Fat Guys in the Woods

- Season 1

(2014)

Three friends from California embark on a bitter cold survival adventure in the Smoky Mountains in record-breaking low temperatures...the same week where three hikers were airlifted from the same region after battling for their lives. After making a massive "wiki-up" shelter (a wooden tepee with custom made beds) and starting a fire with flint they find in the woods, the guys manage to snare a rabbit using a handmade trap and, reaching the point of starvation, eat every last morsel. With the help of Creek Stewart's expertise, Matt, Ben, and Jesse must not only survive...

Creek Stewart rekindles the pioneer spirit as he teaches three guys how to survive in a dark pine forest amongst dilapidated ruins from early American settlers. Bill, a boisterous Texan; Dave, a former solider; and Andrew, a stressed workaholic, learn what it's like to truly live off the land, as they build a shelter from pine needles, choke down barely edible reindeer moss, build a quail trap from sticks alone and start a fire using the hardest method known to man: the arm-shredding hand-drill. When their traps finally land a live quail, Dave gets his hands dirty to ...

Creek Stewart shows off some innovative survival technology every man should know about and teaches Opie, a guy looking to reconnect with his Eagle Scout past; Joe, a tech-obsessed New Yorker; and Zach, a man who spent most of his life handicapped from a rare bone disease; what it means to survive in a cold river valley. The guys build "super-shelters" from river cane and "space blankets", ignite a flame with a fire piston and tinder fungus, and are faced with many unexpected scenarios and dine on a super-sized beetle grub for breakfast and watch one of their comrades...

Creek teaches three guys how to survive on a mountain slope and works with Dan, an aspiring professional wrestler; Jeff, an ex-marine and country music musician; and James, a forklift driver known as "Rock"; to build a primitive "pit shelter" between two big rock walls. They also make a friction fire with a super-sized, four-man bow drill and struggle with frigid temperatures, snow and unsuccessful dead-fall traps. - forcing them to eat stir-fried honeybees! Hungry and cold, Jeff risks injury to scurry up a slippery rock wall for a few shriveled wild grapes, and Rock ...

Creek Stewart leads three strangers into the woods and teaches them to make fire using an unlikely source.... condoms. Quickly survival of the fittest takes an ugly turn as Johnny, a cancer survivor; is rushed to the hospital due to a serious health scare leaving the two remaining men, Nick, a once bullied shy guy with Andrew, a good ole' boy from Georgia, to face many challenges themselves including a deadly confrontation with a snake, an attempt to capture a wild duck and another bout of illness that hits the camp hard.

Creek Stewart takes three men into the wilderness and teaches the guys how to keep warm in the chilling autumn temperatures by starting a fire with just a battery and gum wrapper. Going without food for days, Dane, a shy 20-year old; wades through freezing cold waters for a meager meal of cattails, Josh, a friendly minister; helps fashion a knife-tipped spear to hunt down catfish and Big Fella, a quick-witted gourmet chef from Detroit; helps cook the fish despite a severe, life threatening fish allergy. On their solo day, one of the guys has an emotional breakdown ...

It's a family affair out in the wilderness when Howard, a diabetic truck driver, invites his two estranged sons, Chad and Kaleb, out into the woods for a dramatic reunion decades in the making. Although the men come in carrying some serious baggage, they work together and build an amazing wigwam shelter, start a fire with a busted lighter and scraped lint from their clothing, and hunt down a live possum... all while Howard reminisces about his "old wrestling days." It's an emotional reunion that culminates in three men changing their relationship forever.

In rainy and muddy conditions, three guys are forced to find dry tinder in a treacherous cave to start a fire with limited supplies. Braving the wet weather leaves the guys exhausted and starving so Chris, an aspiring attorney; Johnny; a 400 pound man with crippling joint pain; and Parker, a Florida social-worker; resort to eating bugs for breakfast and later go toe-to-toe with a dangerous, wild boar in an emotionally-charged hunt lead by Creek. One of the guys delivers the fatal blow, changing his life forever while another vows to become a full-fledged vegetarian ...