brothers talked: listen and turn into a sponge. This is great advice on how to earn a living following your passions, absolutely could not get enough of Cali zenning on Shawn. This was a great trip. I loved this. Thank you so much for sharing this with us!
Shawn, I watch all your videos ... always interesting. This one was one of the best (even in almost darkness). I love your video and photography skills ... but this one was extra special because I felt like I was right there with you guys. You've given us all hours and hours of great experiences and we appreciate the effort it takes to bring it to us. If you are ever interested in a free stay in a cabin in Tennessee you are welcome here any time. Thank you.
Being from the North Bay area you guys make me jealous. Been living in Toronto most of my life and really miss the north. While friends travel the beaches of the world, I was camping in moose country. Love the interview, thanks for bringing back some great memories.
I am fortunate as well i guess. Computers and programs are my hobby and now i'm an IT specialist. Awesome interview and good video again Shawn! Thank you for sharing. 👍😁
Thanks for making this video with your friends Ted and Jim ! It was great to listen in on some of their outdoor adventures and will definitely check out their channel too ! Thanks again Shawn ! Love your channel !
Shawn, I always say have a go. It can only be wrong! Being sedentary and indoors a lot makes you forget the joy of outside. It does not have to be yours's and the brothers' style. Just get out there. For example, me, my wife and son visited our allotment yesterday. We cleared space, planted fruit trees, onions and shallots. Got dirty. Got sore. Got happy. Still smiling now. You are right. You just have to try and overcome the fear of failure. Get out there and have a laugh. Interesting to hear you three talk into the dark. Nice one. Regards Stephen.
Great video Shawn! those guys are very interesting and at the end when you were losing light, you already had your viewers to listen to Jim and Ted's experiences and obstacles. I'll definitively watch Jim's TH-cam channel, thanks Jim and Ted.
Thank you, Shawn, for this interview, very well done, and I appreciate the laid back humour, casual, and hilarious both. It must be a blessing in all three of your lives, to be friends. Like shown in Alone 4 episodes, companionship of friends is key in the wild.
I only recently discovered you guys, and I’m glad that I did. I enjoy watching and learning from you two. Fight just like my brother and I. Keep it up.
Hello Shawn, thank you for sharing your informative and entertaining video with the Baird Brothers. You always plant little seeds of enthusiasm. I always appreciate your videos. I wish you, family and Cali the very best. Take care out there and always have fun. 🤗
I'm changing my whole life in a few months. Quitting my corporate job and moving to Canada with my wife. It's scary, but not as scary as doing nothing and staying in a desk job I hate. I have no idea what my future job will be, that is perhaps the scariest part of all. Sometimes you just have to take things as they come!
Great interview, the brothers seem much more personable in this footage. Also love the way you interview Shawn. There's already plenty of stiff people who read from a script and ask a series of prepared questions and prepped answers. Keep doing it your way absolutely awesome! Hooked on your 2 channels.
I didn't even need to look for Jim and Ted's video on youtube. It was just at this moment recommended to me. No doubt from watching the last video of My Self Reliance and this one.
Shawn this was great! You did really well as an interviewer. Jim and Ted provided great conversation and incite. Really great seeing like minded people sharing their passion. I live around Chicago and often hike around the forest preserves to get out. You, Joe, Doug and Scramble O, have pushed me to want to experience more wilderness. Cheers and many blessings!
Glad you did this video Shawn. Baird brothers are so much alike. Living in Corpus Christi Texas, originally from mid-Michigan, i can relate to issues to deal with winter. That is one of reasons i moved to Texas. Anyway, thanks again for a great video.
Mad respect for you Shawn and for these gentleman your with. Winning Alone....Holy crap! Much respect for all good that has come their way because of this. As opposed to a guy like Joe Robinet who didn't last a week after he lost his lighter and then comes back and becomes huge on youtube.
This is amazing to see you and your friends out in the best office environment out there. Better than the highest corner office anywhere. Thanks for sharing the sharing... you got to include these guys in future videos. You have some great friends there.
Great video! I love watching bushcrafting because I can no longer do what I grew up doing. I lived on the Mississippi River in Iowa until I was 10 years old. Then we moved to Minnesota for five years, where I went fishing once or twice a week during the summer with my dad. We then moved to Central California in the San Joaquin Valley. I grew up with a fishing pole in my hand and was able to cast a line at 5 years old almost as far as my dad. My father was a pastor and money was tight. All of our vacations were spent camping in The Black Hills of Dakota. We visited Mount Rushmore in the fifties before it was really commercialized. We also visited Niagara Falls before it was so overrun by tourists. We also visited Colorado where my dad grew up near Durango. Of course we camped along the way. I now live in the San Joaquin Valley in central California . I have Kings Canyon National Park, 45 minutes away & Yosemite about 1 hour and 10 minutes. I have camped in both parks. In 1981 we bought a 35-foot motorhome and traveled from coast to coast through 31 States and Canada. For five years we lived in the Redwood forests , in the mountains of Santa Cruz , California. I guess you cut say I've been an Outdoorsman my whole life. I love it but I am no longer physically able to go to the higher elevations and to hike. I am 75 years old. So I continue doing it through all of you. Day after day I go on these glorious camping trips with all of the bushcrafters. From my smartphone I cast the video to my 60 inch flat screen TV. It's just like being there. Thank you for taking me with you! Thank you for helping me do what I can no longer do ! Your videos are appreciated! 💖💕💖💕💖
I'm 72 and in the same boat, but I'm looking forward to ice out and spring salmon. Watching them sit around the fire brought back many memories. When he said "I wish you could smell this "I knew exactly what he was talking about.
Great content in this video. I like your mix of videos of mostly solitude and occasionally meeting up with friends/family. The comradery shown between you and the Baird brothers is pretty cool.
Thanks for introducing me to the Baird brothers. This is the 1st I'd heard of them. Love them and their wives and dogs. I think Cali is in love with Buck. Very sad about Buck.
Excellent content, participants and conversations. Endlessly informative and entertaining. Thank you so much for all you do to share your adventures and knowledge, as well as for just being incredibly cool.
Another issue about Vancouver Island in the winter, is the dark. Limited daylight hours with constant rain coupled with the tree coverage makes it eerie .
Great video! Very inspirational and I think Jim said one very important thing, when you're going to do something very few are able to do, like making a living from outdoor adventures, there will be a lot of naysayers. Seeing possibilities and solutions instead of problems is often the key to success in whatever you do! But most humans are not wired that way.
Epic conversation with the Baird brothers and yourself. It's true about the woods, I find it is very therapeutic, when I get out its like an adventure on another planet, the smells just awesome. Great to see the Baird brothers together talking about their experience on Alone...awesome sauce!!
3 hosers sitting on a frozen log ice fishing telling stories eh, take off to the great white north , its a beauty way go , good day eh , cool video Shawn , take off eh :)
Hey Guys, great to see you again! Watched you on Alone and enjoyed it so much. Congradulations on winning. Thank you Shawn for bringing them on your channel. I heard you mention your Channel Jim and I will subscribe and go watch your videos. I'm sure they are entertaining. Hope you are doing well on TH-cam. Great Video Shawn, love to watch your camping videos in the wilderness, it is so beautiful. We live in the very northern part of the Texas Panhandle and have NOTHING as beautiful as that anywhere to see. Good luck to all of you, enjoyed watching the video. Thanks for sharing your lives with us. How wonderful it is to see people living a life they love and making a living at it. I'm so happy for all of you.
good video I enjoyed hearing the stores and incites on living and making a living in the outdoors, for me being a Canadian and being able to just literally step out the back door and go hunting or fishing, atv, or snowmobiling, camping or whatever activity you prefer is an amazing thing that shouldn't be takin for granted
Well done Shawn. Getting the brothers up and having a great “ShawnJames” interview plus the “Self Reliance” camp out was wonderful to watch both. My 2 brothers and I share your passions. I know you do want to say what lake you were on but I think I’ve fished that one. I would rather watch this then the Saturday morning fishing shows. I’ll come be a guest any day. I’ll even clean the fish!
Never been scared of to much, living outdoors putting everything on the line is gutsy and the difference between being without a penny and homeless after all is scary. In reality you still have a lingering dream of doing what you love, being where you belong would make that special individual never give up like the Baird Bros. This is my crux, here in California is very short of the land of milk&honey and maybe being scared to put my best foot forward is a sound reason. I’m with you Shawn almost every day I search for property to build that cabin and fricking stick it out but truthfully I hate California and there’s a serious nervous breakdown coming to this state. Northern California more towards Oregon property is showing up for a good price, strangely though it’s offered with gold mining in mind, I’m far from a miner but some of these properties are priceless with beautiful creeks running through year round (i.e. gold mining necessity) and the landscape is beautiful. My fiancé backs up anything my dreams ask for but who wants to drag their girl into a failed pipe dream. Truthfully I watch the three of you guys the most “being you boys threw the dice”and live the dream in respects to Joe, Doug, Martin, and Scott. I’m guessing before time runs out I’ll get on the board. Mahalo Nui Loa fellas for being that mentor. ML&ALOHA Your Boy Kekoa.
i'll be moving to Alaska soon and a lot of this is just like what i'm experiencing. nobody has outright told me I won't succeed, but I can tell they're skeptical. I think those are the type of people you were talking about who are too afraid to do something like that themselves.
Great chat Shawn with great guys Jim and Ted, loved the manufactured log seat with tree branch screen set behind as a windbreak. The ice fishing looked a bit challenging but you can't always guarantee a catch! Thanks for posting and best wishes to all.
I grew up in the Seattle area; when mom tried to get me up for school, I just could not believe she thought that I might want to go into the dampest coldest terrible awfulness, that (I was to leave my bed?!) Unless you can tolerate this type, (damp cold) by water fricken proof every thing you own. Needless to say, I would normally arrrive to HS one minute after the bell!! My brother still lives up there; works in it and thrives in it!
The common excuse that prevents people from living their dreams is just as you stated, " I just got to earn more money". There is never a "good time" to do something. But there are ways to set a course to guarantee action. They start with a plan that has a series of achievable goals.
I remember then well, from Alone, and from their channel on TH-cam , thanks for the meet up interview with the brothers nice video, IC Cali is loving those pets she is getting, The Baird brother,s prove to always follow your dreams as have you Shawn
I enjoyed your vlog...I talk to folks a lot about their passions and building a way to make a living at it. Your interview was excellent with these guys.
I watch the alone show and enjoy it very much. Seen these two brothers win the event a year or so ago. Wonderful video Shawn I am hooked on both your channels. I do get out hunting and fishing as much as I can but have never been in the true wilderness for either. I do hunt and fish on public land most of the time here in New York State. On my bucket list is a remote fishing trip into Canada been thinking about it for awhile. Keep up the good work.
Like the natural wind block you made. Photographs great for the interview. Cali seems to be mesmerized by the extra petting from Ted. Love the content and the history of the Bairds.
Shawn, I watched your earlier video on My Self Reliance, and I thoroughly enjoyed watching you and your 2 friends camp out together! It was so nice to see you having fun with your friends! Then when I heard they were filming a tv show and that's why you hadn't heard from him, I was looking forward to see the Shawn James video interview with them! What fun it was to watch you guys cut up together, along with great history and facts of each others lives. I just love all that you do with your channels! Because of my passion and love of the outdoors, not to mention my pioneer spirit, I live through you so much! I know I could never get a cabin built like I've dreamt about but I can live through you. So, thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for all the many many hours of filming and editing for mine and others enjoyment, and dreams... oh, I remember watching your friend on ALONE and he was amazing! So, keep on doing your thing and fullfilling your passion of the outdoors, and I'll be a very happy 63 ye old dreamer! 😁
Shawn, after seeing your video, I bought Alone season 4 on Amazon. The Brothers are too cool. Up to episode 8. They're awesome! Thanks for the heads up!!
Great discussion and life lessons all around. Nice to have a good talk since the fish didn't seem to be biting (and Jim's catch looked rough even with fish crisp 🤣). Of course, deer didn't seem to be too important at hunting camp either when I was growing up!
Great video! Its a good change up. I like all your videos; changing topics is good too. Life is not one dimensional. Keep `em coming! Its nice "meeting" other people too. I also think that for some people these videos will fan the flames of passion for the outdoors. Like one of the brothers said, it may get some "new" people to the outdoors and find a passion they didnt know they had. You're very lucky to have such wild places so close. While I'm not in the position to move to where i want to be yet I did one small step..I moved over an hour from work, but I love where I live. Everytime I come home I say "wow, I LIVE here..I come home to this every night." The commute is tough at times..but so worth it. For those thinking about it...DO IT! I waited 3 years..once I did the first thing I said was "why didnt I do this sooner?"
Oh man ,there you got me....!!! Nice Cali ,,still is,, ...been followin your building,, out there ,, it is lways like a kind of medine to me ... Keep on !!!!
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Great talk, and easily the best interview location I’ve ever had.
Thank you, Jim, for that Alone experience.The dramatic sounds, and camerawork was a bit over the top, at times, but the screams of happy joy, catching fish, and other achievements that worked well, were completely natural in all the episodes. I truly feel that your team, you and Ted, showed the most experienced, and therefore optimistic, constructive and relaxed way of living through this experience on Vancouver Island. Congratulations, you both deserve the price. I learned a lot from this documentary of so many hours, and also understand now better, how speaking your mind, quarrelling and swearing calmly at each other, cat and dog, haha... can work to release tension, and at the same time keeps the brotherhood in good shape. You're both capable of being rude to each other and not letting it spoil it, keeping a great sense of humour also, which is priceless. That mix, to me, is one of the best rewards of living in nature, with nature and merge with nature's laws, the change of the seasons, sun and rain both. In friendship, it's wonderful to let the sun and the rain both in, and move with the flow of restoring good vibes again.
...and such an honest, wise and inspiring one as well...I'm 3 years late, but it has made me feel so much better about what I have embarked on just before these "trying" times...spent 5 months in the woods, living in a tent...it was the most terrible summer with torrential downpours for a month straight, then had hail the size of golf balls, and then the highest humidity of intense heat...talking about dampness, I so totally get it, trying to start fires with wet wood, like you said about knowledge as you go along cause I learned a lot about wood, fire, and the dampness factor feeling so much colder...hasn't dampened my passion (pardon the pun!)...can't wait to get back and learning even more...there is a lot of anxiety, but as you said, the reward is that it is also very exciting!!! Thank you...
Gotta love it. Thanks again Shawn best interview I've done
Thank you, Ted, for that Alone experience, and winning the price. You both deserve it. What I've written in my comment for Jim, is meant for you as well. Congratulations, I hope you'll continue to keep up the good life.
The main reason I moved to Italy and live in the high hills near the mountains is for my health. Everything is better here. The air, water, food and just living so close to nature. It's wonderfully silent at night. I just love it. We have wild boar, deer, and lots of smaller animals and birds up here. Quail and pheasant hunting is popular. And cinghiale/wild boar hunting in the fall. And when it gets warmer, snakes haha. Anyway, so far so good. I turn 71 very soon and I feel great. Thanks again Shawn for a wonderful video.
Hello from Milan I like too even as last days are not so fanny with wisitor from China, some years ago in sveden file:///home/ari/Immagini/canoeist.jpg
@CiaoBella. Great to hear of your living conditions, the enthusiasm too. When it gets warmer, and snakes awake, keep in mind that you can use an extremely versatile remedy called MMS alias Chlorine Dioxide. (an no, it's NOT bleach). It helps to neutralize snake poison, insect bites, infection in a wound, skin rashes, digestive discomfort, in short, it removes pathogens from the body. The first use of it was in Belgium, in the 19th century, on the coast, when Spa resorts came into fashion. Patients with psoriasis, eczema, and other skin diseases, came for the healing baths where MMS was mixed in it, and they also drank this remedy.
Early in the 70's Jim Humble cured malaria patients with MMS in South America. Nowadays, with great interest in killing pathogens, the remedy has hugely risen in use and popularity. It's as much preventive as curative in cases of SARS-Cov-2. There are more remedies, helpful for it, like Hydroxychloroquine with Zinc, Ivermectin, and I guess you know of immune system boosters, such as Quercetin, cod liver oil, vit. D (but never choose high doses, for it hardens the brain tissue in the long run) The sun is the best source for vit. D. I'll stop, otherwise this is too long, too much.
Its the first time I have watched Cali being so casual, almost sleeping on her feet.
Cali seems to really like Ted in particular. Canada’s wilderness is absolutely immense and breathtaking. These guys are truly invested in their passions.
I was hooked on Alone from the very first season. Well worth checking out all of them. It is mind boggling the amount of effort it takes to survive in the wilderness with a few basic items. Incredibly taxing on the body. Hard to imagine how tough our ancestors must have been. Very entertaining guys! Thank you for making us southern Ontario bush people proud.
@Amalie V. Thank you for your experience of Alone. It's the first time watching Alone 4 all episodes, I'm not at the 7th, and it's just like you describe it in your comment. This is such great education, very inspiring, also the fun in it.
When I was younger I couldn’t get enough of the outdoors, regardless of what the day held. Photography has always been a passion of mine and nature as my subject was always what I loved most. These days I’m completely disabled so getting to go on these virtual trips is something I always look forward to, so thank you for putting such effort into your vids. Peace.
Three of my heroes on the same log on 3 feet of ice. Boy am I impressed. Brian 78
Ted Baird's words...... sometimes a different door will open that you don't necessarily know or planning for.. exactly, very true!
I so enjoy these guys. I love alone and was so happy when they won. I also follow Brooke and Dave Whipple who were also on that show and then Brooke the next season in Mongolia. It was fun seeing another side to the Bairds just sitting and getting there views on life. They have so much common sense. Thanks Shawn for sharing this with us. Take care
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Something you mentioned was the desire to share the experience of the wilderness, and for doing so, I am immensely grateful to you all, as I'm one of those who just can't experience it first-hand any more, due to physical disability.
I enjoyed the outdoors to the far more limited extent possible in the heavily overpopulated UK when I was younger and physically capable, but now have to do so vicariously from behind a computer screen.
It wasn't too long ago say 3 generations when my great grandfather came to the Minnesota from Norway in 1898 he became a farmer had 2 farms had to log the land so he could plant crops.they had no running water no bathroom no electricity they did not have a log home,I think of all the hardships they had to go threw at that time, it's kinda like Ted and Jim going threw there adventures in the wilderness.you have to have the passion the ambition the enthusiasm to withstand obstacles in nature and what nature has to offer to you it's hard like it was for my ancestors.i was like 8 or 9 yrs old when my great grandparents past away I'm now 61.PASSION is the best word to described it. They were 91 and 89 yrs old when they passed. Great video Shawn you should have the brothers do the u tube I would watch them along with yours if coarse. NICE!!
I imagined what it would be like if you were recording this in a studio. The beauty was that it was really outside. Great content. Thanks
Best “interview” of these fine men I’ve seen so far. Great job! I think it helped that you were fishing and simply visiting.
Thank you. This is what my sis and I used to do when our dad and his brothers talked: listen and turn into a sponge. This is great advice on how to earn a living following your passions, absolutely could not get enough of Cali zenning on Shawn. This was a great trip. I loved this. Thank you so much for sharing this with us!
Shawn, I watch all your videos ... always interesting. This one was one of the best (even in almost darkness). I love your video and photography skills ... but this one was extra special because I felt like I was right there with you guys. You've given us all hours and hours of great experiences and we appreciate the effort it takes to bring it to us. If you are ever interested in a free stay in a cabin in Tennessee you are welcome here any time. Thank you.
Being from the North Bay area you guys make me jealous. Been living in Toronto most of my life and really miss the north. While friends travel the beaches of the world, I was camping in moose country. Love the interview, thanks for bringing back some great memories.
This reminds me how much I love the people of Canada. Thanks for that Shawn.
Better than 90% of what's on Netflix and Hulu. Another great episode with great people.
I am fortunate as well i guess. Computers and programs are my hobby and now i'm an IT specialist. Awesome interview and good video again Shawn! Thank you for sharing. 👍😁
Thanks for making this video with your friends Ted and Jim ! It was great to listen in on some of their outdoor adventures and will definitely check out their channel too ! Thanks again Shawn ! Love your channel !
Hell ya. A true Canadian, wins alone and a good chunk of change yet wears a free beer case toque. Love it. 🇨🇦 proud boys 👍🏼
I watch all of the Alone series. I love it! Now I'm hooked on Shawn James.
I loved it Shawn, Jim, and Ted, a big thanks, it was very informative!
This video will make a difference in some persons life. Thanks Shawn! Thanks Guys!
we here in the states are proud of our northern cousins Canadians
Cali's like, yeah "new hands" rub, lol, cheers!
Shawn, I always say have a go. It can only be wrong! Being sedentary and indoors a lot makes you forget the joy of outside. It does not have to be yours's and the brothers' style. Just get out there. For example, me, my wife and son visited our allotment yesterday. We cleared space, planted fruit trees, onions and shallots. Got dirty. Got sore. Got happy. Still smiling now. You are right. You just have to try and overcome the fear of failure. Get out there and have a laugh. Interesting to hear you three talk into the dark. Nice one. Regards Stephen.
Great video Shawn! those guys are very interesting and at the end when you were losing light, you already had your viewers to listen to Jim and Ted's experiences and obstacles. I'll definitively watch Jim's TH-cam channel, thanks Jim and Ted.
Just received my swear shirt, I was thrilled to know Cali was on the front, good quality too. Good video.
Life is what you make of it. So, just wake up and do it. Things always work themselves out always.
Thank you, Shawn, for this interview, very well done, and I appreciate the laid back humour, casual, and hilarious both. It must be a blessing in all three of your lives, to be friends. Like shown in Alone 4 episodes, companionship of friends is key in the wild.
Wise words Shawn; nice to hear the brothers on the main topic.
Jim and Ted were hilarious. Happy go lucky guys and great view of life. Glad they won " Alone "
I only recently discovered you guys, and I’m glad that I did. I enjoy watching and learning from you two. Fight just like my brother and I.
Keep it up.
Loved this video, Cali is in pure heaven.
Wow, he caught a treefish...kewl!
Hello Shawn, thank you for sharing your informative and entertaining video with the Baird Brothers. You always plant little seeds of enthusiasm. I always appreciate your videos. I wish you, family and Cali the very best. Take care out there and always have fun. 🤗
I'm changing my whole life in a few months. Quitting my corporate job and moving to Canada with my wife. It's scary, but not as scary as doing nothing and staying in a desk job I hate. I have no idea what my future job will be, that is perhaps the scariest part of all. Sometimes you just have to take things as they come!
Hope you did it and are doing well.
Great interview, the brothers seem much more personable in this footage. Also love the way you interview Shawn. There's already plenty of stiff people who read from a script and ask a series of prepared questions and prepped answers. Keep doing it your way absolutely awesome! Hooked on your 2 channels.
I didn't even need to look for Jim and Ted's video on youtube. It was just at this moment recommended to me. No doubt from watching the last video of My Self Reliance and this one.
I hope I can "grow in 'fame'" so I can be part of this outdoor community and get these chances to hang out with these amazing people.
Great video with tons of insight, thank you so much for making this video.
Hands on experience is the best way for me to learn .
Was a great talk and awesome info... The Baird Brothers Rock! TFS Shawn! Cheers
This is great reminds me of Bob and Doug, The Great White North.
I’m watching, it is a very impressive show and the participants. I like it to see how people are in the different setups.
Shawn this was great! You did really well as an interviewer. Jim and Ted provided great conversation and incite. Really great seeing like minded people sharing their passion. I live around Chicago and often hike around the forest preserves to get out. You, Joe, Doug and Scramble O, have pushed me to want to experience more wilderness. Cheers and many blessings!
Glad you did this video Shawn. Baird brothers are so much alike. Living in Corpus Christi Texas, originally from mid-Michigan, i can relate to issues to deal with winter. That is one of reasons i moved to Texas. Anyway, thanks again for a great video.
Mad respect for you Shawn and for these gentleman your with. Winning Alone....Holy crap! Much respect for all good that has come their way because of this. As opposed to a guy like Joe Robinet who didn't last a week after he lost his lighter and then comes back and becomes huge on youtube.
Thanks for the great video Shawn!!!! 👍👍👍😎
This is amazing to see you and your friends out in the best office environment out there. Better than the highest corner office anywhere. Thanks for sharing the sharing... you got to include these guys in future videos. You have some great friends there.
Love that show! I've watched from the beginning! I remember the Baird brothers!
Great video! I love watching bushcrafting because I can no longer do what I grew up doing. I lived on the Mississippi River in Iowa until I was 10 years old. Then we moved to Minnesota for five years, where I went fishing once or twice a week during the summer with my dad.
We then moved to Central California in the San Joaquin Valley. I grew up with a fishing pole in my hand and was able to cast a line at 5 years old almost as far as my dad. My father was a pastor and money was tight. All of our vacations were spent camping in The Black Hills of Dakota. We visited Mount Rushmore in the fifties before it was really commercialized. We also visited Niagara Falls before it was so overrun by tourists. We also visited Colorado where my dad grew up near Durango. Of course we camped along the way. I now live in the San Joaquin Valley in central California . I have Kings Canyon National Park, 45 minutes away & Yosemite about 1 hour and 10 minutes. I have camped in both parks. In 1981 we bought a 35-foot motorhome and traveled from coast to coast through 31 States and Canada. For five years we lived in the Redwood forests , in the mountains of Santa Cruz , California.
I guess you cut say I've been an Outdoorsman my whole life. I love it but I am no longer physically able to go to the higher elevations and to hike. I am 75 years old.
So I continue doing it through all of you. Day after day I go on these glorious camping trips with all of the bushcrafters. From my smartphone I cast the video to my 60 inch flat screen TV. It's just like being there.
Thank you for taking me with you! Thank you for helping me do what I can no longer do ! Your videos are appreciated!
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What a wonderful life you've had and are still having! I enjoyed reading about your family and personal adventures. God bless you.
I'm 72 and in the same boat, but I'm looking forward to ice out and spring salmon. Watching them sit around the fire brought back many memories. When he said "I wish you could smell this "I knew exactly what he was talking about.
Great content in this video. I like your mix of videos of mostly solitude and occasionally meeting up with friends/family. The comradery shown between you and the Baird brothers is pretty cool.
Nice interview. I learned a lot from the video. I love being Canadian. We can step out our back doors into the wilderness.
Greg Mathias You are truly blessed. I’d have to drive at the very least 3 to 4 hours to Yosemite National Park or the high Sierras.
Thanks for introducing me to the Baird brothers. This is the 1st I'd heard of them. Love them and their wives and dogs. I think Cali is in love with Buck. Very sad about Buck.
Only just watched this, so inspirational listening to you guys. Think "Alone" is available on amazon so gonna check it out.. 😁
Really good insightful video, I am 65 and started a new venture, and you comments really help me to keep things in perspective. Thanks guys.
Excellent content, participants and conversations. Endlessly informative and entertaining. Thank you so much for all you do to share your adventures and knowledge, as well as for just being incredibly cool.
Another issue about Vancouver Island in the winter, is the dark. Limited daylight hours with constant rain coupled with the tree coverage makes it eerie .
Great video! Very inspirational and I think Jim said one very important thing, when you're going to do something very few are able to do, like making a living from outdoor adventures, there will be a lot of naysayers. Seeing possibilities and solutions instead of problems is often the key to success in whatever you do! But most humans are not wired that way.
Epic conversation with the Baird brothers and yourself. It's true about the woods, I find it is very therapeutic, when I get out its like an adventure on another planet, the smells just awesome. Great to see the Baird brothers together talking about their experience on Alone...awesome sauce!!
Thank you for sharing this part of your trip. Hope you hade a wonderful time catching up with the brothers.
Jim and Ted Baird - YEAHHHHHHH !!! They are awesome lads 😄
3 hosers sitting on a frozen log ice fishing telling stories eh, take off to the great white north , its a beauty way go , good day eh , cool video Shawn , take off eh :)
Yah these are all good stories eh
Hey Guys, great to see you again! Watched you on Alone and enjoyed it so much. Congradulations on winning. Thank you Shawn for bringing them on your channel. I heard you mention your Channel Jim and I will subscribe and go watch your videos. I'm sure they are entertaining. Hope you are doing well on TH-cam. Great Video Shawn, love to watch your camping videos in the wilderness, it is so beautiful. We live in the very northern part of the Texas Panhandle and have NOTHING as beautiful as that anywhere to see. Good luck to all of you, enjoyed watching the video. Thanks for sharing your lives with us. How wonderful it is to see people living a life they love and making a living at it. I'm so happy for all of you.
good video I enjoyed hearing the stores and incites on living and making a living in the outdoors, for me being a Canadian and being able to just literally step out the back door and go hunting or fishing, atv, or snowmobiling, camping or whatever activity you prefer is an amazing thing that shouldn't be takin for granted
Well done Shawn. Getting the brothers up and having a great “ShawnJames” interview plus the “Self Reliance” camp out was wonderful to watch both. My 2 brothers and I share your passions. I know you do want to say what lake you were on but I think I’ve fished that one. I would rather watch this then the Saturday morning fishing shows. I’ll come be a guest any day. I’ll even clean the fish!
Never been scared of to much, living outdoors putting everything on the line is gutsy and the difference between being without a penny and homeless after all is scary. In reality you still have a lingering dream of doing what you love, being where you belong would make that special individual never give up like the Baird Bros. This is my crux, here in California is very short of the land of milk&honey and maybe being scared to put my best foot forward is a sound reason. I’m with you Shawn almost every day I search for property to build that cabin and fricking stick it out but truthfully I hate California and there’s a serious nervous breakdown coming to this state. Northern California more towards Oregon property is showing up for a good price, strangely though it’s offered with gold mining in mind, I’m far from a miner but some of these properties are priceless with beautiful creeks running through year round (i.e. gold mining necessity) and the landscape is beautiful. My fiancé backs up anything my dreams ask for but who wants to drag their girl into a failed pipe dream. Truthfully I watch the three of you guys the most “being you boys threw the dice”and live the dream in respects to Joe, Doug, Martin, and Scott. I’m guessing before time runs out I’ll get on the board. Mahalo Nui Loa fellas for being that mentor. ML&ALOHA Your Boy Kekoa.
Fabulous content boys, thank you so much, really eductive and entertaining to boot! You should collaborate more.
i'll be moving to Alaska soon and a lot of this is just like what i'm experiencing. nobody has outright told me I won't succeed, but I can tell they're skeptical. I think those are the type of people you were talking about who are too afraid to do something like that themselves.
I went ice fishing on the Bay of Chaleur yesterday , beautiful dat, caught 27 smelt and the guy next to mecaught 120
Great chat Shawn with great guys Jim and Ted, loved the manufactured log seat with tree branch screen set behind as a windbreak. The ice fishing looked a bit challenging but you can't always guarantee a catch! Thanks for posting and best wishes to all.
Love the Bairds. True Ontario legends and this was a great video. True humble gentlemen you all are. 🛶🇨🇦
I grew up in the Seattle area; when mom tried to get me up for school, I just could not believe she thought that I might want to go into the dampest coldest terrible awfulness, that (I was to leave my bed?!)
Unless you can tolerate this type, (damp cold) by water fricken proof every thing you own. Needless to say, I would normally arrrive to HS one minute after the bell!! My brother still lives up there; works in it and thrives in it!
The common excuse that prevents people from living their dreams is just as you stated, " I just got to earn more money". There is never a "good time" to do something. But there are ways to set a course to guarantee action. They start with a plan that has a series of achievable goals.
I remember then well, from Alone, and from their channel on TH-cam , thanks for the meet up interview with the brothers nice video, IC Cali is loving those pets she is getting, The Baird brother,s prove to always follow your dreams as have you Shawn
Great video. There is only one way to learn and that’s by doing.
I enjoyed your vlog...I talk to folks a lot about their passions and building a way to make a living at it.
Your interview was excellent with these guys.
Lure your bait. xD
IT is easier to 🎏, if your rod is dry.
👍 for the snowy 🗻 in the background.
I watch the alone show and enjoy it very much. Seen these two brothers win the event a year or so ago. Wonderful video Shawn I am hooked on both your channels. I do get out hunting and fishing as much as I can but have never been in the true wilderness for either. I do hunt and fish on public land most of the time here in New York State. On my bucket list is a remote fishing trip into Canada been thinking about it for awhile. Keep up the good work.
Please, more talks and adventures with these brothers!
amazing video!! great talk about your lives. Thanks for sharing
Like the natural wind block you made. Photographs great for the interview. Cali seems to be mesmerized by the extra petting from Ted. Love the content and the history of the Bairds.
Thank you for sharing all that you do.
Shawn, I watched your earlier video on My Self Reliance, and I thoroughly enjoyed watching you and your 2 friends camp out together! It was so nice to see you having fun with your friends! Then when I heard they were filming a tv show and that's why you hadn't heard from him, I was looking forward to see the Shawn James video interview with them! What fun it was to watch you guys cut up together, along with great history and facts of each others lives. I just love all that you do with your channels! Because of my passion and love of the outdoors, not to mention my pioneer spirit, I live through you so much! I know I could never get a cabin built like I've dreamt about but I can live through you. So, thank you, from the bottom of my heart, for all the many many hours of filming and editing for mine and others enjoyment, and dreams... oh, I remember watching your friend on ALONE and he was amazing! So, keep on doing your thing and fullfilling your passion of the outdoors, and I'll be a very happy 63 ye old dreamer! 😁
Shawn, after seeing your video, I bought Alone season 4 on Amazon. The Brothers are too cool. Up to episode 8. They're awesome! Thanks for the heads up!!
I am friends with Melanie Sawyer who was on the Alone show. She is also an 18th century reenactor and lives in the Adirondacks
I caught a shovel once!
Great discussion and life lessons all around. Nice to have a good talk since the fish didn't seem to be biting (and Jim's catch looked rough even with fish crisp 🤣). Of course, deer didn't seem to be too important at hunting camp either when I was growing up!
Thank you guys for this great entertainment. And thank you, Shawn, for sharing this with us.
Been watching Alone from the beginning. Nice to see them with you. Great interview and insight.
High quality Canadian content right there, er wha.
Great video! Its a good change up. I like all your videos; changing topics is good too. Life is not one dimensional. Keep `em coming! Its nice "meeting" other people too. I also think that for some people these videos will fan the flames of passion for the outdoors. Like one of the brothers said, it may get some "new" people to the outdoors and find a passion they didnt know they had. You're very lucky to have such wild places so close. While I'm not in the position to move to where i want to be yet I did one small step..I moved over an hour from work, but I love where I live. Everytime I come home I say "wow, I LIVE here..I come home to this every night." The commute is tough at times..but so worth it. For those thinking about it...DO IT! I waited 3 years..once I did the first thing I said was "why didnt I do this sooner?"
quite good anchorman performance 👌
Thank you for sharing your trip with friends. Enjoyed it. Have fun.
Oh man ,there you got me....!!! Nice Cali ,,still is,, ...been followin your building,, out there ,, it is lways like a kind of medine to me ... Keep on !!!!
Great talk gentlemen! Thanks for sharing your experience
Shawn hope all is well my friend.