Guy Builds Cabin In Alaska

He and his trapping partner gene.

Guy builds cabin in alaska. Nps photo taken by richard proenneke and donated by raymond proenneke in the mid 19th century henry david thoreau gained fame after sequestering himself for two years at a small cabin on walden pond. Dick s cabin measured 11 by 14. Richard louis proenneke ˈ p r ɛ n ə k iː.

Dick filmed his adventures so he could show. Dick proenneke retired at age 50 in 1967 and decided to build his own cabin on the shore of twin lakes. Logcabin bushcraft offgrid survival one man leaves the city life behind to build a cheap off grid log cabin and homestead in the canadian wilderness inc.

He stayed in spike s cabin during the construction. Dick proenneke returned to twin lakes on may 21 1968 and began turning the raw logs into his cabin. Dick proenneke built his cabin using only hand tools no backhoes no chainsaws no electric drill just hand powered tools.

This film is a documentary profile of conservationist and wildlife photographer dick proenneke at his home in the lake clark area of alaska. John baker narrates a film in which he builds a log cabin from the ground up in the northern southcentral region of alaska. Proenneke hunted fished raised and gathered his own food and also had supplies flown in occasionally.

Dick even made many of his tools himself. Documentary tells the story of dick proenneke who in the late 1960s built his own cabin in the wilderness at the base of the aleutian peninsula in what is now lake clark national park. Dick proenneke returned the next summer to finish the cabin where he lived for over 30 years.

One man builds a cheap rustic log cabin in the canadian wilderness alone and without power tools over several months in 2017. Using color footage he shot himself proenneke traces how he came to this remote area selected a homestead site and built his log cabin completely by himself.