Living the dream that some of us only dream about...

stingray4540

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At least I know I dream about it, maybe in another life were I'm not married...

I stumbled onto this, and thought some of you might be interested. He'd be an interesting kid to meet.



http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2007/nov/23/teen-likes-living-wild-life/
MORRISTOWN, Tenn. - Justin Burke isn't your normal 18-year-old. His compass is set to a different time and space.

If he listens to tunes, it is certainly not the ones most teens hear.

His music is the call of the wild, not the call of the modern-day world.

Burke doesn't live at home. He doesn't care much for a social life, although he does have a girlfriend, and he really isn't into the whole contemporary, cutting-edge thing.

He doesn't hang around the television set, doesn't own an iPod, and hasn't used a computer in four years.

Burke does keep a cell phone in his pocket, for emergencies. He also frowns when it rings.

And, oh, yes, Burke lives in a tepee. Honest. And that suits him just fine...


...Senior writer Fred Brown can be reached at 865-342-6427.
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That is really cool. I couldn't do that for very long probably, but I sure wish I could try it.
 
Great for him.. I think I would also make the move if I didn't have a busy life to attend to already. But his little cabin dream is slowly becoming my reality as I'm just a couple pages away from finding a nice piece of land that calls to me. I've been looking at the local real-estate magazine for over a year now and I've let pass some great deals just to find that one add that really speaks.
 
A modern day Thoreau.
Thoreau said "I went to the woods because I wanted to live my life deliberately, to front the very nature of life, and not discover later that I had not lived." Sounds like what this guy is doing.

Of course, Thoreau was less than two miles from town, walked into town every day for lunch, (and many, many dinners,) and only remained in the woods for less than two years, before deciding that living in civilization was much more fun. He lived his life deliberately for a short while, then for the rest of his life lived it not deliberately? Huh? He wrote a lot of books, but only one is readable. And even that one is so obtuse that most folks don't realize that Thoreau had a wonderful sense of humor! 'Walden' is a fantastic comedy, not the story of a man trying to get away from modern society. He wanted to face himself; did so; then came back to town. (Thoreau's 17-volume set of journals never sold a single copy while he was alive, and sold only a handful afterwords.)

I know I can sleep in a tent on the ground, eat what nature provides, (or road pizza, :eek: ) and live without a car or a stereo. I can use willow tea when I have a headache and eat echinacea when I have a cold. But I don't want to do this 24/7. It's much more enjoyable doing it for a weekend (except for the roadkill) or a week, then coming back indoors where I have a thermostat, a microwave, and Tylenol. Living off the land is a 24 hour a day job. Sleep when the sun goes down and wake up and go to work when the sun comes up. No Sunday's or holiday's off. Wake up, find food, eat it, sleep.

Me? I only want to work 5-7 hours a day. I want to play or relax the rest of the time. But I'm old and lazy now. That has a lot to do with it. I've spent months living in tents while backpacking long trails. Now I want to camp at the Hilton for months, and only spend weekends on the trails. I lived my life 'deliberately.' Now I want room service. :)

Stitchawl
 
Stitchawl, I'm with you bro. I love learning and practising primitive and wilderness survival skills, in fact I'm obsessed with it, but living full time without cold beer and hot showers - FORGET IT!!! not to mention flush toilets, doctors when I'm sick, dentists when the tooth aches,............. and the list goes on.

If living primitive 24/7/365 is your dream, go for it, and be sure to send us photos!! :D

Doc
 
Heh, my wife grew up in that town. I'll have to show her this story and see if she knows this guy. Good for him, but not for me. I'd love to have a nice simple home out in the woods, but it would still have water, electric, and heat :D
 
Kids these days, with their newfangled modern conveniences...

When my ex was his age, she was living in a burnt-out redwood tree.

Simplify, simplify, simplify!
 
(Just a quick note: it is technically improper to copy an entire article like this. Describe what it's about, link to it, and quote a paragraph here and there for the flavor, but don't lift the whole thing. That violates the copyright.)
 
Good story,Sounds like a great time for a while......Thanks for sharing
but his dream could easily be squashed by his friend..."He is in excellent condition, walking the hills near where he lives on 36 acres of land a friend has allowed him to use for now. He resides in almost perfect isolation from roads, cars and noise"
 
Very interesting... I dont know quite how to feel about it though. :confused: I see good and bad in it. Very interesting.

Thanks for posting the story, its got my gears turning...:thumbup:
 
Esav Benyamin said:
(Just a quick note: it is technically improper to copy an entire article like this. Describe what it's about, link to it, and quote a paragraph here and there for the flavor, but don't lift the whole thing. That violates the copyright.)
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:confused: How so, if I'm quoting it, linking to the original, and the author is at the end of the article? Just curious, as I know nothing of these matters.

Sorry, I'll fix it then.
 
The basic idea is, by quoting the entire article here, you relieve us of the obligation to go to the original site completely. We don't pay for their content, their advertisers do. They want us at least to see who their advertisers are.

Also, there's a possibility some of us will like the publication we see, read more there, and put them on our list as a good source.
 
I find that is very interesting. It would be nice to try, but I doubt I would last very long. I would need to talk to my peeps at the BF :D
 
Esav Benyamin said:
The basic idea is, by quoting the entire article here, you relieve us of the obligation to go to the original site completely. We don't pay for their content, their advertisers do. They want us at least to see who their advertisers are.

Also, there's a possibility some of us will like the publication we see, read more there, and put them on our list as a good source.
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Oh, I see, that makes sense. Thanks.
 
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