"Learn to use an axe, and respect it and you can't help but love it. But abuse one and it will wear your hands raw and open your foot like an overcooked sausage." John Branson, ed. "More Readings From One Man's Wilderness: The Journals of Richard L. Proenneke, 1974-1980." Washington, D.C.: National Park Service, 2005. … Continue reading More Readings From One Man’s Wilderness: The Journals of Richard L. Proenneke, 1974-1980