No Picture
Recap

Recap: The Wheel, Episode 1 “Abandoned”

On Friday, Discovery channel premiered it’s newest survival series, The Wheel. The premise is that six ordinary survivalists (not professional wilderness instructors), attempt to survive alone in six diverse South American ecosystems. There is no prize for completing a revolution of the wheel, and the participants will rotate between the zones based on the whim of the producers (more on that later). Let’s meet the survivalists: Josh Morin Age 23, a former wrestler turned humanitarian from Montana Is looking to put his competitive nature to the test. Lindsay Phenix Age 25, fitness model/ massage therapist from California Wants to prove that […]

No Picture
Reality TV

Gold Rush’s Todd Hoffman on His Big Oregon Gamble

Todd Hoffman, one of the miners in Discovery Channel’s No. 1-rated series Gold Rush, had big sights when he took a gamble by coming from the Klondike to the High Bar mine in Oregon. Fittingly enough for his claim’s name, he had set a very high bar for his team, hoping to extract 5,000 ounces of gold. Unfortunately, as fans of the show have seen, he has only reached about 1/10th of that amount. Taking another gamble, Hoffman has left High Bar and is moving his team to Buckland. Showing loyalty, his team is even willing to not get paid for […]