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This resonates very strongly with me. When I lived in the Yukon working as a Software Engineer I got into moose and bison hunting, I help friends build off-gri
by grecy 3y ago
This resonates very strongly with me.
When I lived in the Yukon working as a Software Engineer I got into moose and bison hunting, I help friends build off-grid log cabin houses, I harvested wild berries, caught a freezer full of salmon every year and tried to live the "homestead" life as much as possible. I packed these adventures into weekends and time off.
These activities are physically demanding, cold and arduous. They were also some of the most enjoyable experiences of my life, and they are extremely strong memories that I often talk about and long for.
There is something about working for my own survival that is way, way more deeply satisfying than simply going to work to earn money to pay for my survival.
I wrote about my first ever moose hunting experience here: http://theroadchoseme.com/yukon-moose-hunting http://theroadchoseme.com/yukon-moose-hunting
Salmon fishing always involved grizzlies: http://theroadchoseme.com/salmon-fishing-with-bears-in-haines-alaska http://theroadchoseme.com/salmon-fishing-with-bears-in-haine...
- isaacremuant 3y agoDude. You buy all your gear from modern society with electricity, oil for your car and shit and post it about online. This doesn't mean HG work was play or that they had it better than you. It just means that you love that type of thing. Same as many people love different sports or physical activities and nature experiences. Specially in contrast with dense populated towns/cities. There's a difference between larping survival and having a real net and having absolutely no choice. Adrenaline can be fun but life or death constantly is absolutely different.
- grecy 3y ago> This doesn't mean HG work was play or that they had it better than you Of course it doesn't, and at no point did I remotely say anything like HG people had it better than me. I was simply offering my life experiences that I find working for my own survival in our modern world to be much more enjoyable than going to work to earn money to pay for that survival.
- hef19898 3y agoAs much as I enjoyed The Road Chose Me, let's not kid ourselves: Hunter-Gatherers, the true ones, don't have the luxury to pull into a town with internet to do some contractor work, see a doctor or buy some food if the last hunt didn't go too well. Edit: Nor do they have sponsors and the financial means to build multiple overland jeeps and go travelling around the world for fun.
- Cthulhu_ 3y agoYou say that, but as far as I know, "true" hunter-gatherers still had a place the would call home, a town or a semi-permanent camp, people that they could fall back on, healers, dried / back-up supplies, warmth, etc. I don't believe any society or group like that would bet all their proverbial money on one proverbial horse.
- lukas099 3y agoIt was probably a lot easier to hunt successfully when everyone was a hunter-gatherer and all the land wasn't devoted to agriculture.