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01/27/2012

Urban Mom Cartoon by Isabella Bannerman

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01/26/2012

Knickknack Cartoon by Isabella Bannerman

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01/25/2012

Video Tour of Richard Proenneke's Cabin

Video from DC Morga's YouTube channel. Thanks for sharing your tour.

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01/24/2012

Spectacular View of Upper Twin Lake, Alaska from Richard Proenneke's Cabin Desk

photo: Kent Miller NPS/VIP

Looking out at Upper Twin Lake in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve. The National Park Service says that Proenneke had a "voluminous correspondence with friends and admirers all over the nation."

Posted by Jim Nolan at 06:47 AM in Alaska | Permalink | Comments (0)

01/23/2012

Park Service Keeps Richard Proenneke's Hand-Built Cabin Open to Visitors

Photo: NPS/Kevyn Jalone

You can visit Dick Proenneke's cabin on Twin Lakes in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve. The National Park Service keeps it open. You can read what they say about it here.

Posted by Jim Nolan at 06:45 AM in Alaska | Permalink | Comments (1)

01/22/2012

Richard Proenneke, the Polar Opposite of Chris McCandless?

For Christmas I got a copy of "Alone in the Wilderness," a film about Dick Proenneke by Bob Swerer Productions. In 1968, when Dick turned 51, he decided he'd like to live in the Alaska wilderness year round (he was an in-demand diesel mechanic in King Salmon). He single-handledly built a log cabin with hand tools, and stayed there for the next 30 or so years. Proenneke is The Man. An expert carpenter, hunter, outdoorsman and filmmaker (he records his story with a Bolex camera), he was also a terrific writer. The film uses his observations for the narration (someone else reads it) and marries them to the film he shot. I can't help wishing Chris McCandless (the subject of of Jon Krakauer's bestseller Into the Wild) had met the guy and learned how to survive from him (McCandless died in 1992; Proenneke moved back to the Lower 48 in 1999). As different as they were in skills, it seems like they were alike in many ways, each having a desire to test himself and a deep love of the natural world.

Posted by Jim Nolan at 02:11 PM in Alaska | Permalink | Comments (1)