They finally made it more than a mile from the highway...The first episode 'gorge' that they were crossing is right next to the main highway that travels between the east and west sides of Vancouver Island.
Also from the first episode, the remote 'Malahat' pass through the mountains that they showed is a four lane highway.
Their first beach scene was filmed not less than 100 feet from the main highway into Tofino. I take my kids swimming there when I visit the Island.
Tonight they finally made it north of Tofino to a little bit more remote territory. They are just still a very short boat ride from Gold River or Zeballos.
IMHO, if they really wanted to make these people work, they would have made them hike the entire west coast trail instead of driving them up to the top end of it.
It will interesting to see if they continue up the west coast to the Queen Charlotte Islands or if they head inland now. I suspect that they will end up taking the ferry to Prince Rupert from Port Hardy. Port Hardy is at the northern tip of Vancouver Island. They'll probably gloss over the ferry ride because it basically means that they'll be staying in state rooms on a refurbished low-end cruise ship.
I also have a bone to pick about their so-called 'guide'. The website says she's from Sioux Lookout, Ontario but the show is being taped on Vancouver Island. She can't be much use as a guide if she's from a place that's over 2000 miles away from where they are hiking. As they go further north, they'll get even further away from Sioux Lookout. Eye candy? Maybe. Guide? I think not.
Aside from that, I think the show has potential. I don't think we will see that potential until they actually get more than 10 miles away from civilization.
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