1. David Michael Oehler was an American environmentalist and author.
12 Facts About Mike Oehler
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Mike Oehler was a proponent and designer of affordable and sustainable alternative forms of housing.
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Mike Oehler became well known for his appearance in episodes of the Louis Theroux BBC documentary series Weird Weekends.
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David Michael Mike Oehler was born in Chicago on January 2,1938, the son of Polly and Chet Mike Oehler.
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Mike Oehler grew up in nearby Wilmette and had three sisters named Patricia, Gretchen, and Sioux.
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Mike Oehler graduated from New Trier High School but dropped out of college to pursue his writing career, then served in the US Army before working on fishing boats.
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Mike Oehler then worked in gold mines in Alaska, joined the US Forest Service, cruised around Mexico, and finally ended up in San Francisco, where he embraced the hippy movement and lifestyle.
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Mike Oehler lived on a 40-acre homestead in the Idaho mountains.
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Mike Oehler wrote numerous books and appeared as a university lecturer, as well as a TV and radio guest on topics related to self-sufficiency and housing.
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In 1998, Mike Oehler appeared in an episode of Louis Theroux's BBC documentary series Weird Weekends, in which Theroux visited Mike Oehler's underground home in the mountains.
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The episode saw Oehler being taken by Theroux to a recording studio, where he recorded a song under the stage name of Mountain Mike.
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On February 2,2016, at the age of 78, Mike Oehler died of natural causes at his home near Bonners Ferry in Boundary County, Idaho.