It may not surprise you that the people involved in "Mountain Men" aren't big on calendars, but they're dependable all the same.

There's no word yet on another season of the reality series about fiercely independent people living a hard, cold, happy life off the grid.

But it's a bit too early to worry; Season 9 just aired this summer.

That, in itself, was a minor miracle. While seemingly every other show had its schedule disrupted by the pandemic, "Mountain Men" came along like clockwork this summer, the same as it has every summer since its debut in 2012. Currently, there's little reason to believe that won't happen again next summer.

The only signs of aging it's shown has been a couple of high-profile departures in recent years — Rich Lewis and Marty Meierotto both departed the show for different pastures (it's hard to imagine greener ones than you get on "Mountain Men") — but the show's been adding new blood along the way.

And it's not as if the people featured on the show have to do a lot of pre-planning. The whole idea is that they're always out there, living their lives, and it's up to History, and viewers, to just check in on them every so often.

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