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Alone in the Wilderness
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Posted 12 May 2008 - 03:32 AM
http://www.dickproen....com/index.html
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Posted 12 May 2008 - 10:39 AM
I saw the PBS special about him; truly amazing. And he filmed himself doing day to day chores to survive comfortably in the wild. Much better than the movie about the bozo who killed himself in Alaska Sean Penn just did.
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Posted 12 May 2008 - 11:48 AM
PBS is where I caught it too. It just such a nice, positive, and well told story. Reminded me of the old surfing documentary (I think that is around here too).
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Posted 12 May 2008 - 11:53 AM
The Endless Summer perhaps?
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Posted 12 May 2008 - 04:18 PM
Dick is da man!
We could all learn lessons from a man of such work ethic.
We could all learn lessons from a man of such work ethic.
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Posted 12 May 2008 - 08:57 PM
The Endless Summer perhaps?
Yep. That is it, I think.
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Posted 13 May 2008 - 07:35 AM
I saw the PBS special about him; truly amazing.
i caught it a couple of years ago. you're right, amazing story.
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Posted 14 January 2010 - 09:21 PM
It's making the rounds again.. saw it last year, DVR'd it this time...
This is an amazing story, a very tallented craftsman.
Some more background:
http://en.wikipedia....chard_Proenneke
This is an amazing story, a very tallented craftsman.
Some more background:
http://en.wikipedia....chard_Proenneke
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Posted 15 January 2010 - 07:40 PM
I knew he was a better man than I, when I watched the segment where he was ripping boards out of a log by hand to make a door for his cabin. My Grand Dad had saws like that, as he trimmed trees among other things. I've run hand saws like that WHOA! Damned good carpenter too!
Edited by redmanfixit, 15 January 2010 - 07:41 PM.
What have I gotta do to make a deal with you people??
I'm not really from around here! I'm just passin' through on my way to Tau Ceti. Flux capacitor problem!
I'm not really from around here! I'm just passin' through on my way to Tau Ceti. Flux capacitor problem!
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Posted 16 January 2010 - 05:40 PM
What ever happened to Aikidale? He was a cool Dude!
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Posted 12 May 2011 - 11:27 AM
something to note:
On the Wiki page, at the bottom, there is a link to download the PDF of Dick's journal writings...
Look for (in the External links section):
"More Readings From One Man's Wilderness: The Journals of Richard L. Proenneke"
direct link is: here
On the Wiki page, at the bottom, there is a link to download the PDF of Dick's journal writings...
Look for (in the External links section):
"More Readings From One Man's Wilderness: The Journals of Richard L. Proenneke"
direct link is: here
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Posted 12 May 2011 - 11:42 AM
this is a fantastic story that I followed years ago. As I understand it, his cabin still exists as a landmark of some sort. very uplifting and positive story.
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Posted 15 May 2011 - 05:01 AM
I just read the book about 2 weeks ago. Fantastic journal of his day-to-day activities. Phenomenal photos and a great read. Highly recommend.
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Posted 11 June 2012 - 10:14 AM
I have a couple of DVDs made from his home movies and a book done from his journels, great stuff. I can only dream of being as resourceful as he. I can only imagine what would cause a man to live such a life of solitude. The book seems to indicate that he did not originally intend to stay 30 years like he did. He did in fact come out some to go visit family (Illinois I think) and to work for his friend that owned/flew the bush plane. I would like to go see his cabin some day. You can not stay in it, as it belongs to the Fed. Gov. as some sort of historic place, but there are camp sights available nearby. From what I can tell from the internet the son of the bush pilot Dick used now owns the flying service and will take you to the cabin. He knew Dick as a youngster and it would be interesting just to talk to him.
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Posted 17 June 2012 - 06:02 PM
I have read Dick's first book. He is truly a mans man in every way! 
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