Mountain Males followers will quickly bid farewell to one of many present’s longest-running stars.
The present’s upcoming 14th season will mark Tom Oar‘s final on the sequence, the Historical past Channel confirmed in a Monday, August 4, press launch.
“For 81-year-old icon Tom Oar, this season may mark the second he decides whether or not to maintain going or hand off the torch,” the season’s description reads. “Legacies hold within the steadiness as every mountain man confronts a defining crossroads.”
Oar has starred on the fact sequence since its 2012 premiere. The present follows individuals who have traded within the comforts of the fashionable world in favor of constructing a life off the grid. Left to their very own units, the present sees its forged navigate the ups and downs of life within the wilderness.
In a teaser for the brand new season, Oar hints at his exit by stating, “It’s laborious to give up something that you simply actually love to do.” Whereas the precise motive for Oar’s departure is unknown, his exit will assist make method for the present’s new forged of survivalist who will make their debut this season.
“Newcomers Probability and Soraya Painter, each simply 28 and elevating two younger children, start carving out a homestead in distant Alaskan bush nation,” the season’s description states. “As they face unpredictable terrain and day by day survival, seasoned legends like Marty Meierotto and Mike Horstman proceed their tireless battle towards the weather, refusing to let go of the rugged independence they’ve spent a lifetime constructing.”
Based on the press launch, the season premiere will see Marty information his daughter, Noah, “by means of her first bush airplane touchdown at a distant caribou camp.” Moreover, “Mike hauls a 50-foot gangway throughout land and sea to his Kodiak homestead; Bret [Bohn] and Ivy [O’Guinn] fend off a hungry brown bear raiding their salmon nets; Lauro and Neil use an age outdated approach to hunt moose by boat on an remoted river; Probability and Soraya insulate their log cabin with sod and moss from the encompassing forest.”
Oar labored as a rodeo cowboy earlier than transferring to Montana’s Yaak Valley round half a century in the past, per his Historical past Channel bio. “Together with his spouse, Nancy, by his aspect, he makes his residing by trapping, tanning hides, and creating distinctive primitive crafts from supplies present in nature,” the bio reads. “Tom and Nancy reside in the identical log cabin they constructed by hand greater than forty years in the past and haven’t any intention of ever leaving.”
Now in his eighties, Oar’s age brings alongside “new challenges” for all times within the wilderness, his bio states. Nevertheless, he “continues to battle to reside wild and free within the mountains.”
New episodes of Mountain Males will probably be obtainable to stream the subsequent day on the Historical past Channel app, historical past.com, and video on demand.
Mountain Males, Season 14 Premiere, September 3, 8/7c, Historical past Channel