Its funny how this video pops in my recommended after i watched into the wild film.. You all who enjoyed and liked this video should watch that one...
Can anyone tell me what that tall building they focus on at 2:57 is? Is that a water tower for running water or is some sort of anti-bear storage thing? Very curious. What genius this man was!
THIS HAS BEEN A DREAM MY HOLE LIFE-- BY GOD I HAVE A PLACE IN WV IN THE WOODS BY A CREEK/SPRING-( ONLY MINNOWS IN IT) I DRINK OUT OF!!! IM 51 W/A BAD LIVER AND CONSTANT PAIN BUT BY GOD ILL HAVE IT DONE BEFORE IM 52- 3 MORE MONTHS
@profetarmageddon maybe you should stop drinking out of that creek.... especially if there is any shale gas production happening anywhere near that area.
If you like the first "ALONE IN THE WILDERNESS" Ther.e is a new one coming out July 1st called "ALONE IN THE WILDERNESS PART 11" another hour program of never before seen footage, a continuation of the first show. If you like the first one you will certainy like this PART 11 as well. It will be available on DVD as well.
I can watch this a thousand times and never get bored. The more I see the cabin and how good of shape he was in, I'm still awe struck. Fit as a fiddle for sure. Did you see the ams on him @51 yrs old in "Alone in the Wilderness" Take note young generation.....thats a mans man !!! Not afraid of some physical labor !! R.I.P. Dick
@Apostle0fLove - Ha ha. That's right, I was looking at all the stuff he was chucking into the pot and thinking 'he really needs my nagging Missus to sort him out'.
Some people posted here about the "tame" bird and how Dick tried to tame him. You've obviously never been in the woods enough to have been greeted by a Canada jay (aka gray jay, aka whiskey-jack, aka Perisoreus canadensis in latin). You could be in the middle of bum-f**k nowhere, sit down for your lunch and next thing you know a Canada jay has taken off with your sandwhich. These guys will pull the food right out of your mouth.
Is this part of the uncut "Alone in the Wilderness" or another because I really like it as well. Wish there was a more detailed documentary of his life there.
How many people watch Dick's movie and wish they could do that,envious.Dick was in his fifties when he went to Alaska.Did what he really wanted to do and live the way he wanted to.How many of us are simply existing and not really living.R.I.P. Dick.
Because every citizen has to pay taxes, he was 50 when he moved out there and was planning this for a long time. Obviously he had money saved up and took an early retirement, once your set up you don't need much money for living expenses when you get your groceries from the fields, mountains and lakes and don't pay for electricity. You'll figure all this out some day when you leave mom's .
@Boddah45 why the fuck would he need to pay for electricity when he lives out in the fucking middle of no where like a boss. he didnt use elsectricity...
i love it. i'm watching this on youtube and jackass reruns on tv at the same time. opposite ends of the spectrum. you have the sacred and the profane. all that made human life great on one end, and the swirling down the bowl of crass, rat nasty civilization on the other.
i hope after the big implosion we all get to go back to our cabins and vegetable gardens and call this technocratic hell a failed experiment never to be repeated.
the bushcraft is the result of a idea . And ideas is what you dont run out in the wilderness
they include knowledge and wildlife and the forest thats the fruit of knowledge . Yess put your sealf to the test and life will be a bettew thing alone in the wilderness then alone within people .
he did photography for the national park service while he lived there. so not only did he pay taxes from the checks he recieved, but he was in a way a government employee for the time he worked with them. he also had a checking account. anyone wanting to learn about him should read the book of his journals from 1974-1980. way more info than the hour long films about him. he was da man.
It seems like it would be really great to live like that for a while, 35yrs I dunno,,,, I would like an easy escape route though,, a plowed road where I could get to civilization if need be,,, In case I ran out of whiskey or wanted some vicodin,, or at least a trail for a 4 wheeler ro snowmobile and of course some female company now and then would be quit nice too,, other than that,,, It would be cool
@chigullseen It's simple, really. Get some reeds. Plant them by the water, so you can make more of them. Meanwhile, punch some trees to get lumber, which you can turn into planks. With the planks you make a workbench. Now go back and harvest some of the reeds. Put three in a row on your workbench and you got paper.
This is one incredible story. He built his own cabin using just hand tools. Try cutting and trimming dozens of trees with a handsaw. That's incredible. Sure, I'm bet he had a stockpile of money and such... but still, the things he did were incredible.
I wish i could do what he did, i am tough enough to do it and the will to do it but i suverily lack when it comes to the know how. you were a lucky man Richard, you found happiness and content in a very simple life.
Living off of the grid is one thing - but Mr Proenneke obiously relied on modern conveniences for his survival. Where did he get the money for his food/supplies, which were flown in by an aircraft? He wasn't totally living-off-the-land like a true survivalist, but he must have been very tough to endure such harsh living conditions. People sitting in front of their computers watching these videos think that this is some kind of idyllic lifestyle - You wouldn't last a week.
@jdorisco retard he actually grew/hunted more than enough food to survive. The stuff that was flown in was only supplemental things like the odd bit of sugar and spices.
before you city slickers start sayn you could do that in the comfort of your home think again, yea he had SOME supplys flew in SOME occasionally, so get oof your high horse and think about what you say because this man has done something im pretty sure im safe to say no of us will ever do for that long of a time.
Someday I will do this, bug out of town and build my own cabin :) this looks so nice, only bad thing I can think about is the fact that you're all alone. but that might be a good thing. He is awesome, reinds me of my grandfather, 82yrs old up and running and building stuff all the time.
one thing I thought about, wont the wooden cabin rot, or fall apart eventually? or does it last long enough?
@longshot8000 this guy didnt grow up trying to dress like a hiphop singer or glued to the tv like the people of today..he did his own thing and wasnt brainwashed into modern societies idea of success which is ofcourse to go in dept to financial institutions...he wasnt influnced by commercials at all.
I WOULD'VE LIKED TO HAVE MET THIS MAN. IT TAKES A VERY BRAVE PERSON TO DO WHAT HE DID. HOPEFULLY SOMEDAY I WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE CABIN.
breathe fresh air scented with pine needles every morning, noon and night, and treat your gaze to the virgin beauty of a place untouched by concrete and steel. Trees and elk over towers and cabs any day of the week.
I am really starting to think that the possibility of running into the Wendigo or other such creature out there is better than the slow death-by-a-thousand-cuts being dished out by our corrupt, amoral government. And you might even be able to forget our tax dollars being blown to fund secret invisible bombers to carry war to a new, Star Trek-level if only our popular culture was not filled with reality shows that stimulate the gag reflex and nothing else. No, Proenneke had it exactly right:
@abby161919 i can't believe you asked that. you don't understand anything about what he was doing if you don't understand that! the bird was free. dick loved nature and loved that nature came to him. why would you cage a friend?
@abby161919 the issue isn't the bird's love of dick but Dick's love of seeing nature. Dick didn't want to "tame" anything. You don't move to the wilderness to tame things.
i,ve just read through a few comments about dick , i cant believe anyone could dare say one bad word about him ..he a tough old man would make you all look like idiots
i found his video by mistake ,just shows you how mistakes can be good , from alone in the wilderness to silence and solitude i salute as you say to this man his craftmanship and survival with the respect that we dont have no more about what we really have everywhere a natural and beautiful world no matter where we are
our family has a cabin just like it, we can go there any time we feel like it....and its well respected....come up to James bay sum time..........but twin lakes is much more beautiful...will always be, RIP Dick Proenneke
thats how we're all meant to live. not as mortgage slaves in our rabbit hutch rows of houses, but experiancing life and its adventures! one day im going to do this myself
amen brother...we are all victims of the industrial revolution..and we are alll slaves..i dont want to go back to my job on monday but for now i am a slave and i am forced to.
@wizwow77 not forced.... I feel you, I could not go to my job tomorrow... but I feel 'forced' because I, or we, are more preoccupied with material stuff, and we want to get paid... correct me if Im wrong, but I believe thats why!
@lti12 according to his documentary dvd, alone in the wilderness, he would go to see his family and friends in the city, every now and then with the help of his friend who was a pilot. but generally, he was alone...
If you have the stones to live out there in the wilderness, essentially by yourself, off the grid, the government is of no use to you, so why pay them? Why in the hell would you pay taxes? What for? Highway to the Twin Lakes? "Oh he's just out their to evade taxes!"
What a shallow observation from a shallow minded individual. Ignorant, illogical, and disrespectful. If the IRS was looking for him they would have obviously caught him, HURR.
@MoralDeQue The government can't be everywhere. Alaska is a big place. Who's to stop you from living like this guy did? The government might try to stop from living like this to force you to live in a city, get a job to pay them taxes to keep sending u.s. military to Iraq to kill unarmed civilians under the pretense of "spreading democracy", when in reality it is to control the oil.
in 1969 you still had the Land Claim Act, which let one claim land and live on that land for 1 -7 years and then you owned it. after Dick moved up to twin lakes the Gov did in fact rescend that Act. they did try to get Dick out of twin lakes later on but, to no avail he lived there until he was 80 - something. To old to handle the cold. Now a days, a man can run but, he can't hide. Well, with the exception of Eric Rudolph who eluded capture for 5 years. He had help though.
God forbid, the earth is the Lord's,and the fullness thereof, not the governments. The earth is a gift from God to mankind, not a privleage by the government. You know that the government believes it is God,and over exercises it's authority on man. Like another thing, marriage liscense's, God's gift again, but the government want's in a private instituition sanctified only through God. Talk about spiritual wickedness in high places. I praise God for all the wonders of the earth,and Jesus Christ.
wesawy--I admire Dick Proenneke--I also play video games--half way through Far Cry 2 right now. Today I hiked six miles through rugged terrain with my two Kuvaszok--big white livestock guardian dogs. Tomorrow I will mountain bike 30 miles to get supplies. Not ALL gamers are fat and lazy.
People today are lazy and they are too modern.They need bunch of electronic devises like cell phones or radios to go to wilderness.When them batteries die the cry like a babies.
It's time to learn the old fashion way of life, like the Native Americans did. The only problems with them is that they don't like to share them knowledge with whites.Because whites where stupid at that time, when they didn't take the chance at the first place when they came to this continent.
I'm native american though I'm not fond of my roots & their practices,i grow a greater appreciate when i see films like these.I've been inspired by both games & entertainment to trek through such a wilderness as Dick did.I really do aspire to be as dick & live naturally alone.
@wrsawy amen brother, you hit the nail right on the head..i take great pride in being able to do things for myself..like fixing my car, but i bet a lot of people today in the city cant even sharpen a kitchen knife.
Its funny how this video pops in my recommended after i watched into the wild film.. You all who enjoyed and liked this video should watch that one...
plplplplomg 1 week ago
Food supply is flown in?
Was he living off of money he had earned before he settled there, or did he have an income from his photography?
deezynar 2 weeks ago
@deezynar Both,plus he lived off the land. There's a couple books available from his journals,plus a few DVD's.
MrDrjfan 2 weeks ago
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Great, thanks. It seems like he was a neat guy.
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MrDrjfan 1 month ago
Get the Video!! 25 bucks...excellent!
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You gotta order the video...it's outstanding!!!
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1:40 HUMAN GOT JACKED!
SickzorOne 1 month ago
Utube should discontinue these comment boards, to many idiots out there.
MrDrjfan 1 month ago
Can anyone tell me what that tall building they focus on at 2:57 is? Is that a water tower for running water or is some sort of anti-bear storage thing? Very curious. What genius this man was!
Alexanderrank 2 months ago
@Alexanderrank Dick built that as a food storage unit to keep the animals out.
lonewolf88 1 month ago
@Alexanderrank I believe it was food storage/bear proof.
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@Alexanderrank I believe it was food storage/bear proof.
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@Alexanderrank ..most prob a viewing tower..to watch wildlife and photograph..plus made a good get the fuk out of it already tower.
agaichapter25 1 week ago
That guy is so cool! How dose he survive through the winter? He has to be really strong to make all those things!!!!
daniellek0 2 months ago
@daniellek0 dick can kick Chuck Norris's ass!!!!
2003fordmustang281 1 month ago
@2003fordmustang281 Let's not forget, Chuck Norris can break a mans back with a sneeze!!!
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Any chance to get the recipe of that stew?
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THIS HAS BEEN A DREAM MY HOLE LIFE-- BY GOD I HAVE A PLACE IN WV IN THE WOODS BY A CREEK/SPRING-( ONLY MINNOWS IN IT) I DRINK OUT OF!!! IM 51 W/A BAD LIVER AND CONSTANT PAIN BUT BY GOD ILL HAVE IT DONE BEFORE IM 52- 3 MORE MONTHS
profetarmageddon 3 months ago
@profetarmageddon maybe you should stop drinking out of that creek.... especially if there is any shale gas production happening anywhere near that area.
afghi420 1 month ago
this is going to be me in the future. im tired of this sick society. u all humans disgust me!
ZombieBunny501 3 months ago
@ZombieBunny501 same here1
titogcubangonzalez 3 months ago
The way to live
carnut476 4 months ago
makes me miss home , love his stew , comfort for sure , he was a truly grand man , his heart and soul made him feel so at home there , so cool
namasteme 4 months ago
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JRod350 4 months ago
what texture pack is this
Flare297 5 months ago
@Flare297 This is awesome when u say that about a video game or somethin, but i dont get it about alaska..?
tristram599 4 months ago
I'm gonna do the same thing in a year.
Chisana94 5 months ago
his cabin is getting more and more organized every episode.
Arkenarge 6 months ago
that dude would be beast at minecraft
MultiSnowman888 7 months ago
If you like the first "ALONE IN THE WILDERNESS" Ther.e is a new one coming out July 1st called "ALONE IN THE WILDERNESS PART 11" another hour program of never before seen footage, a continuation of the first show. If you like the first one you will certainy like this PART 11 as well. It will be available on DVD as well.
swererjralone 7 months ago
NOW THATS HOW MEN FUCKIN COOK! They had to cut the tabasco part out cause he uses so much it would have taken ten mins to show.
tinyvoodoo888 8 months ago 15
it is a shame that I have to be near a Super Large hospital all my life since my birth.
RCvolunteer1978 8 months ago
I can watch this a thousand times and never get bored. The more I see the cabin and how good of shape he was in, I'm still awe struck. Fit as a fiddle for sure. Did you see the ams on him @51 yrs old in "Alone in the Wilderness" Take note young generation.....thats a mans man !!! Not afraid of some physical labor !! R.I.P. Dick
kimokanka 9 months ago 3
I loved the film.
Those little gray black and white birds are called Whiskeyjacks, and they have no fear of human's.
That bird wasn't tamed by Dick either, they're all like that and we used to hand feed them when logging.
They like the mountains.
Conan568 9 months ago
I loved the film.
Conan568 9 months ago
I LOVE DICK! but he doesnt know when enough is enough for peppering a stew.....
Apostle0fLove 9 months ago 37
@Apostle0fLove Bet you do ........FAG Dick(the real man here)can have as much peppering on his stew
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@Apostle0fLove Bet you do ........FAG Dick(the real man here)can have as much peppering on his stew as he pleases
BubbaJ47fg 7 months ago
@Apostle0fLove he had sex with that dinner guest 2:20
Soundgarden8497 3 months ago
@Apostle0fLove you love dick..huhuhuh
stickman77777 2 months ago
@Apostle0fLove I didn't think he was ever gonna stop spicing that dang stew!
Alexanderrank 2 months ago
@Apostle0fLove I know! It's a good thing he built that outhouse! :)
PhantomDrums917 1 month ago
@Apostle0fLove That's perhaps why he lived so long? Who knows?
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@Apostle0fLove - Ha ha. That's right, I was looking at all the stuff he was chucking into the pot and thinking 'he really needs my nagging Missus to sort him out'.
BelloBudo007 4 days ago
I see he put some Tabasco sauce in his sheep stew..
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"i have read his journals and he did file taxes for money he had in savings."
Not even living in the remotest of wildernesses, did Proenneke fell safe from the IRS :-)
rexorrama 11 months ago
Holy smokes...Dick loved his seasonings in the stew. Awesome video. Great story.
aligerous 11 months ago 3
so can someone upload the full version
BumJuiceDrinker 11 months ago
@BumJuiceDrinker why dont you just buy the video from his website you cheepskayte
2003fordmustang281 1 month ago
Some people posted here about the "tame" bird and how Dick tried to tame him. You've obviously never been in the woods enough to have been greeted by a Canada jay (aka gray jay, aka whiskey-jack, aka Perisoreus canadensis in latin). You could be in the middle of bum-f**k nowhere, sit down for your lunch and next thing you know a Canada jay has taken off with your sandwhich. These guys will pull the food right out of your mouth.
HohenemsRage 1 year ago
Is this part of the uncut "Alone in the Wilderness" or another because I really like it as well. Wish there was a more detailed documentary of his life there.
birdhunter30 1 year ago
with that stew he concocted, I hope he built himself a nice outhouse too!
spdskte 1 year ago
How many people watch Dick's movie and wish they could do that,envious.Dick was in his fifties when he went to Alaska.Did what he really wanted to do and live the way he wanted to.How many of us are simply existing and not really living.R.I.P. Dick.
clyburngold 1 year ago 3
@clyburngold Took the words right out of my mouth. One of the few comments that I've ever wanted to thumbs up relentlessly.
JapanForSale 5 months ago
why the hell would he need to pay taxes! what would he pay with berries? omg you guys are so dumb
Zaharkl 1 year ago
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Because every citizen has to pay taxes, he was 50 when he moved out there and was planning this for a long time. Obviously he had money saved up and took an early retirement, once your set up you don't need much money for living expenses when you get your groceries from the fields, mountains and lakes and don't pay for electricity. You'll figure all this out some day when you leave mom's .
Boddah45 10 months ago
@Boddah45 why the fuck would he need to pay for electricity when he lives out in the fucking middle of no where like a boss. he didnt use elsectricity...
Zaharkl 10 months ago 2
this is a goal for some day some how bug out prove to me i can survive and thrive
blizte3 1 year ago
i love it. i'm watching this on youtube and jackass reruns on tv at the same time. opposite ends of the spectrum. you have the sacred and the profane. all that made human life great on one end, and the swirling down the bowl of crass, rat nasty civilization on the other.
i hope after the big implosion we all get to go back to our cabins and vegetable gardens and call this technocratic hell a failed experiment never to be repeated.
jwallbanger 1 year ago 4
in your heart you know what you need to survive.
In your hands lay the seed of your knowledge
the bushcraft is the result of a idea . And ideas is what you dont run out in the wilderness
they include knowledge and wildlife and the forest thats the fruit of knowledge . Yess put your sealf to the test and life will be a bettew thing alone in the wilderness then alone within people .
alexgoyettemobile 1 year ago
he did photography for the national park service while he lived there. so not only did he pay taxes from the checks he recieved, but he was in a way a government employee for the time he worked with them. he also had a checking account. anyone wanting to learn about him should read the book of his journals from 1974-1980. way more info than the hour long films about him. he was da man.
ricedude81 1 year ago
It seems like it would be really great to live like that for a while, 35yrs I dunno,,,, I would like an easy escape route though,, a plowed road where I could get to civilization if need be,,, In case I ran out of whiskey or wanted some vicodin,, or at least a trail for a 4 wheeler ro snowmobile and of course some female company now and then would be quit nice too,, other than that,,, It would be cool
ikambor 1 year ago
he must have been smokin alot of weed!
AbsoluteMenech 1 year ago
How did he get toliet paper?
chigullseen 1 year ago
@chigullseen It's simple, really. Get some reeds. Plant them by the water, so you can make more of them. Meanwhile, punch some trees to get lumber, which you can turn into planks. With the planks you make a workbench. Now go back and harvest some of the reeds. Put three in a row on your workbench and you got paper.
AshmosesIII 1 year ago 2
@AshmosesIII Absolute fucking win. I thought you were replying to a real MC question until I read chigullseen's comment. XD
JapanForSale 5 months ago
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dick's mom and dad must have beat him, how else you explain this?
northernpike56 1 year ago
why are a lot of the comments here angry? this lifestyle is so peaceful and calming it makes me envious and happy, not spiteful and angry.
kidwithshorthair 1 year ago 3
I think everyone can relate to this story. To be truly at peace with oneself and with nature.
utubeworms 1 year ago 3
he wanted to live the simple life free from bullshit everyone can understand that.
67DieHardPatriot454 1 year ago 2
I bet he spent a lot of his time jerking off.
asennad 1 year ago
This is one incredible story. He built his own cabin using just hand tools. Try cutting and trimming dozens of trees with a handsaw. That's incredible. Sure, I'm bet he had a stockpile of money and such... but still, the things he did were incredible.
shawnpatrick9111 1 year ago
I wish i could do what he did, i am tough enough to do it and the will to do it but i suverily lack when it comes to the know how. you were a lucky man Richard, you found happiness and content in a very simple life.
firedathan 1 year ago
Living off of the grid is one thing - but Mr Proenneke obiously relied on modern conveniences for his survival. Where did he get the money for his food/supplies, which were flown in by an aircraft? He wasn't totally living-off-the-land like a true survivalist, but he must have been very tough to endure such harsh living conditions. People sitting in front of their computers watching these videos think that this is some kind of idyllic lifestyle - You wouldn't last a week.
jdorisco 1 year ago
@jdorisco retard he actually grew/hunted more than enough food to survive. The stuff that was flown in was only supplemental things like the odd bit of sugar and spices.
bebopalula2006 1 year ago
This is awesome. I would love to live in the Alaskan wilderness.
Kulawendin 1 year ago
before you city slickers start sayn you could do that in the comfort of your home think again, yea he had SOME supplys flew in SOME occasionally, so get oof your high horse and think about what you say because this man has done something im pretty sure im safe to say no of us will ever do for that long of a time.
coolhandluke170 1 year ago
Someday I will do this, bug out of town and build my own cabin :) this looks so nice, only bad thing I can think about is the fact that you're all alone. but that might be a good thing. He is awesome, reinds me of my grandfather, 82yrs old up and running and building stuff all the time.
one thing I thought about, wont the wooden cabin rot, or fall apart eventually? or does it last long enough?
MooseHunter911 1 year ago
I WILL SWAP MY Suburban LIFE ANYDAY,TO GO LIVE SOME WHERE LIKE THAT,,ABSOLUTEY PEACEFUL
typo368 1 year ago
how come he made the floor gravel? was there a specific purpose for it?
MrNomad81 1 year ago
alnllc, you are a perfect rep for all the IDOTS ON TUBE.
01sircharles 1 year ago
Wait... where did he found the cement for his chimney? He carried loas of 50pounds cement packs on 40 miles????
Rhinoch8 1 year ago
@Rhinoch8 fuck people are idiots....Dick's friend Babe,flew-in everything he needed.
Read the story,Silence and Solitude.
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gotta be a loser to live on your own secluded all your life.
alnllc 1 year ago
Or it could be people like you in our world that would make a guy prefer solitude.
davetherave22 1 year ago
@alnllc i dont think you get it... i hope one day you'll see...
Quikster220 1 year ago
This guy was ballzy! I love his resourcefulness, courage & craftsmanship.
longshot8000 1 year ago
@longshot8000 this guy didnt grow up trying to dress like a hiphop singer or glued to the tv like the people of today..he did his own thing and wasnt brainwashed into modern societies idea of success which is ofcourse to go in dept to financial institutions...he wasnt influnced by commercials at all.
wizwow77 1 year ago
I love this guy! he is a true inspiration
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... what a boring life!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Tom070809 1 year ago
I WOULD'VE LIKED TO HAVE MET THIS MAN. IT TAKES A VERY BRAVE PERSON TO DO WHAT HE DID. HOPEFULLY SOMEDAY I WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SEE THE CABIN.
dasch231 1 year ago
breathe fresh air scented with pine needles every morning, noon and night, and treat your gaze to the virgin beauty of a place untouched by concrete and steel. Trees and elk over towers and cabs any day of the week.
chainbluelightning1 1 year ago
I am really starting to think that the possibility of running into the Wendigo or other such creature out there is better than the slow death-by-a-thousand-cuts being dished out by our corrupt, amoral government. And you might even be able to forget our tax dollars being blown to fund secret invisible bombers to carry war to a new, Star Trek-level if only our popular culture was not filled with reality shows that stimulate the gag reflex and nothing else. No, Proenneke had it exactly right:
chainbluelightning1 1 year ago
he should build a tv
JDD335 1 year ago
I'm starting my own Alone in the wilderness. Check my channel. Vids are silly so far until I start building my cabin.
bankofthepacific 1 year ago
whay doesent he build a cage for that bird?
abby161919 1 year ago
@abby161919 i can't believe you asked that. you don't understand anything about what he was doing if you don't understand that! the bird was free. dick loved nature and loved that nature came to him. why would you cage a friend?
Spiritflier07 1 year ago
@Spiritflier07 the bird dident love dick he just whanted food in a cage he could make him tame!
abby161919 1 year ago
@abby161919 the issue isn't the bird's love of dick but Dick's love of seeing nature. Dick didn't want to "tame" anything. You don't move to the wilderness to tame things.
Spiritflier07 1 year ago
Hell the gov couldnt find the unibomber..he was in montana..his brother turned him in.
Dojocho 1 year ago
Fantastic.. i have hisoriginal journals .. crazy cat .. i dig him .. One day i'll see his place..
missrepo 1 year ago
The wooden tower is where Dick stored his meat and other supplies to keep the bears and other animals from getting to them.
ronmilner1 1 year ago
i,ve just read through a few comments about dick , i cant believe anyone could dare say one bad word about him ..he a tough old man would make you all look like idiots
theced1111 1 year ago 2
i found his video by mistake ,just shows you how mistakes can be good , from alone in the wilderness to silence and solitude i salute as you say to this man his craftmanship and survival with the respect that we dont have no more about what we really have everywhere a natural and beautiful world no matter where we are
theced1111 1 year ago
does anyone know what that wooden tower by the cabin is?
BumJuiceDrinker 1 year ago
@BumJuiceDrinker That's his cache. It's a place to keep food and supplies up and away from animals.
Randoo6868 1 year ago
Food storage.
sniper1243 1 year ago
@BumJuiceDrinker
Its what he keeps all of his food supply's at.
alienpb77 1 year ago
@BumJuiceDrinker
The structure is a storage compartment for food and supplies to keep out of reach of bears and wolves.
BlackbirdSpecOps 1 year ago
get busy livin or get busy die'in
gtbwi 1 year ago 4
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gtbwi 1 year ago
thank you for posting this. amazing camera work for being alone. what a guy!
qiput 1 year ago
I HOPE THATS NOT TRUE stewark77
boatmaker2004 2 years ago
RIP Dicks cabin, just burned down lastnight
stewartk77 2 years ago
our family has a cabin just like it, we can go there any time we feel like it....and its well respected....come up to James bay sum time..........but twin lakes is much more beautiful...will always be, RIP Dick Proenneke
stewartk77 2 years ago
thats how we're all meant to live. not as mortgage slaves in our rabbit hutch rows of houses, but experiancing life and its adventures! one day im going to do this myself
wrightylaaad 2 years ago 3
amen brother...we are all victims of the industrial revolution..and we are alll slaves..i dont want to go back to my job on monday but for now i am a slave and i am forced to.
wizwow77 1 year ago
@wizwow77 not forced.... I feel you, I could not go to my job tomorrow... but I feel 'forced' because I, or we, are more preoccupied with material stuff, and we want to get paid... correct me if Im wrong, but I believe thats why!
Quikster220 1 year ago
I hope you do, with the way our goverment is run now...
nealgh111 1 year ago
There's no such thing as a slave.
SniperViper1000 1 year ago
I love the fireplace!
jrhill30 2 years ago 4
I saw the documentary "Alone in the Wilderness" this morning. Such an awesome story.
khechua85 2 years ago 14
I wish i could buy these dvds and i may ask to get them for my birthday
zzbunch 2 years ago
I have this movie on DVD and I was not disappointed when I got the movie called The Frozen North.
PlanetXObserver 2 years ago
it doesnt get much nicer than that! wish i had the cahoneys to just go and do it for my family
wrightylaaad 2 years ago
all this is great but I would get so lonely. He probably didn't have a family
lti12 2 years ago
I know he had a brother. I don't remember if he had kids or not.
PaulTSeifert 2 years ago
@lti12 according to his documentary dvd, alone in the wilderness, he would go to see his family and friends in the city, every now and then with the help of his friend who was a pilot. but generally, he was alone...
Quikster220 1 year ago
I bid you well Dick...
beacons4life 2 years ago
Serpo71
If you have the stones to live out there in the wilderness, essentially by yourself, off the grid, the government is of no use to you, so why pay them? Why in the hell would you pay taxes? What for? Highway to the Twin Lakes? "Oh he's just out their to evade taxes!"
What a shallow observation from a shallow minded individual. Ignorant, illogical, and disrespectful. If the IRS was looking for him they would have obviously caught him, HURR.
Calling HIM a tax cheat. Shut the hell up.
MoralDeQue 2 years ago 97
@MoralDeQue The government can't be everywhere. Alaska is a big place. Who's to stop you from living like this guy did? The government might try to stop from living like this to force you to live in a city, get a job to pay them taxes to keep sending u.s. military to Iraq to kill unarmed civilians under the pretense of "spreading democracy", when in reality it is to control the oil.
Tatooinedragracer 1 year ago
@MoralDeQue Im sorry, I think everyone just took my statement the wrong way.
Serpo71 1 year ago
@Serpo71 lol or just way too seriously
cmonutube 1 year ago
@MoralDeQue
i have read his journals and he did file taxes for money he had in savings.
robthesamplist 11 months ago
yup
Kp947 2 years ago
At 1:21 is that a hand gun on the pole
huntinguy532 2 years ago 2
This comment has received too many negative votes show
Ted Kaczinski lived in the Montana woods and went undetected for years on a terrorist campaign. Did Ted pay taxes?
Serpo71 2 years ago
@Serpo71 That for starters has nothing to do with this video and 2 is just pretty dumb..
shumirules1 1 year ago
@shumirules1 Im sorry
Serpo71 1 year ago
it is a crying shame that i can't get these dvds in the UK.
Dick unplugged himslef out of the revenue producing system we live in and got back to nature what an incredible life..
thanks for post these
otowise 2 years ago 11
i managed to watch this on megavideo. sometimes i takes forever to buffer but watched it all last night no problems(alone in the wilderness).
wrightylaaad 2 years ago
in 1969 you still had the Land Claim Act, which let one claim land and live on that land for 1 -7 years and then you owned it. after Dick moved up to twin lakes the Gov did in fact rescend that Act. they did try to get Dick out of twin lakes later on but, to no avail he lived there until he was 80 - something. To old to handle the cold. Now a days, a man can run but, he can't hide. Well, with the exception of Eric Rudolph who eluded capture for 5 years. He had help though.
shellback963 2 years ago 6
God forbid, the earth is the Lord's,and the fullness thereof, not the governments. The earth is a gift from God to mankind, not a privleage by the government. You know that the government believes it is God,and over exercises it's authority on man. Like another thing, marriage liscense's, God's gift again, but the government want's in a private instituition sanctified only through God. Talk about spiritual wickedness in high places. I praise God for all the wonders of the earth,and Jesus Christ.
ShannCole888 2 years ago 8
There is only one way how to avoid fuc...g taxes.
* The Apocalypse * :-)
Those cabins in the mountains will be useful for smart people like Dick Proenneke and habitat again.
eursweet7 2 years ago
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Taricq 2 years ago
Dick was a real man, unlike the punks of today. Most men can't screw in a freakinf light bulb. They are too busy playing video games and getting fat.
wrsawy 2 years ago 41
wesawy--I admire Dick Proenneke--I also play video games--half way through Far Cry 2 right now. Today I hiked six miles through rugged terrain with my two Kuvaszok--big white livestock guardian dogs. Tomorrow I will mountain bike 30 miles to get supplies. Not ALL gamers are fat and lazy.
DiGiTaLdAzEDM 2 years ago 7
You are absolutely right !
People today are lazy and they are too modern.They need bunch of electronic devises like cell phones or radios to go to wilderness.When them batteries die the cry like a babies.
It's time to learn the old fashion way of life, like the Native Americans did. The only problems with them is that they don't like to share them knowledge with whites.Because whites where stupid at that time, when they didn't take the chance at the first place when they came to this continent.
eursweet7 2 years ago 2
I'm native american though I'm not fond of my roots & their practices,i grow a greater appreciate when i see films like these.I've been inspired by both games & entertainment to trek through such a wilderness as Dick did.I really do aspire to be as dick & live naturally alone.
Dustiferr 2 years ago
You should ALWAYS
ALWAYS
be proud of your ancestry and heritage, no matter what it is.
LaughingMage 2 years ago 2
What if your ancestry is of slave drivers, or Nazi Jew prison camp guards? Not everything is something to be proud of.
Armygunnerash 2 years ago 2
Well by ancestry I mean your race, ethnicity, nationality, and culture. Not necessarily such a specific thing.
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I probably had ancestors that raped and killed innocent people, but that dosen't mean I'm proud of those exact ancestors,
LaughingMage 2 years ago
What if your ancestry is wiping out the american indian?
geilo1968 2 years ago
Huh?
CorneliusSneedley 2 years ago
@CorneliusSneedley , my reply was in response to Armygunnerash,it had nothing to do with the late Dick Proenneke
who is an inspiration to many.
geilo1968 2 years ago
Ah, okay, thanks for clearing that up. However, the heritage of nearly any surviving race is victory over another.
CorneliusSneedley 2 years ago
It all depends on who wins the war I guess
McDaidUSA 1 year ago
@wrsawy That was an awful and cruel generalization... not cool dude. Calling me a punk? That's just not cool.
SniperViper1000 1 year ago
@wrsawy amen brother, you hit the nail right on the head..i take great pride in being able to do things for myself..like fixing my car, but i bet a lot of people today in the city cant even sharpen a kitchen knife.
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@wrsawy i can screw yer mom
superawesomechad 1 year ago
@wrsawy Amen to that!!
JayKay62969 1 year ago
What a life. Must have been like heaven out there.
crazycapecod 2 years ago 5
@crazycapecod If you call hard ass labour well Heaven so be it. But it probably felt like heaven when he could relax. :P
SniperViper1000 1 year ago
i would love to do that
hamured 2 years ago 3
Thanks Bob for posting this. I will have to buy a copy from you!
ps. Why do ignorant people who know nothing of Mr Proenneke leave stupid comments?
hockeytown49341 2 years ago
Twin Lakes is the most beautiful place on earth. I actually met Dick Proenekke and slpent an evening drinking tea at his cabin, back in 79
bartyfarslar 2 years ago 5
I met him in 59, we smoked some weed by the fire, nice man.
username1p 2 years ago
@bartyfarslar WHAT! No... Banff is the most beautiful. Canadian beautie is infinite... this is next. >:(
SniperViper1000 1 year ago
@SniperViper1000 Yeah Banff/Jasper is ok been there. But those mountains are so SMALL compared to the Alaska Range or the Wrangells.
bartyfarslar 1 year ago
lovely footage
Taricq 2 years ago 2
this has some of my faveriot footage, hearing Dicks voice is a thrill. thank you Bob
dirtTdude 2 years ago 7
thats not dicks voice its the ghost of christmas past
niggaplease20006 2 years ago