When Matt Hunter set out with Charlie McLellan, Anthill director Darcy Wittenburg and photographer Nicolas Teichrob to bikepack around the remote island of Haida Gwaii, they did so with... no food. They would forage, fish, and hunt every calorie they consumed for seven days and 207 km, living off the land much like the local Haida have done for centuries.
Anthill Films shot, edited, and produced Foodless Odyssey, an eleven-minute documentary following the journey and the survival tactics employed by these four mountain bikers. After airing on Season 8 of OutsideTV's Dispatches, the full video is now online for all to see.
| When you're really hungry and you don't know where your next meal is coming from, you feel desperate. I've never felt like that in my life—Matt Hunter |
| Humanity has fallen away from that connection with food. This was the ultimate... Going out and being fully connected in that you had to collect the food in order to eat.—Charlie McLellan |
After travelling along both coasts and across this rain forest island with nothing but their bikes, camping gear and tools for hunting and fishing, this hungry group of travelers developed an unprecedented appreciation for where their meals come from.
Would you ever attempt a Foodless Odyssey of your own?
The Foodless Odyssey was undertaken by experienced outdoorsmen with knowledge of hunting, fishing and edible plant species. Local First Nations were consulted regarding all food-gathering activity by the team.Photos by Nicolas Teichrob
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Since you've figured my so-called philosophy out for me, I can rest comfortably in my parents' basement and ease my way into retirement. ttfn!
Also, how were they allowed to harvest a deer? Does Canada have similar hunting regulations as the USA?
Hunting to eat is more than acceptable, and probably better for the world than all the processed food going around. I'd rather people hunt than just blindly go to a supermarket in a way.
People can eat whatever they like.
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IMHO it should have depicted some blood either hunting or slaughtering. Otherwise citybred idiots like me will think this is an easy challenge and try it on their own with awful consequences. Just sayin’
Well done guys. That was a really great video.
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For most of us(likely to be reading this) food is very easy to come by. This sort of experience can perhaps start someone questioning where the food they eat is coming from, how has it been produced, what resources were used, at what cost and so on. The answers to these questions will be personal and vary all over the world. But it is the answers to these questions that are steering more and more people to choose vegan.
I'm vegan obviously but I would quite happily eat the way they did in the same circumstances. I'm pretty certain they've never eaten food quite so tasty and satisfying, meat included. I've my own small experience of the buzz of wild berries and the unrivaled pick me up they bring and chewing down fish bones because I craved every last bit of flesh of the tiny fish it took two hours to catch. I gained an appreciation of where my food came from. Being vegan is far more than saving the cute little animals, I only wish more vegans would see that!