One Man's Wilderness

[The Dad Fisherman]

Originally Posted by Karl F

was this the same guy that Channel 2 aired the old documentary about last winter?
sounds like him..he shot film of building the camp, it was old jumpy 8mm fare, but great to watch.

That was "Alone in the Wilderness"....I always bring this guy up when the Scouts are Pissin and Moanin about a campout

Actually we are doing a Wilderness Survival campout in May and I want to show the Kids this video....Once again to keep the Pissin and Moanin down to a minimum

http://www.aloneinthewilderness.com/

[Mr. Sandman]

That's the guy. good link . A review of the book is here:
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/12/29/064326.php

[FishermanTim]

It's amazing to think that this guy, at age 51, left the "civilized world" for 35 years, and finally decided to leave when the "50 below winters were getting to be hard to take". How many of us had complained even once about 20 above?
What really makes this even more astounding was that he made almost everything from scratch. hand made log cabin, doors, chairs, door hinges, bowls and spoon. The segment building the cabin, with the exactness of the notches, the choice of logs, even the manufacturing of the hand tools he used were awe inspiring.
constructing a cold box below the frost line was ingenious, as was recycling old metal containers into kitchen storage utensils.
I first saw the show a few years back, and ever since I have kept my eyes out looking for any rebroadcast on the PBS stations.
I picked up the DVD last month for my brother, who fell in love with the show the first time he saw it.
I could watch it over and over again.

[Mr. Sandman]

We are talking about taking the kids to Alaska for a vacation in the next couple years and I would like to will make a side trip to twin lakes to see this place first hand. The cabin is now part of the National Park system. Getting there will be a bitch though.