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Richard Louis „Dick“ Proenneke war ein US-amerikanischer Hobbynaturforscher und Aussteiger. Er lebte über 30 Jahre lang allein in einem selbstgebauten Blockhaus am Ufer der Twin Lakes in Alaska und versorgte sich dabei durch Fischen, Jagen, Sammeln sowie durch gelegentlich eingeflogene Vorräte. Proenneke dokumentierte seine Aktivitäten während dieser Zeit in Tagebüchern und Filmen und zeichnete auch Wetterdaten und andere Parameter auf. Die Tagebücher und Filme wurden später von Dritten verwendet, um Bücher und Dokumentationen über sein Leben in der Wildnis herauszugeben. Wikipedia

✵ 4. Mai 1916 – 20. April 2003

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“There is always a sadness about packing. I guess you wonder if where you're going is as good as where you've been.”

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Quelle: One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey

“Learn to use an axe, and respect it and you can't help but love it. But abuse one and it will wear your hands raw and open your foot like an overcooked sausage.”

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Alone in the Wilderness Part 2 DVD, Bob Swerer Productions

“It was good to be back in the wilderness again, where everything seems as peace. I was alone - just me and the animals. It was a great feeling - free once more to plan and do as I pleased. Beyond was all around me. My dream was a dream no longer. I suppose I was here because this was something I had to do - not just dream about it but do it. I suppose too I was here to test myself - not that I had never done it before but this time it was to be a more thorough and lasting examination. What was I capable of that I didn't know yet? Could I truly enjoy my own company for an entire year? And was I equal to everything this wild land could throw at me? I had seen its moods in late spring, summer, and early fall but what about the winter? Would I love the isolation then, with its bone-stabbing cold, its ghostly silence? At age 51, I intended to find out.”

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Alone in the Wilderness DVD, Bob Swerer Productions
Paraphrase by Sam Keith for One Man's Wilderness: An Alaskan Odyssey Dick's exact words are not known.