For Andy Bassich, the Alaskan desert is not a destination of choice for tourists but also a haven of peace and the most comfortable place to stay. In the space of ten years, this vast country has comforted the American musher, who spends his days in the desert with more than 37 sled dogs..
Living without internet, electricity, and water in a wilderness like Alaska is a tough decision that many people would easily fear, but Andy has proven to be the only man brave enough to show himself to the height of the challenges associated with living in such a lonely and dangerous environment.
Over the years, the musher has had some of the best times of his life with his dogs and his wife until recently when things took a turn for the worse, shattering the unity he once had as a married man with his wife for many years. Here’s everything you need to know about Musher’s biography, age, net worth, and what exactly happened to his beautiful wife.
Andy Bassich Bio (Age)
Andy Bassich is a popular TV star and American Musher who has lived in Alaska with his dogs for many years. The musher was born in 1959 in Washington DC, where he was raised with his siblings.
Andy graduated from John F. Kennedy High School, after which he moved to Alaska to raise dogs and hunt. Since then, he has lived on the shore of the Yukon River with his 37 sled dogs. The musher is best known for his engagements on the television series, Life Below Zero and other shows such as Erik Salitan, Jessie Holmes, Chip and Agnes Hailstone, Sue Aikens, and Glenn Villeneuve. Life Below Zero aired on the National Geographic Channel and hosted elites like Ciril Jazbec and Soledad O’Brien. Before his fame, he worked as a carpenter to help his family live better.
His net worth
Although living in the cold and lonely AlaskanWilderness, the reality TV star leads a luxurious lifestyle, which clearly indicates that he earns a huge amount of money from the many television series he appears in. As of 2018, Andy Bassich has an estimated net worth of $250,000. The musher reportedly made around $100,000 from his roles on Living Below Zero and costs around $2,500 per person.
What happened to his wife?
Considered the bravest man in history, Andy Basicha spent more than ten years with his wife Kate Rorke Bassich in the Alaskan wilderness before the two ended their marriage, much to the disappointment of their fans. gigantic. The musher met his wife in 2003 when he was a riverboat captain. Kate had visited nature as a tourist and would later fall in love with Andy. Soon after, the couple began a relationship that would lead to marriage and more public attention.
For years, Bassich and his wife have represented a perfect union with their fans as, behind the camera, they were constantly at odds with each other. Rorke eventually called it quits on her marriage after it turned excessively violent in 2015 while their divorce was finalized in 2016. She revealed in an interview that she had been physically and emotionally abused by her husband for many years. years and that she had done her best to endure the torture. and also fix his marriage but gave up after he got tougher.
Fans of the couple only learned of their divorce after one of the episodes of Life Below Zero was publicly announced and by then Kate had already moved on from the Wilderness. As expected, the news of their split left their fans devastated. Many have expressed deep concern about Andy’s ability to cope in the wild and isolated wilderness.
As for their children, Kate and her ex-husband did indeed give birth to children, although they kept information about them from the public. During a post-divorce interview, Rorke revealed that her youngest daughter currently lives in Canada.
Born in 1956, Kate rose to prominence after she started making guest appearances on ‘Life Below Zero’. Although the TV personality left Alaska because of Andy Bassich, their fans are sure she could reconcile with her ex-husband and return to the show, which would have been boring without her.
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