Dick Proenneke Cabin

The first summer he scouted for the best cabin site and cut and peeled the logs he would need for his cabin.
Dick proenneke cabin. Welcome to the official website for richard proenneke. Alone at dick proennekes log cabin in the wilderness silence and solitude in alaska duration. Raymond aka jake early years. Dick proenneke retired at age 50 in 1967 and decided to build his own cabin on the shore of twin lakes.
This video alone in the wilderness is a simple account of the day to day explorations and activities he carried out alone and the constant chain of natures events that kept him company. Dick filmed his adventures and bob swerer later turned the film into a video so we can. He found a place built a cabin and stayed to become part of the country. Thousands have had such dreams but dick proenneke lived them.
My self reliance 1840670. May 4 1916 april 20 2003 join us on facebook. For many of these he brought in steel parts and made the handles with local wood. Dick proennekes cabin is located in a roadless wilderness so unless they are backpacking from other locations in the park visitors arrive by small planes that land on upper twin lake.
18 videos play all dick proenneke alaska films chatrodger solo survival. There are no suitable beaches or runways for wheeled planes so visitors traveling in the summer will need a plane that operates on floats. Dick proenneke cabin twin lakes alaska must watch. May 4 1916 april 20 2003 was an american self educated naturalist who lived alone for nearly thirty years in the mountains of alaska in a log cabin that he constructed by hand near the shore of twin lakesproenneke hunted fished raised and gathered his own food and also had supplies flown in occasionally.
Richard louis proenneke p r n e k i. Friends of donnellson library richard proenneke museum 411 main street donnellson ia 52625 ph. How to survive alone in the wilderness for 1 week eastern woodlands duration. Winter landings can take place on wheels skis or wheeled skis.
Dick proenneke returned the next summer to finish the cabin where he lived for over 30 years. Tom mcelroy wild survival. Dick proenneke at his cabin in 1985. Bob swerer productions.
Richard louis dick proenneke 4mai 1916 in primrose iowa.