Comments on: Les Stroud on Off The Grid http://www.survivormanfans.com/les-stroud-on-off-the-grid/ Talk about the Survivorman Show, Les Stroud, and more here... Mon, 26 Dec 2011 17:16:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Jackie Burns http://www.survivormanfans.com/les-stroud-on-off-the-grid/comment-page-1/#comment-1739 Jackie Burns Sun, 08 May 2011 01:10:08 +0000 http://www.survivorman.org/les-stroud-on-off-the-grid/#comment-1739 Hi, I just watched the program today and was fascinated by his family. I am wondering what his family is doing. Are they still on the 150 acres? It gets pretty lonely out there for teenagers I would imagine. How do you deal with that loneliness, especially with Les being away filming in other parts of the world. Or does he take his family to these other countries? I was very impressed by his daughter and her obvious concern for nature and ecology and I'm wondering if she has pursued a deeper interest in natural science studies. I just want to know more about his family and I cannot find anything on the net. I'm writing here as a shot in the dark really. Does anyone know where updated info might be found...inquiring minds want to know. Jackie Burns Hi, I just watched the program today and was fascinated by his family. I am wondering what his family is doing. Are they still on the 150 acres? It gets pretty lonely out there for teenagers I would imagine. How do you deal with that loneliness, especially with Les being away filming in other parts of the world. Or does he take his family to these other countries?

I was very impressed by his daughter and her obvious concern for nature and ecology and I’m wondering if she has pursued a deeper interest in natural science studies.

I just want to know more about his family and I cannot find anything on the net. I’m writing here as a shot in the dark really.

Does anyone know where updated info might be found…inquiring minds want to know.

Jackie Burns

]]> By: joeanne http://www.survivormanfans.com/les-stroud-on-off-the-grid/comment-page-1/#comment-1729 joeanne Tue, 03 May 2011 03:23:22 +0000 http://www.survivorman.org/les-stroud-on-off-the-grid/#comment-1729 I would like to know what company you used to purchase the cabin kits up north/ I am in gravenhurst and looking for a place to buy one. I watched the show, I totally enjoyed it... hmm wonder how its going up there with an outhouse in the winter time....haha one like that would be great I would like to know what company you used to purchase the cabin kits up north/ I am in gravenhurst and looking for a place to buy one.
I watched the show, I totally enjoyed it… hmm wonder how its going up there with an outhouse in the winter time….haha one like that would be great

]]> By: Harriett Kudrick http://www.survivormanfans.com/les-stroud-on-off-the-grid/comment-page-1/#comment-1424 Harriett Kudrick Tue, 08 Feb 2011 00:59:41 +0000 http://www.survivorman.org/les-stroud-on-off-the-grid/#comment-1424 This is a exceptional blog post, I discovered your weblog searching bing for a related topic and arrived to this. I couldnt come across to much alternative info on this blog, so it was wonderful to find this one. I will probably end up being back to check out some other articles that you have another time. This is a exceptional blog post, I discovered your weblog searching bing for a related topic and arrived to this. I couldnt come across to much alternative info on this blog, so it was wonderful to find this one. I will probably end up being back to check out some other articles that you have another time.

]]> By: Dave http://www.survivormanfans.com/les-stroud-on-off-the-grid/comment-page-1/#comment-632 Dave Fri, 29 Jan 2010 06:22:01 +0000 http://www.survivorman.org/les-stroud-on-off-the-grid/#comment-632 I watched it already (in the US) and it was OK, I'd have liked a lot more detail. Having a helicopter WAS a bit over the top, I have to believe it was not in the original shipping estimate. Most of us would have done this in the summer, as Les himself pointed out. But then I don't have to squeeze it in between taping seasons of my TV show. And filming during the winter fits the Survivorman image. The house (old carriage house) sits on bedrock, so how did they run water lines under the house? The frost line is probably 48 inches there. With the bedrock at 4 feet, how was he able to run lines from the well? Stuff like that i want to know. Living off the grid means different things to all of us. For some it is their carbon footprint. For me it's about the independance, both mine and the future generations of my family. So if I build an off the grid home and my family uses it for the next 80 years, and hopefully longer. I am sure I will, in the long run, reduce my carbon footprint by legacy more so than if I built a conventional home that stood for 80 years. Good stuff Les. I watched it already (in the US) and it was OK, I’d have liked a lot more detail.
Having a helicopter WAS a bit over the top, I have to believe it was not in the original shipping estimate. Most of us would have done this in the summer, as Les himself pointed out. But then I don’t have to squeeze it in between taping seasons of my TV show. And filming during the winter fits the Survivorman image.
The house (old carriage house) sits on bedrock, so how did they run water lines under the house? The frost line is probably 48 inches there. With the bedrock at 4 feet, how was he able to run lines from the well? Stuff like that i want to know.
Living off the grid means different things to all of us. For some it is their carbon footprint. For me it’s about the independance, both mine and the future generations of my family. So if I build an off the grid home and my family uses it for the next 80 years, and hopefully longer. I am sure I will, in the long run, reduce my carbon footprint by legacy more so than if I built a conventional home that stood for 80 years.
Good stuff Les.

]]> By: Brenda Griffin http://www.survivormanfans.com/les-stroud-on-off-the-grid/comment-page-1/#comment-608 Brenda Griffin Fri, 22 Jan 2010 22:37:12 +0000 http://www.survivorman.org/les-stroud-on-off-the-grid/#comment-608 I am so disappointed that we won't have any more of "Survivor Man", I could never miss a show and I've been waiting for the season to start so we can get Bear Grills off the air. we want him back! I am so disappointed that we won’t have any more of “Survivor Man”, I could never miss a show and I’ve been waiting for the season to start so we can get Bear Grills off the air. we want him back!

]]> By: lt http://www.survivormanfans.com/les-stroud-on-off-the-grid/comment-page-1/#comment-586 lt Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:47:47 +0000 http://www.survivorman.org/les-stroud-on-off-the-grid/#comment-586 I watched the first show and was disappointed. Les must have spent a fortune on helicopters flying in materials, prefabricated cabin, high falutin consultants for everything (do you really need to hire a design consultant for collecting rainwater? My Grandparents didn't)great big honking trackhoe to dig a well, and I couldn't guess how many truck loads of materials carted in. The control panel for the solar/wind generator looked like it cost $20,000 all by itself. I would really like to know what the total cost for everything amounted to. I watched the first show and was disappointed. Les must have spent a fortune on helicopters flying in materials, prefabricated cabin, high falutin consultants for everything (do you really need to hire a design consultant for collecting rainwater? My Grandparents didn’t)great big honking trackhoe to dig a well, and I couldn’t guess how many truck loads of materials carted in. The control panel for the solar/wind generator looked like it cost $20,000 all by itself. I would really like to know what the total cost for everything amounted to.

]]> By: Kevin http://www.survivormanfans.com/les-stroud-on-off-the-grid/comment-page-1/#comment-560 Kevin Mon, 04 Jan 2010 02:28:28 +0000 http://www.survivorman.org/les-stroud-on-off-the-grid/#comment-560 Tori, who cares about the carbon footprint! Living off the grid is about being self-sustained. I do love my Earth but I will not buy into Al Gore Bull****. You know a Hummer vehicle makes less emissions driving on the road for 20 years than the process and build of a Toyota Hybrid car. Something to do with the Hybrids battery. Les Stroud RULES Tori, who cares about the carbon footprint! Living off the grid is about being self-sustained. I do love my Earth but I will not buy into Al Gore Bull****. You know a Hummer vehicle makes less emissions driving on the road for 20 years than the process and build of a Toyota Hybrid car. Something to do with the Hybrids battery.

Les Stroud RULES

]]> By: Jon http://www.survivormanfans.com/les-stroud-on-off-the-grid/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Jon Mon, 06 Oct 2008 05:17:01 +0000 http://www.survivorman.org/les-stroud-on-off-the-grid/#comment-33 Tori - No I dont know how long he will have to live there? How long will he have to live there to get rid of the carbon he put into the air? I am curious. Tori – No I dont know how long he will have to live there? How long will he have to live there to get rid of the carbon he put into the air? I am curious.

]]> By: Tori http://www.survivormanfans.com/les-stroud-on-off-the-grid/comment-page-1/#comment-32 Tori Mon, 06 Oct 2008 03:47:41 +0000 http://www.survivorman.org/les-stroud-on-off-the-grid/#comment-32 Off the Grid my arse..... do you realize how long he is going to have to live there to erase the carbon footprint he made by having a HELICOPTER fly in and out 8 times to deliver supplies!!!!!! Give me a break...he could have lived off the grid with less impact on the environment by putting up solar panels in the home he had in the city! Off the Grid my arse….. do you realize how long he is going to have to live there to erase the carbon footprint he made by having a HELICOPTER fly in and out 8 times to deliver supplies!!!!!!
Give me a break…he could have lived off the grid with less impact on the environment by putting up solar panels in the home he had in the city!

]]> By: Three Types of People « Doug - Off the Record http://www.survivormanfans.com/les-stroud-on-off-the-grid/comment-page-1/#comment-24 Three Types of People « Doug - Off the Record Sat, 14 Jun 2008 12:11:50 +0000 http://www.survivorman.org/les-stroud-on-off-the-grid/#comment-24 [...] the past while, I’ve been doing the blog version of “Off the Grid“.  When you go to a Blogspot blog, there’s a button entitled “Next [...] [...] the past while, I’ve been doing the blog version of “Off the Grid“.  When you go to a Blogspot blog, there’s a button entitled “Next [...]

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