Jim Baird & History Channel's "Alone": How Wilderness Travel Taught Him Survival
(Room The Camp (Booth 56117-UL))
28 Jan 18
10:00 AM
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11:00 AM
After surviving on northern Vancouver Island for 75 days for History Channel's self-shot survival reality series 'Alone', Jim Baird, along with his brother Ted, outlasted six other teams to come home with a cash prize of $500,000. With a background in remote wilderness travel, Jim Baird was unsure how their skills would translate in a purely survival situation. While on the show, Jim completed an 8 day backpacking trek to find his brother, and they built a canoe and paddles using only a tarp and their knives. They survived on everything from fish, to wild mushrooms, to whatever they could scrape off the bottom of a rock. When it was all said and done, they credit their multi-week wilderness travel adventures for teaching them the most important survival skill of all, and it's not something you can learn on YouTube. In this presentation, Jim Baird will speak about his journey on 'Alone', and will share the survival lessons he learned along the way. He will also shed light on his journey in the outdoor industry as a full time adventurer, content creator, and influencer for over three years.