EP 153: Deserted in Alaska. 200 Miles on Foot, with Joe Letarte.

Epic Outdoors Podcast

John Petersen

Bighornsheep, Rifle, Muledeer, Hunting, Jasoncarter, Wilderness, Sports, Adambronson, Biggame, Epicoutdoors, Bowhunting, Elk

2.4 • 632 Ratings

🗓️ 2 April 2020

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Deserted in Alaska. 200 Miles on Foot, with Joe Letarte. In this episode Joe recounts the story of being left for dead in the middle of Alaska's Brooks Range as winter began to set in. Joe was left with a string of horses and mules 200 miles from the nearest road and only one way out. Snow, ice fog, howling wind, and zubzero temps, and hunger, were all part of the journey. This is one you wont forget.

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0:00.0	I might not make it out of this, you know, because I don't think anybody's going to come looking for us.
0:06.0	That's one of those stories that feels like it was 150 years ago.
0:09.6	When you lose your will to survive, you're dead, you're dead on your feet.
0:12.8	Anything to do with Western big games.
0:18.0	Welcome to the Epic Outdoors Podcast, powered by Under Armour.
0:21.9	Hey, everybody, Jason Carter, Adam Bronson, coming at you from Southern Utah with the Epic Outdoors podcast.
0:27.1	Got a great guest on with us today.
0:30.1	Joe LaTart from Alaska Wilderness Enterprises up there in Fairbanks.
0:34.1	How you doing, Joe?
0:35.5	Yeah, good.
0:36.0	It's a good day at Fairbanks.
0:37.3	Thanks for having me.
0:38.3	I appreciate it.
0:39.3	No, you bet.
0:40.3	Well, appreciate you joining us.
0:41.3	And from what I'm hearing, it's a long, cold or winter, long one, so you're still hunkered
0:46.3	in, not getting spring fever too much yet, huh?
0:49.3	Yeah, no, we're practicing self-isolation here 24-7, so that's the way our life usually runs.
0:57.1	So it's no change here.
0:58.3	So we're just kind of living the good life by ourselves out in the middle of nowhere, so it's good.
1:03.3	That social distancing, I guess, is what you're saying is you're used to it.
1:07.0	You guys social distance every day.
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