-Removed-A real person who did this was Dick Proenneke. He gave up a successful material life at age 50 and moved to Alaska, off the grid, for many years.
The documentary "Alone in the Wilderness" is about his life. He built his own cabin, hunted, fished, and lived primarily off the land by himself.
Fascinating.
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@patzering saidThere are women everywhere, don't worry about it - we are not talking about an isolated island, are we? The question is though - do they need you? 🙂
I'd need a woman.
@very-rusty saidThat would be stalking.
I'd love to meet some of the people on here anonymously, only with me knowing who they are....Now that would be an interesting meet up.
-VR
-Removed-It's a fantasy of mine to have a cabin somewhere in North America, with a lake and forest nearby.
For one-fifth of my life thus far, I lived in a remote part of Canada which matches the above description. At my tiny school, there weren't enough children to fill one class per grade, so two grades were blended into one class.
It was an uncomplicated, peaceful lifestyle and those years were probably the best of my life. I say that having lived on 4 continents. When I moved back to the UK, I still spent quite a lot of time there in my holidays - it is only 6 hours across the Atlantic.
Give it a go if you feel like it. You might be surprised.