Randy If you get the chance you need to watch Alone in the wilderness and Alone in the wilderness 2 Dick Proenneke was a guy that retired to Alaska and lived alone for 29 years and documented a lot of it with a diary and movie camera
Now that you mentioned his name, I've heard about him some. I THINK I saw as short blurb about him once. Is he the guy that built a cabin all alone using only hand tools. I remember he carried in his wood drill bits and axe(s) without any handles on them to save packing weight and made the handles when he got there.
A Little Paranoia Will Keep You Safe (ALPWKYS) Be a Sheepdog JYD#105
