Sounds like a good story in there some where. With pictures. Perhaps a
documentary.
"Stories of Life in the Alaskan Outback" by AK Schnozz Norton. :-)
How well do cats do in Alaska?
WayneS
At 1/14/2020 12:59 PM, Author and Documentarian AK Schnozz wrote:
>> Do you have first hand experience? How do you find all this information?
>
>This situation is not at all uncommon. Somebody drives up to Alaska to
>escape whatever life they have in the Lower-48, acquire a cabin beyond
>nowhere. Live off of their pension or disability check and basically
>hunt and fish for their meals. Every month or two, they get to a
>community where they can take care of whatever they need to or head to
>Anchorage or Fairbanks, stop at Costco for supplies and head back. The
>railroad actually does passenger/cargo services and will pick you up
>and drop you off at any location along the line. You'll see random 4
>wheelers and snow-machines scattered all along the railroad as those
>belong to these "off the grid" people who use them to get to their
>cabins miles away from the tracks.
>
>There are others that come up here with a camper van or truck of some
>form, drive deep into the wilderness (First part of winter freezes the
>trails enough to get far in before the snow closes things off), and
>disappear off the face of the earth. Thousands commit suicide by
>wilderness. Some hunter will find the abandoned vehicles years later.
>
>Anyway, the acquiring of a cabin off the grid is pretty common and
>unless the individual has a mentor of some form, they tend to not
>think about preventative survival skills. Sadly, so many people doing
>this are battling their own demons of some form and tend to not trust
>others. So, giving basic survival advice is ignored. The knowledge
>transfer seems to end with basic resupply logistics
>
>The off-the-gridders that are from here know usually know the more
>advanced stuff because it was either taught, lived, or handed down.
>Believe it or not, there are consultants that will come out and look
>over your site and will make recommendations. That works for a few
>people, but mostly it's trial and error. Unfortunately, error is
>almost always fatal.
>
>Personally, while I like to get aways from things, I don't like to
>tempt the fates too much. I don't like to get farther away from
>civilization than my ability to survive the hike.
>
>AK Schnozz
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