Inside Dick Proenekke's Cabin
Many have viewed the "Alone in the Wilderness" video, which shows how Dick Proenneke built his own cabin in Alaska, alone and with only hand-tools. You may have wondered what his cabin looked like inside, this video shows how Proenneke lived. The video was made by someone who visited the cabin in 2008. Proenneke donated the cabin to the State of Alaska after his death and it is now a tourist attraction.
Born in 1917 in Iowa, Proenneke decided to live a life of solitude in the Twin Lakes area of Alaska, 40 miles from civilization, and so he built this cabin in 1967. He lived there for over 30 years, until the hard Alaskan winters and his advanced age made him decide to finally leave the cabin in 1999. He died in 2003.
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Added: Jun-1-2010 Occurred On: Jan-1-2008
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When I was a kid I got a book about this guy. I grew up wanting to be Dick Proenekke. Hell, I still do. Good vid.
Posted Jun-1-2010 Byeasein (158.50) 
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It isn't correct that he waned to live in solitude as he had a regular schedule of visitors.
Posted Jun-1-2010 ByPunch_The_Monkey (1156.48) 
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really cool of you to share this video. I have always respected Dick Proenneke. I seen the video on PBS of corse they cut allot out because the only time PBS shows anything cool is when they Hosting their Begathon.
and offer the programs for sail at Very large sums of money and they chop a good deal of the show out so they have a selling point. but when they are not begging for money the programing goes back to Useless bullshit.
Posted Jun-1-2010 Byforfoksake (40.44) forfoksake Send Message
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Thanks for posting this. I admide Mr. Proenekke and his life out there in Alaska. Alone in the wilderness is a great book that I would recommend to anyone.
Posted Jun-1-2010 Byvonderho (13.04) vonderho View Channel Send Message
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he lived well if he Aunt Jamima Syrup .
Posted Jun-2-2010 Bymoonskipper (94.36) moonskipper View Channel Send Message
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or Mrs. Buttersworth that is.
Posted Jun-2-2010 Bymoonskipper (94.36) moonskipper View Channel Send Message
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Great vid, thanks.
Posted Jun-2-2010 ByBuzz1964 (1055.42) 
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Spirit.
Posted Jun-2-2010 ByAutomanic (161.02) Automanic Send Message
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this was a great documentary.
Posted Jun-2-2010 ByAwsomeSauce (744.78) 
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Damn hippies...
Posted Jun-2-2010 Byzarpheous (321.92) 
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No way he built that alone otherwise he must've had like some crane to lift some of those logs or have been one huge paul bunyan look-a-like.
Posted Jun-1-2010 ByChesterTheWorm (101.14) ChesterTheWorm View Channel Send Message
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The logs are from spuce trees which are relatively light for their size. Heres a short video of him building his cabin. Pretty cool to see. I may have to but the whole thing now after seeing this.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYJKd0rkKss
Posted Jun-1-2010 Bygonehuntin (2451.36) 
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great vid. seen sum1 else post the documentary , but this is pretty cool to see it after hes gone and its a part of history now.
Posted Dec-17-2011 Bybushman42069 (157.90) 
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