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  • quiet
    we'll miss you our friend. RIP
    • Sep 2001
    • 25115
    #1

    one man's wilderness

    anyone read this? i picked it up the other day, and absolutely love it. basically it's about this engineer who did nothing but work his ass of his entire life, then decided to just drop everything and quit - move deep into the Alaskan back country and build a cabin with extremely primitive tools, all by himself. there's also a dvd built around video footage he shot while building his cabin called "Alone in the Wilderness". i'm just about to put it on, even though i haven't quite finished the book yet.

    http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...756643-1144109
    we'll miss you our friend. RIP
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    • Corona
      Confirmed User
      • Feb 2002
      • 2185
      #2
      I saw the video on PBS a couple of months ago.

      Amazing.

      Wasn't he 40 something when he went up there and then stayed by himself for something like 30 years.
      I was looking for a job, and then I found a job
      And heaven knows I'm miserable now

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        • quiet
          we'll miss you our friend. RIP
          • Sep 2001
          • 25115
          #3
          he was 51, and apparently he still lives there... truly amazing.
          we'll miss you our friend. RIP

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            • Corona
              Confirmed User
              • Feb 2002
              • 2185
              #4
              Originally posted by quiet
              he was 51, and apparently he still lives there... truly amazing.
              He died a few years ago just after they finished making the video. He got to see it before he died.

              I think he was like 84 when he finally moved back to California.
              I was looking for a job, and then I found a job
              And heaven knows I'm miserable now

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                • quiet
                  we'll miss you our friend. RIP
                  • Sep 2001
                  • 25115
                  #5
                  Originally posted by Corona
                  He died a few years ago just after they finished making the video. He got to see it before he died.

                  I think he was like 84 when he finally moved back to California.
                  ah, okay. from the what i'd read, and from the book it said he was still alive. one cool mofo, no doubt.
                  we'll miss you our friend. RIP

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                    • swedguy
                      Confirmed User
                      • Jan 2002
                      • 7981
                      #6
                      You should read "Into the Wild" by John Krakauer. Great book. It's kind of the same theme, except that it doesn't have as happy ending.

                      http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/AS...230850-2262213

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                        • Corona
                          Confirmed User
                          • Feb 2002
                          • 2185
                          #7
                          Originally posted by quiet
                          one cool mofo, no doubt.
                          I loved watching him make all that stuff by hand.

                          Ripping boards with a hand saw, the door hinges, the spoon, latch and lock that he carved from the wood.
                          I was looking for a job, and then I found a job
                          And heaven knows I'm miserable now

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