Comments on: Hard Core Onelers: Dick Proenneke (part 2)

By: Onely

Onely — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 04:50:26 +0000

I think someone else commented here that he actually made trips back to “civilization” now and then. Also, he had an extra bed in his cabin made especially for visitors. So he obviously continued to relish human contact; maybe he just needed less of it than the average person

By: natalier

natalier — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 23:46:54 +0000

I would love to know that too. I do not care if he was gay but I wonder if he yearned for human physical contact with another human and did he miss love or want children?

By: phillip

phillip — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 20:30:36 +0000

did this man ever have a love life? was he gay? why nothing about these questions which, I’m sure, many people must be wondering about.

By: steve zazulyk

steve zazulyk — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 01:29:11 +0000

Ok you and I are on the same page CC. If you ever have time the book is great. Im always looking for a piece of Alaska I could call my own one day.Thanks for the reply. Cheers

By: Onely

Onely — Mon, 12 Sep 2011 23:33:21 +0000

Thanks for commenting, Steve. I didn’t know that Proenneke also cleaned up after hunters and campers and poachers. I guess I had imagined that no other people were even anywhere near his cabin, but of course that wouldn’t necessarily have been the case.

I totally get what you’re saying about watching his movies in bed–I have also watched them for relaxation before too and find them hypnotic. If I had a TV in my bedroom I’d probably watch them in bed. It’s also so cozy watching him drill though four feet of ice by hand while you’re sitting in a recliner with a cocoa. . . = )
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