Alone in the Wilderness
Has anyone sen this video?
I saw it a few years back on PBS, and actually bought the DVD. Imagine a 50+ year old man/woman building a log cabin BY HAND in the Alaskan wilderness? It is impressive to see the process, and to learn that this guy spent 30+ years living up there by himself. Oh, and he started it in the 60's. |
Awesome Movie....I also have a copy of it.
Showed it to the troop one night and had them try and pick out the different merit badges that are in it....... |
Unreal film. On top of the incredible physical effects those winters must have had on him, the psychological impact must have been just as brutal.
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I love watching that when it comes on PBS, that guy was hardcore.
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It just goes to show how mentally sound he was.
How many of us could tolerate being alone for a week, let alone for months on end? One thing that always sticks in my mind when I watch it was when, after he had finished the fireplace, and in the middle of winter, he quotes that the cabin is a "balmy" 40 dgrees. Now that's hardcore! |
cant find it on netflix :(
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Didn't realize you could buy it. Great film. A lesson in woodcraft and living off the land.
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luved how he made the door and hinges, great movie
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I saw it for the first time a few months back. Absolutely amazing, what a craftsman. The door hinges and lock were amazing.
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Having a lake infront of your cabin....Priceless!
Love that movie. Jake Alone in the Wilderness, the story of #^^^^& Proenneke, by Bob Swerer Productions |
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I have a copy of an 1854 letter from my Great Grandfather sent back home after he raised 10 kids in England, then came to Virginia after his wife died and brought a Daughter and Grandson to build a log cabin and start a farm at age 70!!!! He describes the winter snows, depression, eating nothing but corn mash and his Grandson dying from exposure the first winter. He and his Daughter cleared 8 acres of land the first two years, no chainsaws!!, and died of exposure himself. And we complain if we run out of hot water. |
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