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This video came up in my recommendations:

Which reminded me of this one, clips of this were in the video above, but the full thing is relaxing to watch:

And yes, every single Finnish word was pronounced horribly in the first video. And by horrible, I mean if someone said those words to me, I'd assume they were speaking Bulgarian or something. Even knowing they were Finnish words, it was still impossible for me to understand what he said. Good thing there was a written version of some of the words on screen so I could keep up lol.

i wish i had the skill to cut a 10x10x10cm dovetail in 10 strikes

Have you ever watched Alone in the Wilderness?

It's a whole movie of this vibe. Great documentary. Here's a clip:

skoobie wrote: Fri Aug 21, 2026 6:02 am

Have you ever watched Alone in the Wilderness?

It's a whole movie of this vibe. Great documentary. Here's a clip:

Yup! Watched it a long, long time ago. Very good documentary.

Its quite funny, how the current set of "homesteaders" are upset that Proenneke wasnt up to their standards. I used to watch a lot of those "I'm building a log cabin it the woods. Alone. With wolves stalking me. No food. Only using my multi tool and rocks." type of videos, a lot of them kept saying the same thing, "Proenneke wasn't really self sufficient, he had food and stuff flown in!" Completely missing the point of the guy, who just wanted to live in the wilderness, not fill some weird guys survival fantasies.

Hardelli wrote: Fri Aug 21, 2026 8:23 am

skoobie wrote: Fri Aug 21, 2026 6:02 am

Have you ever watched Alone in the Wilderness?

It's a whole movie of this vibe. Great documentary. Here's a clip:

Yup! Watched it a long, long time ago. Very good documentary.

Its quite funny, how the current set of "homesteaders" are upset that Proenneke wasnt up to their standards. I used to watch a lot of those "I'm building a log cabin it the woods. Alone. With wolves stalking me. No food. Only using my multi tool and rocks." type of videos, a lot of them kept saying the same thing, "Proenneke wasn't really self sufficient, he had food and stuff flown in!" Completely missing the point of the guy, who just wanted to live in the wilderness, not fill some weird guys survival fantasies.

Love it. Didn't realize until last night how impossible it is to find a full copy of it online, they must have contracted the CIA to scrub it from the internet.

Would love to see a doc of one of those Youtube rough rider types doing their rock and mud self sufficiency thing for 30 years, though I reckon it'd be slightly less relaxing.

skoobie wrote: Fri Aug 21, 2026 6:17 pm

Love it. Didn't realize until last night how impossible it is to find a full copy of it online, they must have contracted the CIA to scrub it from the internet.

I was sure that it was on the torrent tracker I use, so I went to check and yup, people in the comments are asking if anyone knows where "part 2" is. So I guess that one is not a complete version either. Strange.