Some Rhymes and Reasons

July 5, 2008 – 7:11 am by cfiles

There are many reasons why Ryan and I do certain things when it comes to the show. It has become time to explain a few of them.

The way I see it, the core of backpacking is comprised of two basic components: hiking and surviving. Hiking is fairly self explanatory, just get out and walk for the most part. Surviving is completely different, but can be broken down into two basic components: food and shelter.

When Ryan and I decide what to film we look at those three components: hiking/walking, food, and shelter. If you look back at every episode you can see this correlation in every episode. We try to give each of these equal airplay and over the years to come we would like to cover everything imaginable.

Another thing you may not have noticed is that we release a re-occurring topic (cooking or gear review) episode then do an episode about a specific technique or topic. There are several reasons why we do this…

• Typically the one off episodes take us several weeks to orchestrate, film, and produce. The gear reviews and food episodes — while they still take planning, time, and a 100% effort — are not as difficult to pull together. This allows us to give our viewers a steady stream of content and provides us with the time we need to create meaningful content for each and every episode.
• I love food and I love to cook, that all carries over to when I am in the backcountry. I got tired of eating dehydrated meals — and ramen — so I branched out and started developing better things to eat while in the woods. That is one of the main reasons why I like to do food based episodes.
• The biggest reason why we do this is because our viewers have requested more of this type of content. Plain and simple, we film what you guys want to see.

With that said, we have some exciting new content coming over the next few months. We are doing a few new gear reviews, going to show you how to tie knots, take care of your down filled gear, hike with kids, and much more. Stay tuned, and as always let us know what you think.

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