Re:I Spent Three Years Alone Building a Log Cabin
by tanseydavid on Monday January 09, 2023 @11:04AM
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The jump-cuts back and forth between "The Urban Environment" and "The Log Cabin Environment" (as well as the accompanying audio) really, really touched me in a deep way.
Re:I Spent Three Years Alone Building a Log Cabin
by cf100clunk on Monday January 09, 2023 @11:30AM
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> After seeing the documentary "Alone in the wilderness" by Dick Proenneke
Indeed, both series of ''Alone In The Wilderness'' by Dick Proenneke are absolutely essential viewing for anyone wishing to build a log cabin or homestead completely from scratch, off-grid, with minimal modern tools. Proenneke filmed his trips in his light aircraft to Alaska.
Re:I Spent Three Years Alone Building a Log Cabin
by nanomonkey on Monday January 09, 2023 @12:13PM
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I believe you're referring to Richard Proenneke's documentary Alone in the Wilderness. He spent 30 years in a self built cabin off a lake in Alaska filming wildlife.
Re:I Spent Three Years Alone Building a Log Cabin
by voakbasda on Monday January 09, 2023 @03:18PM
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Amazing for so many reasons.
1. He uses hand tools at every step, following traditional materials and methods (with only limited exceptions)
2. He never wore gloves to protect his hands. I cannot imagine the callouses he must have developed. Or the number of blisters, cuts, and splinters that he endured.
3. He worked alone doing logging and construction, day and night, in all kinds of horrible weather, in a forest. Many risks were taken, but I think most were unavoidable given the budget and goals. Glad he didn’t get seriously hurt.
That said, I wonder how many different sources of information he ingested to learn all of theses skills. I’ve spent a lifetime pursuing a similar set of skills and only recently feel ready to build some log/log-framed structures on my own property.
Re:I Spent Three Years Alone Building a Log Cabin
by y-curious on Monday January 09, 2023 @05:25PM
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I do wish he didn't skip over the commerical products he used (the roofing and the cinderblocks under the house). Even if it kills the Walden aesthetic, it would have been nice to see how he did it.
A 1977 National Geographic documentary following a quartet of friends who retrace the Yukon Passage ala the gold rush, building their own raft and cabin in the process.
Indeed, both series of ''Alone In The Wilderness'' by Dick Proenneke are absolutely essential viewing for anyone wishing to build a log cabin or homestead completely from scratch, off-grid, with minimal modern tools. Proenneke filmed his trips in his light aircraft to Alaska.
https://www.dickproenneke.com/
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34307286
This guy is a film maker also.
1. He uses hand tools at every step, following traditional materials and methods (with only limited exceptions)
2. He never wore gloves to protect his hands. I cannot imagine the callouses he must have developed. Or the number of blisters, cuts, and splinters that he endured.
3. He worked alone doing logging and construction, day and night, in all kinds of horrible weather, in a forest. Many risks were taken, but I think most were unavoidable given the budget and goals. Glad he didn’t get seriously hurt.
That said, I wonder how many different sources of information he ingested to learn all of theses skills. I’ve spent a lifetime pursuing a similar set of skills and only recently feel ready to build some log/log-framed structures on my own property.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3NWdFll2X8
A 1977 National Geographic documentary following a quartet of friends who retrace the Yukon Passage ala the gold rush, building their own raft and cabin in the process.