product Description

explore The Past And Present Of The Rough-and-tumble Logging Industry In The First Ever Nonfiction Series About The Treacherous Life Of Pacific Northwest Timber Cutters, Ax Men.

for More Than A Hundred Years, Larger-than-life Characters, Many Of Whom Are Members Of Logging Families That Go Back To The Time When The West Was Being Settled, Have Spent Their Days Among Towering Trees And Powerful Machines And Their Nights In Outposts Far From The Comforts Of Civilization. Snapped Cables, Runaway Logs And Treacherous Machinery Are Among The Many Dangers That Threaten Their Lives And Safety Today. Follow Four Logging Crews Through A Season In The Remote Forests Of Northwest Oregon And See How, Plagued By Mechanical Failures, Relentless Weather And Violent And Unpredictable Terrain, These Men Risk Their Lives Every Day In A Constant Struggle Of Man Versus Nature.

disc 1: Man Vs. Mountain / Risk And Reward / Storm Season Strikes / The Big Hit

disc 2: Market Meltdown / Reversal Of Fortune / The Close Call / Loggers Under Fire

disc 3: A Logger S Thanksgiving / Black Friday / Storm Of The Century

disc 4: The Toughest Season / Picking Up The Pieces / The Final Haul

special Features

• Additional Footage