One Man's Wilderness Redeux

“Could be a lesson in humility.

http://news.yahoo.com/alaska-man-plans-uninhabited-island-070921254.html”

“Good luck with that. I'd want a place with better weather.”

“This is a great idea. We should do this with all oil company executives.”

“didn't someone try that in the 80's, run out of food and shoot himself?”

“I was close: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_McCunn”

“There was a documentry shown on PBS a few years back about a guy (in the 60s??) that went off the live in the Alaskan back country. This dude did it right and had a great experience.

Can't remember his name; I highly suggest it -- it's a great time waster.”

“They mention him in the article; I think his name was Carl Proenneke?”

“Sounds about right. I didn't read past the first few lines of the article.

Thanks, Bit.”

“Richard Proenneke... lived in almost entirely the wild for 30 years. Good lord...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Proenneke”

“There are a lot of people 'living off the land" in southern California. Some even in beautiful wilderness areas. You won't freeze to death here.”

“I highly recommed One Man's Wilderness :)”