Dick Proenneke

Here are some pics.


Inside his cabin.


Chillin' with the neighbors.


His view of the lake.


Amazing cabin. Dutch door with working lock that he built by hand.

"He left his cabin to the National Park Service, and it remains a popular visitor attraction in the still-remote Twin Lakes region."

I watched everything I could find about him last year after I stumbled upon one of the vids on youtube, great stuff

I'll be quiting my job next spring to see if I can do something like this myself. My first goal is to spend a summer living in the woods of Sweden, but if I don't die trying I'm hoping to go for a longer stay of one or more years somewhere else in the world after that. I have nowhere near his experience, skills, or equipment though, so if anything I'm mostly prepping for a huge learning experience right now.

Whoa!  That's cool.

I've seen a couple vids before on Mr Proenneke and the first thing I said was "That's a fuckin' man, right there!"  I would have been bear food in the first two weeks 

I bet it did. My Grandpa worked with his hands all his life and that was always a handshake to remember. You knew you met a man when you shook that hand. I'll miss that generation as I get older. Simple and hard working. I strive to keep a little of that principle alive, but with every $100 bottle opener I buy, it slips further and further away

My hands are rough. I've always worked with my hands. It sucks ass.honestly, I'd rather have a desk job.

I don't know how to respond to that and keep my "real man" status.

Let me try...
I love you Willy

Doh!