Life as the Last Fire Lookout

This is my uncle Russ. As long as I can remember he’s been doing this and I always follow his Facebook posts and other things to see what he’s up to. I showed this to my dad-his brother- and he had no idea this documentary was made nor did I. This is an incredible video and I appreciate you shining light on this badass of a man

Dude seems like a chill guy, I wonder if he has ever seen anything unusual going on in those woods. I think the towers should be preserved for future history.

I put myself through university by working 4 seasons as a fire lookout in eastern WA state. Best job ever - getting paid to look out the window and what a view!!! So grateful to have had that experience.

First time here, this is like honestly movie style quality filming, really enjoyed it. 👍

Ever since I played Firewatch the game this job has always played around in my mind and it sounds amazing to be able to live by yourself in nature when you need a break from chaotic cities and things which clutter your life up.

These visuals are amazing

If you guys like horror, yall should try Fears to Fathom: Ironbark Lookout. Its literally a park ranger that is looking out for fires but something ominous is going on in the forest. Very scary.

don't fall in love with your supervisor that you never met over a radio.

my guy playing firewatch irl, or are you being a firewatchman in the game?

Your use of black and white imagery when Russ is recalling his history like flashes of his memory is superb attention to detail and really added to his story. Really ❤ your storytelling.

Bro in ironbark Lookout

Fears of fathom ???

Great story . Here in San Diego California we lost an Unsung Hero named Norm Mitchel about 5-6 years back who did Fire lookout out at the old “ Los Pinos” lookout tower About 50 miles or so East of Downtown. Norm was my friend and worked there tirelessly for over 25 years , and had stories & log book entries of visits from people his whole career. He was an enigmatic figure there & anyone who he met became his friend , and Norm had MANY . He is missed by those who knew him as he passed away suddenly one year , and the tower has pretty much fallen into nowhere near its former glory as the Forest service doesn’t man it hardly anymore that I can tell at least , and it needs some repairs , things that Norm did willingly & as far as I knew out of his own pocket as he loved his job & took pride in his work , and it showed. Your guy here in this video immediately reminded me of Norm , and I wanted to say “ Thank you , for doing this service , and for all you do “ Rest In Peace , Norm Mitchel.

Fears to fathom irl

fears to fathom flashback

"This land is worth more than the industries that want it." -- so true, and wonderfully said

fears to fathom irl

fears to fathom episode 4 typa shi

Fears to Fathom irl

As someone from the UK where we have nothing like lookouts it's something I've always been super fascinated by (as many people I was first introduced to them by the game Firewatch and have just had a fascination with them ever since!) and will definitely be one of the things I hope to see when I do eventually visit America