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Richard Proenneke
« on: January 05, 2012 »
Last night I watched "Alone in the Wilderness", a documentary / film by a guy called Richard Proenneke (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Proenneke). Proenneke  retired in his 50s after a life of being a carpenter and engineer and disappeared off to an Alaskan lake to live for a year or so. Ultimately he stayed for the best part of 35 years and the film details his first year which was mostly taken up building his own log cabin. He was totally alone apart from occasional deliveries of supplies by plane and he had his own video camera that he used to document his life.

It's a wonderful film and well worth a spin.  Proenneke says he turned his back on tedious 50-hour work weeks and moved to Alaska "to do a thing to completion" and I have to say, getting up today to drive the rush hour to sit in an office seems so much more depressing than usual.

I think he shot enough footage for 2 more movies to be released and I know there's a book floating around, although Richard died in 2003 at the age of 87.

More here : http://www.aloneinthewilderness.com and http://www.dickproenneke.com/

« Last Edit: January 05, 2012 by RedLeader »
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Re: Richard Proenneke
« Reply #1 on: January 05, 2012 »
I just hope he got full planning permission for the cabin  ;D 

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Re: Richard Proenneke
« Reply #2 on: January 05, 2012 »
Cool - on my *ahem* investigations about this online, it appears there are 2 other movies about DP available. Lots of rave reviews of this, can't wait to watch it.
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Re: Richard Proenneke
« Reply #3 on: January 05, 2012 »
He does a cracker set of door hinges :)
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Re: Richard Proenneke
« Reply #4 on: January 06, 2012 »
I watched some of this on YouTube, very inspirational and a great way to live.
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Re: Richard Proenneke
« Reply #5 on: January 06, 2012 »
What channel did you watch it on Redleader,sounds very interesting
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Re: Richard Proenneke
« Reply #6 on: January 07, 2012 »
I didn't see it on tv, I watched the DVD version.

Quote from: Mourneman on January 06, 2012
What channel did you watch it on Redleader,sounds very interesting
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