Richard Proenneke lived alone for 30 years in the Alaskan wilderness in a cabin he built himself

One of my favorite parts is when he sets out to build his fireplace. The first step is cutting a bear size hole in the side of his little house! Talk about balls! Its brave to cut a hole in the side of your house heading in to winter, and with bears and other critters around. Thats commitment!

I’ve always taken courage from this when I do jobs around the house. Shit - if he can cut a bear size hole for a fireplace, then surely I can drill a hole for this exhaust fan!

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