Oci-One Kanubi wrote:
Whew, I've just idled away an hour looking at pictures of Brad and
Lilly. Better you than me, buddy, but I'm glad some of us tread the
borders of human experience.

The one thing I couldn't find on that Oral History website was an
enumeration of the 54 Eskino words for "Brad".

My curiousity just got the better of me, and I too started going through
the pictures and listening to Brad's description. Wow, that someone can
live like that in the wilderness. It does wake up my adventurous side,
but I can also see the hardship of it.

Thanks for sharing, Brad!


--
Wilko van den Bergh wilkoa t)dse(d o tnl
Eindhoven The Netherlands Europe
---Look at the possibilities, don't worry about the limitations.---
http://kayaker.nl/

A woodsman nicknamed Nessmuk from the American 1880s once said, "Were not
out here roughing it, we're smoothing it; it's rough enough in the city." I
can't say we were under any "hardships", unless you mean that we didn't have
TV, alcohol, chips, soda, stoplights, insurance, cops, or LDS knocking at
our door. We never thought of what we were doing as extreme, just hard work
at times, and not so hard at others. The first cabin I built didn't have a
door through the first winter, just a blanket, which was usually pulled back
even at 50 below zero; the wood stove kept the cabin too hot to keep it
closed.

Brad



"Wilko" wrote in message
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Oci-One Kanubi wrote:
Whew, I've just idled away an hour looking at pictures of Brad and
Lilly. Better you than me, buddy, but I'm glad some of us tread the
borders of human experience.

The one thing I couldn't find on that Oral History website was an
enumeration of the 54 Eskino words for "Brad".

My curiousity just got the better of me, and I too started going through
the pictures and listening to Brad's description. Wow, that someone can
live like that in the wilderness. It does wake up my adventurous side, but
I can also see the hardship of it.

Thanks for sharing, Brad!


--
Wilko van den Bergh wilkoa t)dse(d o tnl
Eindhoven The Netherlands Europe
---Look at the possibilities, don't worry about the limitations.---
http://kayaker.nl/

padeen wrote:
A woodsman nicknamed Nessmuk from the American 1880s once said, "Were not
out here roughing it, we're smoothing it; it's rough enough in the city." I
can't say we were under any "hardships", unless you mean that we didn't have
TV, alcohol, chips, soda, stoplights, insurance, cops, or LDS knocking at
our door. We never thought of what we were doing as extreme, just hard work
at times, and not so hard at others. The first cabin I built didn't have a
door through the first winter, just a blanket, which was usually pulled back
even at 50 below zero; the wood stove kept the cabin too hot to keep it
closed.

It was very late last night after I had showed my girlfriend all the
pictures and listened to the accompanying comments by you. The first
thing she said afterwards was: and when are we going to live there? :-)

From what I understand everyone living there was eventually kicked out
by the park service? Is it still possible to live like that legally,
maybe in Canada?

When I first met a Greek shepherd high up in the mountains, I was
wondering how he could live with only a handful of goats and sheep.
Being invited by the guy to share dinner, and seeing the simple joys of
life, I realized that more definately isn't the same as better.

--
Wilko van den Bergh wilkoa t)dse(d o tnl
Eindhoven The Netherlands Europe
---Look at the possibilities, don't worry about the limitations.---
http://kayaker.nl/

On Tue, 27 Jun 2006 07:12:44 GMT, "padeen"
wrote:

A woodsman nicknamed Nessmuk from the American 1880s once said, "Were not
out here roughing it, we're smoothing it; it's rough enough in the city." I
can't say we were under any "hardships", unless you mean that we didn't have
TV, alcohol, chips, soda, stoplights, insurance, cops, or LDS knocking at
our door. We never thought of what we were doing as extreme, just hard work
at times, and not so hard at others. The first cabin I built didn't have a
door through the first winter, just a blanket, which was usually pulled back
even at 50 below zero; the wood stove kept the cabin too hot to keep it
closed.

Brad

Brad, Strangely enough, I've just finished reading Nessmuk's book
"Woodcraft and Camping"! (published 1920) A very entertaining read
....and what a neat surprise to find a chapter on ultra-lightweight
canoes of the period near the end!

I read a very similar book (similar style and similar subject-matter)
called 'The gentle Art of Tramping' by Stephen Graham, (also pre-WW2)
...but I preferred Nessmuk's book, somewhat.

Al D