Zachary Fowler born in Vermont, where he grew up enjoying outdoor adventures. Zach and his family started a self-sufficient lifestyle, living in a yurt to pursue their dream of living off-grid in Maine.
After successfully applying to History Channels survival show Alone Season 3 Fowler & 9 other contestants were each sent into the Andes Mountains of Patagonia with 10 survival items and camera equipment to document their solo adventures. The last person standing would walk away with the half-million dollar prize. After 87 days surviving alone off 63 fish & 2 birds, the producer and Zachs wife showed up to tell him that he was the winner.
Upon returning home the family chose to move out of the woods and buy a home. Fowler is now a full-time YouTuber, Producing a series called "87 Days", reviewing all the Survival and Bushcraft trick that kept him alive for so long.