>>2100497pretty sure he wasn't despite the claims
nothing on TV is real, no network or studio is going to front the cash to produce a show without being absolutely certain they can make the show, having one guy in the middle of nowhere do everything is just too much of a financial risk
there was someone on a backpacking forum that found the spots the Utah episode was made, and there was absolutely no way he was not moved from area to area via car, there was areas filmed within a couple hundred meters of a busy highway, and other massive misrepresentations about the area and situation
at the end of every show Stroud makes a point to 'leave no trace behind' and his show is litterred with whiny environmental moaning, the guy that found the film locations found a bunch of trash just left behind by the crew (the mountain bike and stuff, cans, other trash
