if you have 10,000 bucks worth of training then it's possible you know how to make a palatial log estate with a small axe
That's what Dick Proenneke did in Alaska. You can buy the dvd at
http://www.dickproenneke.com and you can see a 9 minute clip at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsfB6oJ55wMI saw the whole thing on PBS a few years ago. The man has my respect. I can never come close to being that kind of craftsman.
Dick Proenneke's Alone in the Wilderness is on Detroit Public television
right now..at least where I live. This show is very well worth watching for any outdoors orientated person.
Wikipedia has a
good page about him...although I dislike the labeling of Dick as a "survivalist".
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