The setting is Shaw Island, Middle Saranac Lake, Ampersand Mountain and the surrounding Adirondack region. The time is the summer of 1912. Billy and his pal Buttsey set out to camp on the Island and this is his story as he remembers it…

One must always prepare for the unexpected when heading out into the woods. Even routine tasks, a short distance away from your home, can become life-threatening situations. One man, an experienced woodsman, set out to perform a regular chore, cutting trees for the coming winter's firewood.

People travel from all over the world to drive along the Blue Ridge Parkway and explore the uncountable trails connected to the twisting road. The Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Pisgah (Piz-gah) National Forest, and other wildlands in the area offer breathtaking views.

It was a pleasant summer Sunday in July of 1962 when the Bronx's Boyle family had traveled to Hardscrabble Lake in Pleasantville, New York to relax, enjoy a picnic, a little fishing, and take in the lakeside scenery. James Boyle, his wife Margaret, his three and a half-year-old son Kevin, and the boy's aunt and uncle, Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Boyle, looked forward to getting out of the city and enjoying the day together. 

Dave Olesen, a pilot, author, and veteran dog musher, came face-to-face with the darker side of Northwest Territories.

A research mission went sour, and Dave's plane ended up in the icy waters. This is a tale that involves a floatplane capsizing, as well as the perfect combination of proactive preparation, luck, and survival instincts. Special guest on this episode, Dave Olesen!

Tham Luang Nang Non, a cave in the Chiang Rai Province of Thailand spanning nearly 6.5 miles in length, and at an elevation of nearly 1,500 feet. On Saturday June 23rd 2018, a group of boys from the Wild Boars soccer club, ages 11-16, set off to go exploring.

It was a warm Saturday in July of 1926 in Upper New York State. Earl Gates, a student of the Forestry Camp of Syracuse University, decided to take advantage of the day off and head out for an afternoon walk in the woods nearby.

There was no distinct trail for Gates to follow - no semblance of a path at all. Not thinking much of it, as he was just out for a nice walk, he just casually blazed his own.

Just imagine being a group of young boys, all between the ages of 16 and 18, embarking on a month-long survival course in the Alaskan wilderness. This is admirable in itself, as Alaska's great outdoors can be very unforgiving.

In the early 1880s, Dan Doty lived in a log cabin that he had reclaimed from the wilderness, not far from the small hamlet of Vermontville in the Adirondack Mountains of New York State. Dan's wife had died two years prior, and his mother, Mrs. Betty Doty, was keeping house for him and his children.

It was a clear day in the Chugach Mountains near Anchorage Alaska, on April 27, 2003, Nick, age 19, a thrill-seeker, always dreamed of visiting Alaska and jumped at the chance to see it through a mutual friend, without even having met his hiking partners before.