| Re: Alone In The Wilderness [message #91583 is a reply to message #91581] |
Wed, 18 March 2020 19:46  |
Rusty
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No worries Leot. No umbrage taken. But I still believe the two men though alike in a basic sense in their appreciation of nature. That's where it ended. Proenneke made a personal commitment to living year round in the environment of his choice and made careful intelligent safeguards in his shelter and provisions to minimize disaster from occurring. Enough so to do it for 30 years.
Timothy Treadwell, just reading from wikipedia. Well respected people, a research ecologist saying Treadwell was breaking every park rule there was in regards to distance from bears, harassing wildlife and interfering with natural processes. Another researcher whom had extensive experience with bear populations wrote of Treadwell's basic lack of safety precautions.
Treadwell also was careless enough to involve his girlfriend whom was killed along with him due to his ignorance of or disdain of basic rules of engagement with wild dangerous animals. Something Proenneke would not and did not play folly with. Film footage shows him carrying a hunting rifle.
I get your gist, and of course there was an element of risk to doing such a profound commitment. One did it by mitigating the odds. The other's luck ran out by their own folly.
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