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I enjoy working for my heat. I don't just press a button or twist a thermostat dial. I use the big c...

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One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey

Needs? I guess that is what bothers so many folks. They keep expanding their needs until they are de...

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One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey

There is always a sadness about packing. I guess you wonder if where you're going is as good as wher...

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One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey

The more I see as I sit here among the rocks, the more I wonder about what I am not seeing.

One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey

I don't confuse my digestive system, I just season simple food with hunger

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Richard Proenneke

Naturalist

Born: 1916-05-04

Died: 2003-04-20

Richard Louis "Dick" Proenneke (May 4, 1916 – April 28, 2003) was a naturalist and survivalist who lived alone in the high mountains of Alaska at a place called Twin Lakes. Living in a log cabin he constructed by hand, Proenneke made valuable recordings of both meteorological and natural data.More