The Quiet Life of the King of the Mountain
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- Опубликовано: 6 авг 2017
- For the past 24 years, Leif Haugen has spent his summers living alone atop a mountain in Montana’s pristine wilderness. As a fire lookout for the U.S. Forest Service, Leif is charged with protecting the surrounding landscape, watching for signs of fire from his solitary perch. Spending up to two weeks alone at a time, he spends his days unwinding amid the peace and quiet, watching as the world passes him by.
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This guy lights the beacon, when Gondor calls for aid.
Congrats on your star sign 🤣🤣
😂😂😂👍👍
'AND ROHAN WILL ANSWER...MUSTER THE ROHIRRIM'
ps edited..this is the real version
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GONDOR?! Where was Gondor when the Westfall fell? Where was Gondor when our enemies closed in around us? Where was Gondor...?
ha ha ha ha
I feel like I would love this job. But I think it's one of those things that you could easily imagine loving but in reality end up not being able to handle.
Don't kid yourself. I would jump on this job if I didn't have one. This is one of them premium jobs as long as the pay isn't in the shitstream gutter. Nowadays w/ satellite phones, portable solar-panels, and books you can preoccupy yourself with. His days probably how as slow as he wants it to be and full of relaxation. He doesn't even need a dog.
Yep,none can handle it ,unless one is not much into talking
He said it's 10 days , 4 days off only in the summer. That sounds like an amazing summer vacation every year
The pay does suck....part time no benefits.I will keep my union job as a licensed master plumbers pipefitter. The money is phenomenal plenty of work. Home every night in my bed in my home with my four legged girlfriends.
Ths must be the worst job
Being alone is great, being lonely is terrible
Literally the only comment I've seen that describes reality.
@@alexcisneros2980 and it was from donkey. Figures.
doesn't really affect me because I'm used to it
too much of everything is bad.
Everyone's a gangsta till they start hearing a child singing on the middle of the night.
Bro😂
I’m use to it. Every night same song from walk in closet. I keep the door shut now and even got a different knob to lock from the outside and keep a towel under the door.
@I dont know What to call myself
You smell bullshit?. Dude you're weird af! 😂
cool i wil go sing with him then ;)
brilliant :)
I'm the kind of guy that starts talking to myself when I'm home alone. I could only imagine what new levels I would reach with that kind of job.
I imagine you'd probably just end up reading and walking a lot. It's not like you're going to reach enlightenment or nirvana or some crazy thing like that.
Abel Ramirez my friend got expelled from his house because he argued with his mom and he lived in the backyard forest in a tent and he began to give his personas family's and talk with them, in one month he went to three weddings, four birthdays, and a fucking GRADUATION OF HIS FIRST CHILD LIKE WTF
Derptrollz Dude, reaching "enlightenment" isn't hard...anyone could do it. Within the course of a year, Iv'e reached the pinnacle point of my "enlightenment", I personally believe. However, attaining "nirvana" is up for questioning, as it's just the end result of something you're not feeling; so, it's a contradiction of living, I suppose. The Buddha made up something that a mortal could not achieve, and I think that's his way of saying to use his "religion" to the very end of the conscious mind.
Abel Ramirez ever see the shining?
Alexander Scales lol yup. "Mr. Grady, you were the care taker." Im not quite on that level though.
Imagine what the stars look like there
This guy has the right idea.
God said to Abraham "look toward heaven and number the stars and so shall your descendants be". Up on the top of this mountain, so far above the pollution of the city and the lights of everything less than 100 feet above the ground.........(8^)
No light pollution whatsoever, I would imagine that you can see the milky way at some point.
@@nudist1033 go away
Help me reach 1k subs with no videos! Why you gotta kill the vibe like that
I don't possess the necessary vocabulary to express how much I want this gig.
As someone who prefers the solitude over being surrounded by people,this man is living my dream job. Add in the fact that there's peaceful nature just makes his job perfect imo.
FYI I don't hate people but I'm just not a fan of forceful interaction,when I have nothing to say or care about other people's personal lives. I just focus on me and leave it at that.
There's no way I wouldn't have a dog with a job like that.
MagicManxab great idea did not think of that.
Nice
Imagine all the animals that could kill you up there
@@henrymob2651 no mortal can kill us
plus food and water access
I haven't felt more jealous of a man's job in my entire life.
Hahahaha same
@aditya ashutosh no
@aditya ashutosh because I dont want to. Convince me.
aditya ashutosh a few subscribers wont get you anywhere on RUclips. Try to get a popular account on some other social media platform and promote your channel on there. Clickbait titles and controversial videos will hurt your reputation, but they are the fastest way to get subscribers so try to make those.
Are they hiring?
I'd so love to do something like this. I spent two weeks in a cabin without electricity and a 3 hour walk from the next supermarket and I had the best time. So much time to read, think, walk, explore, wonder, write, daydream, sleep, chopping wood, rowing, swimming in the cold lake etc.
I've just been re-reading Kerouac's Lonesome Traveller and he also was a fire lookout for a summer and it reminded me of this video that I first saw a year ago or so.
Thats the good life. Where and how did you do this?
@@TheVoltaire1 i found it on airbnb. It was in Finland
You reckon you'd be able to that 24/7 for a couple of years
@@usmanarif2004 I could do that for many many years. All I want is silence and be left alone from the egoistic idiots of this world
You're lucky to live in a country where this is available. The idiots in my country are chopping down everything. I also wish to do this. Peace, fresh air, no noise, no stupid humans, just nature and me.
Imagine living like this with a quiet mind, just you and nature.
Everyone’s gangsta till he hears a knock on the door
Yeah that's would I would be scared of up there
@@lesaharr9432 I bet he has a rifle on hand so it wouldnt be that scary.
Or scratching on the door.
The Feds coming to take his life
Jehovah's witnesses
RUclips has been giving some good recommendations lately.
Bear down!
Your prob living in 4040
I agree. But they’ve also been doubling ads lately too.
No they dont
Got here after watching that chalk video.
"Oh you went to college? What's your major?"
"Introversion."
😂😂
That's not introversion. Enjoying solitary moments and being introvert are two different things. The guy there can be the most extrovert and talkative person on earth, still he loves being alone in a lookout for months.
@@atapuma5756 no, extroverts need social interaction to recharge their energy. So yes, extroverts can enjoy solitary moments but not for months.
Yes 🙌
Sincerely,
Introvert
Oh nice, Major man 😂👍
After working a quarter of a century, in the city, I would LOVE that job. Who cares anything about what you're "missing". It's a spiritual experience to be present for such solitude.
Every introvert: *"...lucky bastard"*
LoL
Yeah, lmao.
I'm an Introvert and i agree
I wish I could live up in the mountains like him. So peaceful.
nah i'm good, i like being alone in crowds
This can be made into a horror movie very easily.
I agree, but we only think that because a lot of horror movies have been made on similar premises...
Or a action thriller lol the guy wakes up and checks in with the radio, just static, weeks later of no contact with anyone, he goes back to town to find ZOMBIES
what a twist
There’s a game that’s really good inspired by stuff like this called Firewatch
Gost Bob I LOVE that game, it’s what made me interested in this lifestyle, even though the story is sad.
Trapking SWAG yea the art style and story are really good
I hope people that live like this realize how bless they truly are and don't take it for granted! This is the life that some people wish they had and is praying for! Solitude, nature, and peace!😍
I hope people that live like you realize how deluded and manipulative they truly are and realize it! That is the life that some people wish they did not have and is praying for the eradication of bigots! Solitude, nature, and peace!😍
@@gpc2806 I'm sure that's what all people who love drama and full of BS would say... Ain't nobody wanna be around that except for people like you! By all means go for it🤷🏽♀️... But that's NOT the life that everyone wants either!🙃 Let people live and let live!💯 I will always say,"Kudos to people who choose to walk their own path in life in solitude, nature, and peace!"😍😍😍😍😍
This is my life's goal, I want to accomplish the goal that's equal to his. I could already imagine how peaceful life would be there as you're sipping your tea while watching the sun rises.
"There's a thing about being alone and there's a thing about being lonely, and they're two different things. I was alone but I was not lonely." Al Worden
Absolutely!
Me
Oooh spooky
One can be in a crowded room and be lonely.
i am alone but not lonely. Robert de nero in heat
Sees fire in the distance
THE BECONS ARE LIT ! GONDOR CALLS FOR AID !
It would be very funny to call that in. You might lose your job but it would be funny
@@thelastjohnwayne lol
kek
and Rohan will answer
Lol
I'd give anything to be him, I won't lie, I think he's living the best life possible
I‘d love to do this job but holy hell I‘d be scared at night with a building that is surrounded by glass
Same here
Of what? Who's going to find you?
Mallard I know that no one would be up there to find me but I‘m the type of guy to always have an odd feeling when I‘m out in the nature by myself.
@@screamosux My guy it is pretty isolated. Sure that means theres no PEOPLE around to harm you but what about wildlife, or worse a horrible storm? Anyone of those things could spell your end out there, and no one would be around to save you
@Gus Stamer What about a bear or a wolf attack?
I wonder if he's ever played firewatch
i mean, firewatch HAS to be based on his life, right? even the cabin looks similar
@Krister Kjørholt Most fire watch buildings are similarly constructed.
yeah, i can see that
I do wonder if the release of that game led to any changes in the recruitment numbers for firewatch towers.
Krister Kjørholt I somehow knowtest that the stoves are the same
"This is a
Real Social Distancing"
HAPPY LONELY this was in past so chill
These “introverts” saying this is their dream home. No it isn’t. You won’t have internet or electricity. You’ll go insane unless you love nature as much as this man.
Lol maybe its just you who cant live without wifi or electricity
Green Guy Except I actually enjoy nature. Huge difference. And I know most “introverts” spend all their time on their phones and are definitely not fans of nature.
give me some instrument and some books and i’m good!! i get on my phone a lot throughout the day but i think i’d really enjoy this.
How would he be using his radio with no electricity? Lol, also you can see a power strip right there at 1:00
techtonics Beats he could have batteries for the radio but yeah I’m starting to see he does have electricity but also no recreational devices.
when 2020 is over this man will be the only one remaining
He will be on the radio like.. " Do you guys care about the weather or NOTTT??..Is anybody even there?
.. Helllloooo!!!.."
I get earth abides nostalgia here
I am legend type shit
Nope I know where he lives
@John Wayne nah
Ten days all alone in a cabin in the Montana wilderness, and my job is just to stare at the mountains all day? Where can I apply?
Its june to september. Not only 10 days.
Even better.
Sign me up !
shoot I'm in a lookout rn. Except mine has wifi, ac, kitchen, microwave, bathroom, a power line running up the side of the mountain to me. Shoot I play online games up here lol
@@4touchdowns1game29 Living the dream dude
you and the wind and the time just melts away....
I really felt relaxed just watching the scenes.
Anyone else thinking about the firewatch indie game?
Hell yeah
So much Far Cry 5
Nice icon mate. Why's ur resolution buggered?
Worst game ever made, ...ever.
If with my crush, then yes
*Plays Firewatch*
Me: You know, I'm something of a -scientist- fire lookout myself.
@A M That's the point. atleast that's the point of the ending. I don't know how you could say the other parts of the gamer are underwhelming
@A M you cant have sex with a game sir, science forbids it
You truly are a fun guuy 😬
The comment I've been looking for.
Reminds me of the end of Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac. It makes this lifestyle seem so pleasant especially to an introvert
Woooe this is the most amazing job!
Everybody gangsta until goat man starts screaming at night
Waiting for someone to make that reference have you seen POiiSED play the game that is hilarious
🤣🤣🤣
1:31 “skies are clear”
*numerous clouds*
Safe to say the guy isn’t quite all there.
Bigfoot?
@F4 Phantom Sure, but the Bigfoot rifles are very grainy and could just be a big stick.
He's living the dream. No people. No traffic. Watching the sunrise and sunset on a beautiful mountain.
Definitely isn't my dream
@Jack Mathis restaurants, wifi, weed.. I can already imagine what type of a person you are
Careful what you wish for. Dreams can turn into nightmares. I used to live and work in a big metropolitan city and always nagging about my dream to live as Leif does. Here I am, stuck in a cottage in the woods where the nearest village is like a mile away. You have no idea how much i miss my days in the city and how depressed i feel now.
Naykbasharassad opposite of country roads
Country roads take me back
This was so peaceful to watch.
the sound design of this video is exemplary!
See you all in 6 years when this video gets recommended to me again.
See ya then
So long! Thanks for all the fish!
ok
it was great see you
Pretty sure technology discover fire at this area in 6 years.
He’s a stone cold sun chaser with coffee upon his lips
Meets the morning dew with steam rolling from the tip
Of a worn out tin mug that’s seen many morns
He’s an early riser, heat finder whose clothes are battered and torn
He lives upon a mountain where birds wake him from his rest
And northernmost winds brush coldly upon his chest
He sings a solemn song to remember that he is blessed
To live a life of solitude up on the mountains crest.
Holy shit man
Mehedi Hasan Emon Thanks, just got inspired by this mans story.
Sara Mohammed Thank you.
Why did I read this in the tune of big iron
Nice.
Amazing job
Sounds like a cool job, if I could download this guy's chillness into my brain.
This needs to be a much longer video. I don't think the quick cut editing style reflects a dude living up in a mountain by himself for months at a time. I get they need to be short, but there should be some time to process the information in between cuts.
Lol what you want? 5 seconds of a beautiful mountain view isnt enough? We humans nowadays consume faster then these cuts
Nico Birk depends on how you look at it
Same guy 16 min watch?v=6YPBO_ISKuc
@@stroggi218 the link doesn't work. Could you post it again?
Here is link ruclips.net/video/dGMHsBfZLXo/видео.html
4 months of solitude with just your job and that incredible nature to pass time... no deadlines, no crowds, no need to socialize or fake emotions. I'd love to have that kind of silence to let my brain rest and soul recharge ❤
I could be by myself like this for a long long time.. For real. It just seems so peaceful.
Wow this place is beautiful..
I'm an Ambivert but man,
I can deny i'm jealous with this guy. He's far away from stress, He's enjoying the beauty of nature every morning. I can say this is the life that i want.
this dude has my dream job were do i sign up?! i also downloaded firewatch to prepare for my journey.
where*
@@FroggyTheNinja w'ere*
wher'e *
Wehre*
@@sebasbosma2669 werhe*
Love it ❤ I used to work in a Signalbox in the UK very similar building, very different duties but brought back memories never the less.
feels good and happy inside
I played Firewatch so I guess you could call me an expert on this subject.
😊tell me about it I'm thinking of buying it how was it ×No spoils× just emotions plz🤗THY
@@FrostyK It was an emotional rollercoaster
@@FrostyK When its on sale it's worth it.
@@mccreadykearney9863 Torrent
@@CEOofSleep You should support the devs, really good game.
I would definitely bring my telescope up there!
Petros Kefallinos and my dog
Dev King why wouldn’t it want to come? Dogs love trips with their owners
Dev King how is it different? you just need to bring dog food and their leash and they’re set
@Dev King not really doggy´s are the best friends to a countryside experience
And my xbox
Been to Montana. A beautiful place. Miles and miles of beautiful country.
I would absolutely love to work as a fire lookout for a summer in my life. It's definitely a level of isolation that most people will never experience
Necessary supplys:
10kg of coffee
10 ounces of weed
1 doggo
Yeah fuck food and water
win sean 1 doggo gets your food and can be your food oh wait
100 likes
@@somepunkasskid6864 who needs it
win sean exactly
Why is no one mentioning how scary it is at night when you're surrounded by windows with no curtains?
Keith Ten Right? The anxiety of feeling like being surrounded at night or looking at a distance and seeing a figure
maybe because it isn't that scary in practice.
ho-ly-fuck I hadn't thought of that lmao ;-; I would fucking die if I saw something in the distance.
I can already see the story; "Firewatch lookout in Montana gone missing", then they investigate and find NOTHING, like he's just GONE, but there's 1 drop of blood on the CEILING
Keith Ten
There is no need for curtains when atop a mountain.
This is my hell but kudos to this wonderful man!
Best job ever! 👍🏻
*everyone gangsta til you see a mountain lion sitting on his chair drinking coffee*
Every mountain lion gangsta until they get a 45-70 round to the ass.
It's Montana. I bet he's armed.
Imagine your just sleeping peacefully when you hear a wendigo howl
Big foot or even better a yeti on vacation meeting his brother bigfoot
I would invite him into the house and offer him something to drink
😅😅😅
Or a witch🧙
Jesus..
I would love this!
Awesome!
You definitely have to possess the right temperament to for this type of job. I'm glad he's being honest about how he feels he is sacrificing other parts of his life for it but that to him, it's worth it. Respect.
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What’s the other 2, please reply
Wow. Love it.
1 month like this every year would be very good for mental health in todays age or atleast mine.
"I'm missing a wedding tonight."
Yours?
bruh he was wearing a wedding band
@@SouperSteve0 Twas a joke, me matey.
Your not missing much other then a future divorce.
Probably a good thing to be fair. I'd chose this type of liberty over what would very likely result in a divorce.
@@SouperSteve0 r/woosh
I wanna get this job. I absolutely love silence and peace.
Your lumbago makes you like that, terribly sorry about your condition
@@cameronjordan897 stfu dude.
You might also want to consider Antarctica. You have both silence and peace. (Careful with the storms though.)
Its a rdr2 joke chill
Don't get married then!
such a beautiful lifestyle
It's 2020 now. Everyone can feel this man now.
Hell, I miss being a dispatcher. Talking to the lookouts was my favourite part. It takes a calm and gentle person with a lot of inner strength to live in a lookout or fire tower. My sister still does it.
This is amazing. Especially for introverts!
3 as1 I would go insane
@Broly The Sarcastic Savage No, introverts do require social contact. Just not as much as others. Without any contact whatsoever you'd go insane.
@@basedworldbillionaire2900 the movie castaway is good example of wat happens to most people in isolation 🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺🇦🇺
@Ikaros Fox And those people are always usually really really messed up and delusional.
He is living the life of millions of people ❤
Wonderful life. 😊🌲🌲🌲
Being with nature sounds nice though it get lonely but you get see the sunset and get away from the pollution.
It's only for 10-days at a time. That's no big deal.
Man, this would be the sort of life I would cherish.
the great outdoor :) love it
I love your job 🤩
I would be yelling wilson! at a pine cone by the first month.
Where is Wilson ?
Hilarious :D
Lmao 😂😂😂😂
Let me know when he's had enough. I'll happily enrol for a permanent position.
@Ju I have lad! Trust me!
Ju communist
@Ju communism doesnt work kid, get over it
@Ju oh shut up.
You guys in US need to be happy for having opportunities like this... Here in Brazil we don't even have hatches in mountains and when we do, it's totally unappropriated for anything but stay one night and go. Always on national parks that have enormous difficulties and paper to handle with when you want to go for a hike. I would love to have a place like this nearby.
Wow that look awesome.
He is quarantining before the quarantine was even a thing.
12 seconds in and I already know this guy is living the dream. This is exactly how I imagine my life to be one day. Keep on rockin man!
amazing. i would give up everything for this
It is a great job!
I would love this job. I would for sure have a dog though.
And a bike
Mystery Man and some weed
That would be so perfect!
YOU SAID IT. A DOG FUCK YEAH !
I’d have a woman
Looking at the state of the world, this is a fantastic job
Amazing
In my next life for sure. How wonderful would that be. Just the serenity and stars at night would be magnificent.
Now my watch begins. Brother of the night watch
W
I used to get those sunrises from my old residence. It's really great! You don't feel like "Fuck, let me just sleep!". Starting a day with that kind of view is ... just wonderful. I really hope everyone reading this comment gets to experience it someday.
I know I'm a year late but you're cool beans
Omg so amazing
We can never have enough of nature.
Now i gotta say that aint a bad life
only 4-6 months a year so you have to find out what to do while your not in the mountains. Hopefully you can find a restaurant or someplace that keeps hiring you every year for 6-8 months. Other than that its great
BrontideHorse I'm wondering how much salary being paid for this kind of job?
According to google it's 60,000 to 70,000 dollars
60k USD for 4 months of lounging in the woods in peace and quite, came to the right forest! ヽ༼ ຈل͜ຈ༼ ▀̿̿Ĺ̯̿̿▀̿ ̿༽Ɵ͆ل͜Ɵ͆ ༽ﾉ
Exzo Bree at most $10 ish
I worked for the USFS as a firefighter in Northern California and Oregon. I miss it every day. It's some of the hardest work around, but God those were good times. Especially working on a Hotshot crew - you end up in some really remote and pretty much untouched areas of North America. It's hard not to love your job when you're sleeping on some piece of ground that, most likely, no one has seen in a very long time. Or hiking into work, watching the sun crest the peaks of the Rockies at 10,000ft. The Pacific Northwest is definitely my favorite, though. Tough firefighting, but I got a thing for waterfalls and Doug Fir, lol. Best job in the world.
What a view he has
You could get some fantastic time-lapse up there.
Im less interested in his morning coffee and walks, more interested in how he receives his needs. Where does the food, water and electricity come from? How does the bathroom work? Is there a laundry? Does he get visitors?... People are more curious about that than his morning walks in the mountains
xxxxmimi Far as I can tell the government provides food and other essentials, he probably has a water filter, definitely has an outhouse, probably a river or stream to wash clothes, definitely no visitors.
He works 10 days so he likely brings food and stuff, washes his clothes when he’s off. People can visit if they want. Electricity is a good question. The likely answer is solar panels and a generator if there’s not enough sun.
I did three season's at the most remote lookout in the Continental US. It's called Arctic Point and is in the Frank Church Wilderness area in Idaho. Water was collected (by me ) 1/4 mile away at a spring. Best water I've ever had...yes it was tested every year. As a rule the Forest Service provides stove fuel, battery's and a small charging (solar) system for the Forest Radio. I was delivered to my lookout on horse's and mules and could pack in 1500 lbs. of food, tp, clothes, books, etc. All your food is on your own dime. Typically at the remote lookouts you'll get one resupply during the season. You call in your order and the FS deliver's it to your site. Yup...outhouse. Mine was a nice one. Arctic point was built in 1939, and was even manned during WW2. It's part of the Krassel Ranger District, out of McCall, Id.
So no food stipend, eh? I thought you would've been provided with a minimal amount of gratis food supplies. Another question. What about trash? Did you have to pack it out yourself too? Lastly. Get a lot of backpackers, through hikers, etc. show up unexpectedly?
This sounds like city slicker talk.