“My plastic water bucket dripping a bit so I mixed up alittle epoxy, which is the one item more than

“My plastic water bucket dripping a bit so I mixed up alittle epoxy, which is the one item more than anything else that holds ‘OneMan’s Wilderness’ together.”- Richard Proenneke, March 11, 1978, in More Readings from One Man’s Wilderness: The Journals of Richard L. Proenneke, 1974-1980 (p. 258)   Landscapes of Literature: Richard Proenneke Richard “Dick” Proenneke built his cabin onthe shore of Upper Twin Lake during the summers of 1967 and 1968. While itwasn’t the first or the largest cabin ever to be constructed in the Alaskan Bush, itstands out for its remarkable craftsmanship and for his documentation of theconstruction process.Richard Proenneke at Snipe Lake filming movie clips in 1975. He and his brother Raymond flew there in the J3 Cub. (Photo courtesy of Raymond Proenneke, from NPS / Lake Clark National Park & Preserve website).Proenneke built an elevated log cache, a combinedwoodshed/outhouse, and constructed the stone fireplace in the cabin by hand.His building style responded to the unique area and was intended to be bothaesthetically appealing and functional for year-round living at Upper Twin Lake.Proenneke lived in the cabin for 30 yearswithout electricity, running water, a telephone, or other modern conveniences.Despite his remote location and fierce independence, he did not live removed from society. Proenneke maintainedfriendships, wrote letters, and interacted with pilots, fishermen, neighbors, and park rangers. He chronicled hisexperiences and observations at Twin Lakes through correspondence, annotated calendars and maps,films, and journals. He always tacked a pin in a map before he would set out hiking, the marker showing where he intended to go and the holes across the map’s surface telling of past destinations. Proenneke used the elevated cache to store various goods, including flour, candy, clothing, filming equipment, and aircraft parts (NPS). Richard Proenneke was also intimately connected to his natural surroundings. As a result of his observations and advocacy,he became well known during the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act(ANILCA) debate of the 1970s, inspiring several books and films and encouragingpublic support for wild lands in Alaska. A strong proponent of preservationof the Twin Lakes-Lake Clark country, he gradually came to support theestablishment of Lake Clark National Park and Preserve. He became a volunteerwith the park, helping NPS personnel to monitor weather, collect botanicalspecimens, assist with aerial wildlife counts, and coordinate float planepickups between rangers and visitors.Icicles frame a view of the mountains and lake visible from Richard Proenneke’s cabin (NPS). Dick Proenneke kept a journal from his first visit to Twin Lakes in 1962. The publication of some of those journals in 1973 as One Man’s Wilderness (edited by Sam Keith) was largely responsible for bringing wider public recognition to Proenneke and Twin Lakes. Eventually, additional journals were published and documentary profiles were created using Proenneke’s own film footage, showing his relationship to the landscape. Watch it: One Man’s Alaska (1977) No Place Like Twin Lakes (2000)In 2000, he and his brother, Raymond, donated all his journals to Lake Clark National Park and Preserve.Proenneke’s voice was influential in shapingthe preservation of wilderness in Alaska. His words and films reflect hispragmatism and care for this place and profoundly shaped public awareness ofthe values of Alaska’s wilderness.  Richard Proenneke died in 2003, but the values of wilderness preservation and resource protection that he embodied live on through his journal entries and in the features of the cultural landscape. Learn MoreTo find journals, video, landscape details, and inspiration from Dick Proenneke, start here at the Lake Clark National Park & Preserve website: Richard L ProennekeVirtual Tour: Explore Lake Clark Wilderness at Upper Twin LakeMore about ANILCA and Alaska Wilderness (NPS Alaska Nature and Science)What are cultural landscapes? -- source link

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