Very honest explanation of why you do things like this. Being uncomfortable acts as a kind of reset that is important in appreciating “normal” life in a different way. Very thoughtful and honest. Thanks for doing this!

native Idahoan here, on those alpine lakes lure size is by far one of the biggest factors for catching fish. these lakes usually never see high temperatures so bugs stay dormant longer and grow smaller. i have almost always found the smaller the fly the better. same thing with lures, things that mimic small baitfish are best, small spinners and whatnot. my personal favorite's are mayflies, mosquitos, and woolly buggers, usually #12 or smaller for dry's, but you can go a little bigger on the bugger. on the spinning rod its always either an inline spinner or good old fashion worms. Good luck and Keep exploring my beautiful state

Its so refreshing to see someone come and appreciate something us Americans take for granted every single day. I am so lucky to live in such a beautiful country. Great video man

Idaho and the Aussie seem to be a great team! Thanks for sharing your intense time there, fire without any modern contraptions and all 👍

First time seeing one of your videos. It was awesome. You are a great drone pilot; that was wonderful videography. Also nothing tastier than alpine mountain lake trout. Look forward to seeing more of your adventures.

I wish you would have won Alone Australia! You worked so hard. The lady that won seemed nice though. I could not believe the lady that quite the first day because she could not start a fire! I thought, who is screening these folks. Anyway, Clay is a great guy and a real family man. I am glad you were able to spend time with them and also visit America. Aussies and Kiwis who don’t visit America usually have a real negative view about us. I know I lived in NZ for 10 years from 2002-2012, some of the negative crap a few of the Kiwis said to me really pissed me off. I hope you get to see more of the States and have a positive experience. I look forward to more of your videos. Stay safe!😊

Dream vacation in a video here. This is unreal beauty. Reminds me of the Rockies in Colorado, I hadn’t seen Idaho before, but you can beat believe I want to visit now!

Idahoan here. Welcome to Idaho. Hopefully you'll explore more of Idaho's Mountains,Valleys and Back country? It's an outdoorsman's paradise here! ✌️😁

Great that you and Clay met! I follow both of you for quite a while, really enjoyed the video. I also loved your performance on Alone Australia! Have a great day!

I know exactly where you were. Nearly every North American big game animal uses that area at different times of the year. From Mule Dear, to Elk , Moose, Grizzly and Black Bear, Wolves Cougars, Big Horns, Mtn Goats, Wolverine, whitetail dear, coyote, and more. And the fishing! If youre willing to hike far enough, youre in trout heaven. Well done mate, very well done! Look up the Wind River Range in Wyoming if you ever want to step up the extremeness just a bit, if you can beleive it, on your next Rocky Mountain adventure.

Great video, that lake was beautiful and I bet the fish tasted nice. Drone shots really showed off where you were. Cheers

Wow. Love your video. I'm glad you and Clay got together. I have been following Clay since the beginning and was cheering him on Alone. It's incredible how tiny we are in such vast wilderness. No one to rely on but yourself. Subscribed from the concrete jungle of NYC!

Enjoyed these two Idaho videos, thanks. Subscribed.

So glad you had that Elk experience. Nice bull too!

Hey mate ive been a fan of clay for years now. I discovered you recently on alone australia and have become a massive fan aswell. Well done mate was stoked to see you guys meet and hang out.

Great stuff mate. Really enjoyed this one. This year I have recently been trying to learn and expirement with different woods here in Southern Australia to make fire with the bow drill .. it's been bloody tough to try and master, so I enjoyed watching and learning from yourself. Also good on ya for using the already established fire place .. I know how tempting it is when dispersed camping to make your own little settup, but how it's best not to make more fire scars on the land when an already established place is there. All round great edit mate.

What a beautiful location to put your life on the line ha ha. That lake was amazing, and good to see you managed to get some fish and get the fire going. A great adventure man thanks for sharing

Great video Mike, you've really upped your quality of late. Cheers mate!

Great footage ,you are one of the few that stay true to the aspect of surviving with the land and not on it. 💯

Loved the video Mike. I’ve spent a lot of time in Northern Idaho around Priest Lake and it brought back a lot of great memories. Plenty of tips to take away too.

Fellow Aussie here. Absolutely obsessed with Idaho and looking forward to building a homestead there one day. Very enjoyable video. Cheers

You give a great perspective in your videos Mike - cheers!

Well done! Was looking forward to it. Funny how you run into folks while talking to yourself 😊. Really like your prospective of the area you are in. Thank you for sharing! Cheers from sw ontario canada 😊

So glad you enjoyed your time in the states.. I feel like we need to constantly remind each other how important Australia and the United States is to each other. Especially in these crazy times..

Awesome video and trip, thanks for sharing!

What a beautiful camp site! This would be such a challenge in so many ways. What a way to get to know one’s strengths and weaknesses. Love to hear another Aussie.

First time stumbling upon your channel. Must say this video is just absolutely fantastic, thank you!

Not as many poisonous critters in Idaho as opposed to Oz, but we’ve got Grizzly Bears in the north.

Best bushcraft videos and learning techniques yet of any I have seen,thanks so much and safe travels friend

Hey mate, just came across your video. Really enjoyed watching. Safe travels home. 😊

First vid iv seen of yours, have just subscribed. Love the commentary 👌

Great vid Mike. More of these would be awesome

Sweet hike dude. You’re a legend.

I am from Idaho and lived in the Sunshine coast of Australia. I wish I had this video when I lived there Idaho is not very well known and your experience of the beautiful nature is better than anything I could describe

Great stuff mate. Thanks.

Just came across the channel and subscribedI definitely enjoyed it. I actually like how it’s real survival with how hot have to do everything.

Extremely well made video. Great stuff

Been in Idaho my whole life, really take if for granted sometimes. Spent many years of my childhood in that range with my dad. Really enjoyed your video. Glad Idaho treated you well.

Just found your channel. Oh man I love being able to watch this kind of stuff, especially when I haven't seen it before lol 😂

Awesome video dude. Happy to see a proper survivalist making videos. Love the accent! haha

Hey Mike! Been enjoying your videos. I like your adaptive thinking using the lense to ignite the powder from your bow drill kit. Good stuff!

Really enjoying watching your stuff

Great adventure mate, great watch!

You should get out to the pnw or pacific temperate rainforest. Absolutely insane stuff out there. Also the cascade range in Washington/ up into British Columbia is something very special

In the US Navy, I was stationed in Idaho Falls, Idaho for three years. Idaho is a beautiful. Sawtooth and Tetons provide awesome backpacking trails. The Navy also took me to Australia four times. Darwin was awesome, took some Tours in Kakadu national Park. We only had four days so I couldn’t do any solo backpacking. Cheers mate!

Another Idahoan welcoming you to the Sawtooth wilderness. I hope you like majestic mountains, Aussi!

Love Idaho state. I live before in Boise @ sometimes fishing at McCAll or Sun Valley place. Amazing state for living, many hot springs for health .

aussie here great video mate, awesome to see the aussies out in America, place looks immaculate. Your very knowledgeable loved the vid

Awesome one Mike! Clay is the man!

4:14 thats because anywhere beautiful of nature like that you want to be your home feels good

There are so many mushroom you can find in Idaho in October that are edible! It depends on the elevation and terrain, but if you hit a honey hole, you can live off mushrooms for a little while! Love your content.

Yeah, Idaho is awesome. I spent a few years in the Idaho /Montana area as a wilderness Hunting guide, Loved it. You should check out Arizona sometime

Great video as always Mike. About 30 years ago I was working in a small community about 3 hours from Alice. I was introduced to an elder. Via a translator he described how when out in the desert he would carry a stick that carried an ember. This saved having to make a fire each night. If you were traveling in a survival situation would you have taken an ember from the lake campsite to the cave?

Just found your channel today really enjoyed it so an new subscriber 🇳🇿🇳🇿cheers from NewZealand

13:01 living in some really unspectacular flat land where there is nothing but boring cities, industrial areas, see-through-thin woods and tiny patches of cropland in between - this small lake looks magical it feels completely unreal.

Ur channel is awesome really happy I found it keep it up

Awesome video! Looks like this video and the last were getting a good look by the algorithm. Hope this trend continues for you!

I made it 3:29 seconds in and this guy earned a sub and a like what an absolute animal. I love this channel already

Love the content. What fishing pole were you using Mike? My telescopic one keeps breaking.

I taught survival when I was on the teams..But I always carry a lighter, especially/always in high elevation situations..Conditions can change very quickly in spring and fall, and even summer if your high enough..I've known or known of, dozens of highly experienced people that died of exposure in the west..Sure, use a bow drill, but have a lighter, in case your life comes to depend on it. I use small bait fish lures in glacial/alpine lakes..That area is generally where I elk hunt..But Idaho has alot of different landscapes, you will find very thick bush/forests/woods in Idaho also..Even some sun in that cave.Looks like Clay would have been smart to tag along with you to find elk..

Well done Mate! Good on you🤙

Fantastic mate! I could just feel the vibe of the surroundings, so quiet en peaceful. Your humble demeanour is wonderful. It was interesting to observe your experience with the hunger and thoughts of food, I know from my own trips sorta similar how food can be such a mood booster when one's alone in the wild. Have you ever tried water fasting (at home) for a couple of days? It really opens up one's understanding of your psychology/relationship with food. I was shocked the first time I did a 5 day fast at how the different days bring up different experiences . My thinking is, once you've been through that a couple of times, it might help when out in the bush. Also, like you said, when the sugar is depleted your body will switch to burning fat, the process to get there can be grumpy, but once adapted is actually more efficient to get energy from fat, only problem is, just a small amount of carb will switch the body back. You can again practice this at home with a keto diet to get to know the feeling. Loved the video, gonna watch some more soon! Cheers

Thanks for another great video Mike. Really enjoyed it. I felt nervous for you with the risk of bears and wolves. You were very exposed and seemed quite vulnerable at night. How high is the risk and what do you do to mitigate it?

Looks like you found the Pahsimeroi valley. Lovely area.

you chose the most wonderful state for this!! ❤

Awesome 👌 Glad you enjoyed America the way it should be enjoyed 👊🏻

Mike love your stuff, been following you since alone aus 👌🏽 I was wondering where you got the air mattress where you pumped it up with the bag when you where in cave video? (30.43mins) really want to get one before my Vietnam trip where I am doing a 7 day cave hiking explore 👌🏽

Easily one of the most beautiful regions of the USA, and I love when people from around the world come and get to experience it. Cheers m8!

Great video, Mike. Really enjoy the way you talk through what you're doing and experiencing. Obviously it comes quite naturally to you from your time as an instructor as well. Excellent stuff. Cool to see an Aussie getting over to the States as well.

Really enjoyed this episode Mike 👍. What sleeping mat are you using?

So smart with the camera lens! 😊

You’ll have to try the Pacific Northwest rainforests! Lots more undergrowth 😊

Very interesting and well done. Question tho: was there a particular reason you mismatched a spinning reel and a fly reel with a casting rod?

Sick video mate!

Awesome video!

Great video Mike!

Eucalyptus in Australia is our oak in america! Its actually more dense but lacks the oil. Burns super hot & very long!

Awesome happy New year fantastis ❤❤❤

Show must go on😊

i tried making one a while back didnt have the right wood though always can order up a piece of solid oak in the future im interested in archery

G'day Mike, I enjoyed your struggle with those trout, and when you corrected yourself about calling that wilderness the bush, If you don't hear a cocky or a gallah your in the woods 👍.

Mike, I saw the video you did with Clay. Thank you for your honest and candid treatment of hunting. To me, it is not a “sport” or a hobby. It is a way of life. To me, there is no deeper connection to the land.

my friend and i did summer in the bitterroots back in the 70s, we fried and ate the trout bones too, just like chips... lol

Looks like you might be in the Lost River Range near Mackay, Idaho

this is so good i just wish it was longer

In one of your videos you did you asked what kind of birds were the pterodactyl looking birds actually called. They were frigate birds the males have a red throat pouch which they inflate during mating. I think it was the video in which retraced the route the 2 German pilots took when their float plane was damaged

Plastic bag with water in it will make a magnifying glass for the sunlight a clear water bottle too! I carry guitar picks, shave the sides to a fine power one spark burst into a flames for about 5 seconds. Water sheds right off them I pulled them outta water wiped them shaved them threw a spark to them boom 🔥 light weight too!

What a beautiful video ❤

You and nature and God. Hugs from Amazonas Brazil

Thanks!

It’s ironic to see an Australian mention dangers in North America like black bears and cougars when on their continent they have spiders that eat birds, jump jack ants, and the only venomous mammal on earth, the platypus. But I guess we build familiarity to what we know and the new unknown is what habitats our consciousness. Great video!

great trip mate!

Welcome to Idaho 🙏🥰 Stay Safe

Well done mate. Enjoy the cereal🎉

Its funny you mentioned theres no underbrush in Idaho. In the north half of the state its lower, timbered, and theres lots of underbrush. Too much.

Royal wolf flies are good wet or dry. I use em wet & let them sink slowly.

Nice video man!

G'day Mike. Just calling in from across the ditch. Have just found your channel. Love it and subscribed. A bit of a quick Q and A...for the purpose of this exercise, why wouldn't you have allowed yourself to have char cloth with you.? Not a judgemental question. More of a curiosity question. And I understand that, in the pockets of man-made clothing, you will find flammable bits of fabric to use as tinder, if push comes to shove. Anyway thanks for sharing. Take care mate and atb.

Great vid TY!!!!

I’m Irish Celt. I love my culture and I’m proud to be an indigenous person. I think that the thing that makes me indigenous is that I am a product of this land. I grew out of this soil and I will return to this soil as did my ancestors for thousands of years. I love all people but I wish they would become more conscious about who they are and what they are. Materialism is killing our soul. We need to return to the ways of nature