Remember the “Into The Wild” movie where that cute kid with great hair left civilization to be one with the land? Well, Dick Proenneke also did that but he knew how not to die. This guy rules in so many ways: Dick Proenneke retired at age 50 in 1967 and decided to build his own cabin on the shore of Twin Lakes. The first summer he scouted for the best cabin site, and cut and peeled the logs he would need for his cabin.