Alone in the Wilderness

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I know you guys must of seen this documentary. I caught a bit of it one time on PBS, but recently found it at my library and boy what a great show. For any one interested in Bush craft or just loves the wilderness this is a great show. Dick Proenneke was a master of his domain. I just love how he can make anything from wood.
Sorry about the rambling but if you havent seen it check your library. It gets my 2:thumbup: :thumbup: .

Cheers from the north
 
yeah boy, me and my brother love dick proenneke. a freind of our's had sent us a copy of alone in the wilderness, we watched it many times over. anyone interrested in the real thing getcha a copy.

check out http://www.dickproenneke.com enjoy!
 
Yeah, how about the hinges for his door that he made out of that stump...I couldn't make that with power tools. And how did he cut those planks out of the logs so straight? I mean, once again, with hand tools! That guy was incredible. My favorite was his "refrigerator".
 
I saw the same PBS special, the DVDs are available for order off the internet. It is a great documentary. I believe he said that he was only going to stay in his cabin for one year but ended up staying 35 years.
 
It is great. I have 2 dvds and had the book. Read it on a hunting trip, not much of a plot, but I couldn't put it down. Loaned it to my brother, he loved it... then misplaced it...

It is amazing what a guy with simple handtools can accomplish with know-how and hard work.

tjg
 
I recorded the show when it was on PBS via a WinTV unit on my computer and saved it as a .mpg file. It's very cool.
 
i'm afraid the skills demonstrated in the video are becoming a lost art, infact I know they are. I wish that I knew half the things that old man knew about wilderness and living off the land.
 
Shotgun said:
How complex was it? I always wondered how to store meats without electricity.
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It was not complex at all, that's the genius of it. He dug out a square hole down into the permafrost, I'd guess about four feet down or so. I think he lines the hole with some sheet metal that he got from somewhere, or it could have just been with some thin lumber. Anyway, he basically covers the top of it with a thick layer of moss, and, there you go, wilderness refrigerator.
He had a thermometer inside the thing, and I remember that it pretty much stayed a constant 40 degrees F or so, even though the temp use to get around 80 in the summer. Oh, and about storing the meat, from what I can recall, he smoked it first, then stored it about 20 ft. up in this free-standing shed; I guess that made it more difficult for the bears, wolves, and wolverines, etc, etc, to get it.
 
Inspiring! PBS tends to show Alone in the Wilderness a lot during pledge drives. I love the level of craftsmanship he put into his little cabin. The hinges he built for his cabin door were just unbelievable.

-- FLIX

 
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