Alone in Wilderness Richard Proenneke 1968 I'm sure many of you are familiar with this guy, the grandfather of all things Alone. In 1968, he moved out into the wilderness and built a cabin and lived there...Alone. He also filmed everything himself. It's one of the best videos ever produced. It literally lowers my blood pressure just watching. If you haven't seen it, or you haven't seen it in awhile, it's worth taking the time. It's only about 10,000x better than the current version of Alone in Patagonia. There is no whining. There is no crying. There is no looking back. There is no money at stake and no existential metaphysical doubts. There is no nothing but doing, thriving, and truly living. The craftsmanship is simply unbelievable. Again, there's no whining.
Very familiar and don't want to derail here but have to throw this in there as well. Similar story. Will take you up there next time you are out my way. Very special place to me/family. http://www.appalachianhistory.net/2016/07/lived-alone-suffered-alone-died-alone.html
Super bad ass... I've seen it a few times over the years on PBS and his skill set has always amazed me.
These videos were my bday gift from my wife last year and they're awesome. As a matter fact, I just decided I'm finding the box they're in watching them this weekend while I make chili. I never knew either of my grandfathers but I imaging they sound like the narrator.
Just read the book at Thanksgiving. Great innovator and appropriator. His skill and ability to work with his hands and devise what his mind could see was incredible. His comments about the wild game disappearing when the fly-in hunters arrived was surprising. And we think that we are sneaking up on game when we hunt...they know! The cabin he built was incredible. I loved the fireplace, and the cast print the he used for the keystone. Would love to spend a few nights in that cabin. Great PBS show, and great read.
Listened to the audio book. It's great. I've seen pieces of the movie, but the full copies kept getting removed from youtube. I wouldn't mind paying a few bucks to see it, but they try to sell the dvd for like $20-30. Just not worth that to me.
At 51 hes in better shape than i was at 21. This is a great video. Just got to the hewing of logs part.
I had never seen that. It is an odd sensation to be both very interested and lulled to sleep at the same time. Are there more videos? Or is this it?
I have all 4 videos, and the book. I actually had planned on driving up to Anchorage this coming summer and flying over to Twin Lakes to see the cabin. Unfortunately you can't stay overnight in it, but there's a campground a few miles away. Looks like I'm nixing driving to Alaska though to spend more time in the lower 48 and some of Canada. I will make it to the cabin one day though.
His knowledge and skills are amazing. I wish I knew 1/2 of his skills when I was teaching boy scouts survival techniques. I am going to try and get his book.