Backpacking is something that is fun to do, but in terms of intense tv? All you have to do is go over to amazon and check out all the books on thru hiking. Three or four books later, you figure out that the majority of thrus start to focus on the wonders of calorie dense food, and much less on survival skills - most backpackers have none - or on intense adventures.

A show about real backpackers will be about as fascinating as drying paint. A hyped and fake version would be ridiculous. Bear Grylls would be dead of his own stupidity by now if there was anything real going on there.....

If you would like real intel - go backpacking. Multiply by 100 days. Cougars, bears or elk Don't chase you nearly as often as most non hikers are afraid they do....