Steve Wallis

{{Short description|Canadian YouTuber (born 1981)}} {{EngvarB|date=September 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}} {{More sources|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox social media personality | name = Steve Wallis | image = | caption = | birth_name = Steven Wallis | birth_date = {{birth date and age|10 September 1981|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Vancouver]], [[British Columbia]], Canada | occupation = YouTuber | spouse = | youtube_handle = @campingwithsteve | youtube_display_name = Steve Wallis | youtube_years_active = 2010–present | youtube_genre = {{flatlist| * [[Camping]] * [[outdoor cooking]] * [[vlog]] }} | youtube_subscribers = 2.07 million  | youtube_views = 362 million  | stats_update = 23 April 2026 | website = {{URL|https://campingwithsteve.com}} }}

'''Steve Wallis''' (born 10 September 1981){{Citation needed|date=May 2025}} is a Canadian [[YouTuber]]. He is primarily known for his videos about camping and [[outdoor recreation]].

==Early life== Steve Wallis was born in [[Vancouver]], British Columbia. For a period of time as a young man, he lived in an [[recreational vehicle|RV]] in [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]]. When recalling this period of his life, he explained that the arrangement (which he referred to as "[[Boondocks|boondocking]]") was out of necessity and not choice.<ref name="vice">{{Cite web|title=This Albertan YouTuber Is the Bob Ross of Stealth Camping|work=Vice|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/this-albertan-youtuber-is-the-bob-ross-of-stealth-camping/|first=John|last=Semley|date=27 January 2020|access-date=15 February 2022}}</ref>

== Career == Wallis is the proprietor of a heating company. Upon first becoming acquainted with [[YouTube]], he assumed that the platform was a forum for posting [[Viral video|viral]] joke videos. After posting a video of himself camping in −32 °C weather, and seeing the enthusiastic response it garnered in the comments section, he decided to focus on creating more of this type of content.<ref name="vice"/> Since its creation on 19 April 2010, his YouTube channel has focused on non-traditional styles of camping, such as "boondocking", "urban stealth", [[gold mining]], "bushcraft", and yard camping.<ref name="ctv">{{Cite web|date=7 January 2020|title=Camping for clicks: Edmonton man finds YouTube fame with specialty channel|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/edmonton/article/camping-for-clicks-edmonton-man-finds-youtube-fame-with-specialty-channel/|access-date=29 September 2020|website=Edmonton|language=en}}</ref><ref>[https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-52-radio-active/clip/15755057-extreme-camper-youtube-famous?share=true Radio Active with Adrienne Pan - Extreme camper YouTube famous] {{deadlink|date=April 2022}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kggo.com/2020/02/11/camping-with-steve-interview/|title=Camping with Steve Interview|date=11 February 2020|website=95 KGGO}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gearjunkie.com/stealth-camping-van-living|title='Stealth' Camping: How to Live in a U-Haul Van|first=Mary|last=Murphy|date=5 February 2020|website=GearJunkie|access-date=1 October 2020|archive-date=30 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030172208/https://gearjunkie.com/stealth-camping-van-living|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://crackmacs.ca/lifestyle/steve-wallis-camping-hunker-down/|title=Camping With Steve Wallis – Hunker Down!|date=18 January 2020|website=Crackmacs|access-date=1 October 2020|archive-date=11 December 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241211044721/https://crackmacs.ca/lifestyle/steve-wallis-camping-hunker-down/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.kjjy.com/2020/02/10/i-love-camping-with-steve/|title=I Love Camping with Steve!|date=10 February 2020|website=kjjy.com}}</ref> Many of his projects are centered on "taking back camping for the people" and see him camping in parking lots, starting fires with hand sanitizer, and avoiding expensive camping equipment.<ref name="vice"/>

He also enjoys drinking a beer after he has set up camp, which he refers to as "step two" of his process. As of July 2020, Wallis posted weekly videos on Thursdays with 15–25 minute videos of "setting up camp, getting the fire ready, preparing [his] meal, going to bed, waking up, breaking down camp, and heading out".<ref name="miniflix">{{Cite web|url=https://medium.com/@miniflixTV/how-an-urban-camper-from-canada-helped-redefine-short-media-e3291a67fae|title=How An Urban Camper From Canada Helped Redefine Short Media|date=28 July 2020|website=Medium}}</ref> In August 2022, Wallis’s wife of 5 years, Jessica Audrey Hatton, passed away in her sleep at the age of 31. He often referred to her as “Beautiful Wife” in his videos and made a video talking about her after her passing, in which his fans gave thoughts, prayers and condolences during that time. He is a resident of [[Alberta]].<ref name="vice" />

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