Tag: One Man’s Wilderness

Who knew building a fireplace one rock at a time could be so mesmerizing?

Dick Proenneke is the real deal. He goes out into the southwestern Alaskan wilderness and builds a cabin and lives off the land for 18 months, with semi-irregular supplies funneled through a bush pilot 40 miles away. A practical idealist, if there is such a thing, he gets about as up close and personal with…

Read more Who knew building a fireplace one rock at a time could be so mesmerizing?

Well worth reading, if only to watch over his shoulder as he builds his cabin from the ground up, without a power tool in sight.

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Read more Well worth reading, if only to watch over his shoulder as he builds his cabin from the ground up, without a power tool in sight.