Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  I a ia e mahi ana i te kōpae hukapapa, $170,000 i te tau, i noho ia i roto i tētahi whare 4,000 mita tapawha, ā, i haereere ia huri noa i te ao mō ngā whakataetae ao whānui. Heoi, kua whakarerea e Mike Basich te oranga o te ao, ā, kua kōwhiri ia ki te noho ki tētahi wāhi e tata atu ana ki ōna paepae e arohaina ana. Kei te noho ia inaianei i roto i tetahi whare iti, motuhake i roto i nga maunga o Sierra Nevada tata ki Truckee, California, a kei te noho ia inaianei kaore he hiko, he putorino ranei i roto i te whare - engari he 40 eka o nga pukepuke kaore he tangata ke i te tirohanga. Panuku ki raro mō te ataata. Kua hangaia e te kaitakaro hukapapa o mua a Mike Basich tetahi whare iti, motuhake i nga maunga o Sierra Nevada e tata ana ki Truckee, California, me tana ake kaukau wera (maui o raro) Kei waenganui i te 40 eka whenua me nga whenua rereke - e whakaahuahia ana e ia hei waahi motuhake. E rima tau te roa o te hanganga o te rawa, a ka uru atu a Basich ki te neke 175 taranata toka me te whakaranu ringa i te raima katoa i whakamahia ki nga turanga me nga taiao. Kei waenganui i te 40 eka o te whenua me nga whenua rereke - e whakaahuahia ana e ia hei waahi motuhake. I a ia e kōrero ana ki a Laura Ling mai i Seeker Stories, i whakamāramahia e ia te wā e rima tau te roa o te hanganga o te whare, ā, ko te nekehanga o te 175 taranata toka me te whakaranu ā-ringa i te raima katoa. Inaianei kei a ia tana ake whare tapu, he kaukau wera, me tētahi ara tūru i hangaia e ia me ōna hoa. Ka whakahaerehia e ia mā tētahi pūkaha hiko. Kei ia tūru tōna ake papa hei kawe i te kai me te inu i te wā kei te ara ki runga he whakairo. 'E pai ana ahau ki te whakaaro ki te hoki ki nga kaupapa o te tangata,' i kii a Basich. He pai ake ki ahau te tūhono atu ki te whenua i te mea e taea ana e ahau i roto i te whare 4,000 mita tapawha. I te taha o te whare he nekeneke nohoanga i hangaia e ia mai i te tīmatanga me ona hoa. E waru marama i oti ai i a ia. 'I homai e ia ki ahau te kaha ki te mahi i nga mea katoa ahau. I tutuki i te kaupapa te moemoea o te tamarikitanga.' He oumu kei roto i te whare, i hangaia ki te tatau i tangohia mai i te marae para, me te ahi e tunu ai a Basich me te whakawera. E moe ana ia i roto i tētahi moenga i te taha o tētahi matapihi karaihe...
I hokona e Mike Basich he whare 4,000 mita tapawha i a ia e mahi ana hei tohunga, ā, e whiwhi ana i te $ 170,000 ia tau. Engari i whakarerea e ia te oranga o ngā maunga o Sierra Nevada, ā, kua hanga i tōna ake whare iti mai i te tīmatanga. Kei runga i te 'whare tūmataiti' 40 eka i California, e karapotia ana e te whenua maunga tino pai mo te hukarere hukarere. Kāore he wharepaku, he hiko rānei i te whare - engari he kaukau wera tōna, ā, he ara tūru tōna ake.