Idea contributions from Dick Proenneke, a real survivor.

[libertine 351]

Thought many people would find this interesting and have a feeling this is probably new to a lot of you folks.

 

"Dick Proenneke retired at age 50 in 1967 and decided to build his own cabin on the shore of Twin Lakes. The first summer he scouted for the best cabin site, and cut and peeled the logs he would need for his cabin. Dick Proenneke returned the next summer to finish the cabin where he lived for over 30 years."

 

This is just a little bit from a series of pretty amazing videos from this man.

 

Edited January 5, 2014 by Thane

[Griz2 77]

Good for you for knowing who this guy is. I've seen the documentary a few times and read the book. If this sort of thing interests you I'd suggest picking it up if you can find it. I think it's called One Mans Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey.

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Thought many people would find this interesting and have a feeling this is probably new to a lot of you folks.

 

"Dick Proenneke retired at age 50 in 1967 and decided to build his own cabin on the shore of Twin Lakes. The first summer he scouted for the best cabin site, and cut and peeled the logs he would need for his cabin. Dick Proenneke returned the next summer to finish the cabin where he lived for over 30 years."

 

This is just a little bit from a series of pretty amazing videos from this man.

 

 

I own his documentary and the book ... also the National Park Service released another compendium of his journals, much more extensive than either the documentary or the book (which cover his first year full time in the park), and I have that somewhere in PDF form. PM me if you want  copy. It was free. I'll hunt it down and create a dropbox link. The links to the latter are still around, but the PDF seems to be gone.