Alone in the Wilderness
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Alone in the Wilderness
Anyone see the movie/special on Dick Proenneke
It was shown on PBS.
After he retired, he built a log cabin in the Alaska wilderness with nothing but hand tools and elbow grease.
Lived in Twin Lakes, Alaska.
I thought it was pretty cool.
It was shown on PBS.
After he retired, he built a log cabin in the Alaska wilderness with nothing but hand tools and elbow grease.
Lived in Twin Lakes, Alaska.
I thought it was pretty cool.
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Is that the one where he used a wind up camera and set it on a stump to film himself? Then, yeah. I saw that a couple years ago.
Pretty amazing what that guy could do with a hand saw.
I was impressed with the whole series. Saw it during a PBS telethon.
Pretty amazing what that guy could do with a hand saw.
I was impressed with the whole series. Saw it during a PBS telethon.
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Ryan, it's about a man who lived off the land after retirement, in Alaska.
He built a cabin and a food cache, and other items from hand tools.
Actually pretty cool, if you're into outdoor stuff.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Proenneke
He built a cabin and a food cache, and other items from hand tools.
Actually pretty cool, if you're into outdoor stuff.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Proenneke
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okay, different program. The one I saw was a guy who wanted to build a house out of nothing but supplies on his land, a saw, and twine (for time's sake). He did a job of building a house, and didn't want his neighbor to see, cause he know he'd throw a fit.
Very cool find, Ben.
Ryan
Very cool find, Ben.
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That sounds like a very interesting thing to do but I highly doubt I could do that. I need people around me and being that isolated would drive me crazy. 
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that guy was made out of barbed wire and thorn needles....he could chop wood all day and hall rock in his canoe all night. He was all by his lonesome in a unforgiving environment....some may call him reckless...a guy would bring him supplies once in a blue moon by helicopter.
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Amazing how he made that "bear proof lock".
The door may not have been bear proof, but still.
If I go back up to Alaska again, Twin Lakes is going to be one of my stops.
The door may not have been bear proof, but still.
If I go back up to Alaska again, Twin Lakes is going to be one of my stops.
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I have a buddy outside of Anchorage that owns and operates a float plane service. It's his retirement gig. His description of what he does: "I'm witnessing the transformation of the last American Frontier. My great-grandchildren will be reading books about the things we see and do today. Every day, I get to see and experience things most men dream of doing once in a lifetime."
His face is in my personal mental dictionary next to the word "cool."
His face is in my personal mental dictionary next to the word "cool."
