Bruce Nelson shares his recent wilderness adventures, including a three-week solo paddling and fishing trip in Southwest Alaska where he didn't encounter anyone for 18 days, a Denali bike trip with wildlife sightings, and longer streaks of isolation like 40 days in the Brooks Range. He discusses survival strategies such as calorie-dense food planning, water treatment to avoid illnesses like Giardia, and emergency fixes like using body heat or hot water bottles for wet gear, drawing from past miserable experiences in harsh weather. Nelson recounts major expeditions like retracing the Lewis and Clark route by paddling upstream on the Missouri River, hiking the 2,200-mile Desert Trail, and the Minnesota Border Route Trail, along with entertaining smokejumper stories involving bizarre challenges and a world-record mosquito slap.

00:00 Introduction to Bruce Nelson's Adventures

00:58 Solo Wilderness Adventures

02:27 Surviving in the Wild: Food and Water Strategies

05:08 The Importance of Water Treatment

08:20 Denali Bike Trip Experience

15:43 Lewis and Clark Expedition Reenactment

24:14 Desert Trail and Other Desert Hikes

31:07 Minnesota's Border Route Trail

34:39 Smoke Jumper Stories and Traditions

39:35 Hilarious Smokejumper Challenges

43:22 The Thrill of Smokejumping

46:27 Unforgettable Smokejumper Stories

47:30 Books on Smokejumping

48:35 The Evolution of Smokejumping

57:34 The Importance of Smokejumping

59:33 Adventures in the Alaskan Wilderness

01:06:35 Comparing Great Divide and Continental Divide Trails

01:08:57 Perceived vs. Real Risks Outdoors

01:18:13 Final Thoughts on Outdoor Adventures

https://bucktrack.com/

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Caltech PhD. Climate realist working on food security and energy security for 2 decades. Climate alarmism and net zero critique.

00:00 Introduction to Dale Wen and Green Ideology

00:59 Dale Wen's Background and Career Shift

02:08 Outline of the Talk

02:19 Challenges of Food Security and Climate Change

02:33 Green Revolution Achievements

02:51 Case Study: Greenpeace and Golden Rice

03:03 Case Study: Sri Lanka's Food Crisis

03:21 Case Study: EU's Refusal to Help Africa

03:35 Case Study: EU's Farm to Fork Strategy

04:05 Organic vs. Conventional Agriculture

06:49 Historical Climate Challenges

09:33 China's Food Security in the 1970s

10:47 Green Revolution's Impact on Food Security

12:39 Synthetic Fertilizers and Agricultural Innovation

13:10 Green Ideology Blocking Agricultural Progress

13:30 Golden Rice Controversy

15:02 Sri Lanka's Organic Transition Failure

23:31 Bhutan's Organic Transition

24:39 EU's Green Initiatives and Africa

25:57 EU's Farm to Fork Strategy

28:42 Environmental Impact of Organic vs. Conventional Agriculture

33:42 Debunking Organic Agriculture Myths

34:33 The Reality of Organic Pesticides

35:53 Comparing Toxicity: Organic vs. Conventional

39:28 Economic and Environmental Impacts of Organic Farming

40:09 The Definition and Misconceptions of Organic Agriculture

41:40 Insights from Global Agricultural Assessments

44:57 The Politics of Agroecology

46:38 The Push for Regenerative Farming

49:22 Concluding Thoughts on Green Ideology

51:16 Q&A Session: Organic Food, Bugs, and Synthetic Meats

https://x.com/dale_wen

https://dalewen.substack.com/

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Dr. Seok S. Park is a professor of Environmental Science and Engineering at Ewha Womans University in Seoul, Korea. He translated “Inconvenient Facts: The science that Al Gore doesn't want you to know” and “Fake Invisible Catastrophes and Threats of Doom” into Korean in 2021. After publishing these two translated books, he founded Korea Climate Change Truth Forum and Korea Alliance of Freedom and Environmental Groups with his colleagues.

00:00 Introduction and Guest Introduction

00:31 Early Support for Low Carbon Green Growth

03:06 Shift in Perspective: Climate Change Denial

05:16 Books and Translations on Climate Change

09:09 Climate Alarmism in South Korea

16:15 Renewable Energy Challenges in South Korea

23:43 Climate Change Impact on the Korean Peninsula

29:44 Decreasing Typhoons and Increasing Wildfires

30:16 Climate Change and Media Narratives

31:26 Comparing North and South Korea

32:46 China's Hybrid Warfare Tactics

34:14 Climate Change Activism and Socialism

37:55 Proposing a Climate Energy Alliance

41:01 Critique of RE100 and Renewable Energy

43:03 Dreams of Liberty and Climate Realism

47:01 Audience Q&A and Final Thoughts

His Oct 2025 book, “Eco-disasters: What Happened and How to Prevent Them”:

https://www.amazon.com/Eco-disasters-What-Happened-Prevent-Them/dp/9819686660

About Seok Soon Park: https://co2coalition.org/teammember/seok-soon-park/

Slides for this podcast, and AI summaries of all of my podcasts: https://tomn.substack.com/p/podcast-summaries

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