would u and do u reckon you could if the oppertunity arose

[drewdunnrespect]

having just watched the videos from this thread

http://www.bushcraftuk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=60181

i was woundering if the oppertunity arose would u do as dick did or not

and how do u think u would cope

 

[JonathanD]

I'd love too, but I'd get bored after a while and my feet would be itching for pastures new. I think six months is the most I could manage without my brain shrivelling to goo.

 

[Matt.S]

I'd give it my best. Woudl want a cabingirl for comany though...

 

[Wilderbeast]

I think I could but any more than about 6-7 months and I'd be quite a different person, possibly irreversibly. I'd love to try though!

 

[Laurentius]

The whole notion is absurd really because it's not about survival but mental attitude.

More people die alone in the civilized world than ever do in what is supposed to be a challenging environment.

It's the same inner resilience that is necessary in either case and this wilderness guy is as much likely to be an urban failure as anything else if he tried it.

 

[1234]

i would pack up and go tomorrow if i could, and would happily stay for the rest of my life
but the sad fact is i dont have the knowledge or skills to survive
i can still dream right
maybe one day

 

[naefearjustbeer]

The thought of it sounds interesting and I think I would cope with not seeing other people . My fear would turning lazy and not bothering with routine and ending up starving! But forget the not allowed to shoot big game! Moose or porcupine! moose would be on the fire I am afraid. If I were him I would of switched the camera off and bagged myself some serious food. Then filmed myself taking pot shots at squirrels.

Oops confused as too which Alone in the wild you were talking about! I think I would like to try building a log cabin! As for living in the wilds when the kids are on the warpath a peaceful lakeside cabin sounds like bliss!

 

[locum76]

I wouldn't stand a chance.

 

[Tengu]

Waste of time.

The Alaskan wilderness is not known for its second hand bookshops or antiquities.

Give me Timbuktu any day

 

[bigant]

i could do it i think easy for as long as he does. would be weird no people been around but i am a loner anyway so i dont think it would bother me that much would miss my new puppy more than people i think lol.

 

[Retired Member southey]

Short answer, YES!

 

[takjaa]

yup that would be the life for me
. . when the kids leave home . . lol, im pretty sure I could deal with all the ins and outs off that life pretty well!
That film is awsome Iv watched it loads of time and the 2nd one 'Alaska Silence and Solitude' which isjust as awsome .. awsom awsom awsom!!

 

[dr jones]

Yes , id give it a damn good go , dont think the missis would be too chuffed when she caught me packing tho!!!!!

 

[_mark_]

Absolutely! Ed's heart was elsewhere and it broke him. Dick Proenneke's heart was with the wilderness and he thrived.

 

[DaveBromley]

I'd be bored stiff within a couple of days!! either that or i would enter a zen like survivalist state and go properly native lol

Dave

 

[Teepee]

There is no way that I could have watched a moose walk by, whilst sitting with a gun and living on rice and porcupine. I think I would be eating moose and getting fined.
Having a canoe to use with all that virgin lake to fish for a few months, whilst eating barbecued moose steak doesn't sound too bad to me.

 

[BarryG]

Id definitely give it a go......................... Providing i can press a button to call for a helicopter, just in case I cant cut it. I reckon I could, right now, sitting on the sofa with a brew at my elbow...but really I don't know, because Ive never tested my metal to that extent. If you get my drift.

 

[Ph34r]

if i had the time and a working collarbone, then yes I would. I would have to agree wiht Jonathan though, change good, same place bad.