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Join Date: Jun 2000
Location: N. Phoenix AZ USA
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Originally posted by VINMAN
McCandless, struck me as a selfish, unfeeling schmuck. Honestly didnt see anything remarkable about what he had done.
A person and story I admire is Richard Proenneke "Alone in the wilderness" He moved up to Alaska, built a cabin from scratch and lived in it for 30 yrs. Living mainly off the land.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Proenneke
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Sounds like a good read.
Thx,
Joe
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