Many people have fantasized about leaving life behind and restarting in nature (guilty). Disappearing into the wild, trading notifications for nature, and seeing what's left when the noise drops out.

Kyle and Angela didn't just fantasize about it... They did it.

After fifteen years living fully off-grid in the remote lakelands of Canada, building their own home and surviving winters that plunge to -53°C, the pair made another radical choice: trading ice and snow for the dense jungles of Panama.

Into the WilderVRS is a long-form adventure and education series that documents decades-long commitment to living close to the land and now it's shared through onchain storytelling. Read on to hear it straight from the source, Kyle himself.

Angela and I were not happy with city life.  We extended our canoeing trips longer and longer, paddling for months at a time.  Eventually we just decided to stay in the woods, where off-grid was our only option.  Into The WilderVRS evolved from the decades of home movies shot while on lengthy canoe trips, and really took form once Angela and I added to our story by putting down roots on a remote lake.    

The key to surviving and storytelling in such environments is adaptation. I approach each journey with the intent of letting the story reveal itself to me in my travels. The wide open horizons of the Canadian lakelands and the cramped claustrophobic jungles of Panama are as different as fire and ice, so I strive for a thread of consistency with narration and the humorous disposition I try to bring to any situation. 

I am no fan of popular video platforms. I don't want to be forced to enable random ads, or have my work policed by algorithms. I've always enjoyed being able to engage with my audience and reward them in ways only web3 makes possible, like airdrops, prize raffles, and NFT event ticketing.  With a shift towards AI, I see great opportunities ahead for adventure filmmakers.  Anyone organically documenting raw nature is going to stand out from a crowd of synthetically enhanced offerings.

When Angela and I first began building our house in the forest, filmmaking (and everything else) took a backseat to construction and basic survival.   In the early years we didn’t even have running water or refrigeration, and satellite internet wasn’t available yet.  It took nearly 10 years to get to a place where we could devote meaningful time to our creative pursuits again.  Now that most of the hard work has been frontloaded, we're extremely comfortable, and daily chores are minimal. 

Connection is such a loaded word.  Recently it's come to mean a device's network connection, or a contact list in an app, and little else.  The deep and ancient connection between us and the landscape is what I try to highlight on Into The WilderVRS.  Hopefully, viewers regain a sense of wonder, and are reassured that real meaningful connections are available to them when they put their devices down and get outdoors.  

Many people have fantasized about leaving life behind and restarting in nature (guilty). Disappearing into the wild, trading notifications for nature, and seeing what's left when the noise drops out.

Kyle and Angela didn't just fantasize about it... They did it.

After fifteen years living fully off-grid in the remote lakelands of Canada, building their own home and surviving winters that plunge to -53°C, the pair made another radical choice: trading ice and snow for the dense jungles of Panama.

Into the WilderVRS is a long-form adventure and education series that documents decades-long commitment to living close to the land and now it's shared through onchain storytelling. Read on to hear it straight from the source, Kyle himself.

Angela and I were not happy with city life.  We extended our canoeing trips longer and longer, paddling for months at a time.  Eventually we just decided to stay in the woods, where off-grid was our only option.  Into The WilderVRS evolved from the decades of home movies shot while on lengthy canoe trips, and really took form once Angela and I added to our story by putting down roots on a remote lake.    

The key to surviving and storytelling in such environments is adaptation. I approach each journey with the intent of letting the story reveal itself to me in my travels. The wide open horizons of the Canadian lakelands and the cramped claustrophobic jungles of Panama are as different as fire and ice, so I strive for a thread of consistency with narration and the humorous disposition I try to bring to any situation. 

I am no fan of popular video platforms. I don't want to be forced to enable random ads, or have my work policed by algorithms. I've always enjoyed being able to engage with my audience and reward them in ways only web3 makes possible, like airdrops, prize raffles, and NFT event ticketing.  With a shift towards AI, I see great opportunities ahead for adventure filmmakers.  Anyone organically documenting raw nature is going to stand out from a crowd of synthetically enhanced offerings.

When Angela and I first began building our house in the forest, filmmaking (and everything else) took a backseat to construction and basic survival.   In the early years we didn’t even have running water or refrigeration, and satellite internet wasn’t available yet.  It took nearly 10 years to get to a place where we could devote meaningful time to our creative pursuits again.  Now that most of the hard work has been frontloaded, we're extremely comfortable, and daily chores are minimal. 

Connection is such a loaded word.  Recently it's come to mean a device's network connection, or a contact list in an app, and little else.  The deep and ancient connection between us and the landscape is what I try to highlight on Into The WilderVRS.  Hopefully, viewers regain a sense of wonder, and are reassured that real meaningful connections are available to them when they put their devices down and get outdoors.