Two years alone in the woods: youtube video

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(Modern day) Original primitive survivalist Dick Proeneke. He’s featured on a few PBS fundraising shows.

He was an interesting guy. Could build almost anything and do it well. It’s amazing how much of it he videoed ( well filmed in his day) even though he was doing a lot of it alone. And this was before anybody really was into watching any of this.

i agree, but the craftsmanship was superb, too

I find these people interesting but I would probably go insane. I'm honestly not an extremely social person but 3 days alone at the camp and I'm starting to get antsy. I've done a week before and was ready to GTFO about day 5.

It became very evident to me that I like being around others when I busted my head on the low door entrance. If others had been around it would've painful but also hilarious. Being alone for no one to notice, it was just painful. That's when it really sunk in.

Some things don't add up in the first 10 minutes, first he has pre fab wood. Cut boards for the roof but has to cut trees to make the rest.

Supposedly he's been out there long enough to build 3/4ths of a house but is grilling a prime steak

I'm calling bullsheet - this dude is going to Home Depot every afternoon

Yeah not really alone it appears that he must make several trips to restock, unless he built a water jet cutter for that sign on the cabin. Don’t get me wrong he’s a craftsman but so was Tim the took time Taylor.
Drop that sucker off in the wilderness with a knife gun and axe with no resupply then maybe it’s s show!! Actually never mind it’s been done for the last 2000 or so years

I watch that guys videos. His channel is my self reliance and another where he talks more called the Shawn James channel.

He isn't saying he lives totally alone. He has a wife and daughters. He has a snowmobile. He goes to town to buy stuff regularly. In his truck.

What his channel is about is his self reliance. He doesn't try to trick you on his channels. He is learning as he goes and is trying to become more and more self reliant.

He used precut lumber on his roof. At this point now he is cutting any lumber using a chainsaw. His steak was probably moose. He hunts and fishes to provide a lot of his food. He wants to cut back more and more on relying on the outside world for stuff.