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Richard Proenneke Quotes

1916–2003 United States

Richard Louis "Dick" Proenneke (May 4, 1916 – April 28, 2003) was a naturalist and survivalist who lived alone in the high mountains of Alaska at a place called Twin Lakes. Living in a log cabin he constructed by hand, Proenneke made valuable recordings of both meteorological and natural data.

United States
Naturalists

Also known as: Dick Proenneke

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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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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Richard Proenneke (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.