A life spent with nature ends - 'Spaceman Bruce' took final kayak trip to Monterey

[hunter]

A life spent with nature ends
'Spaceman Bruce' took final kayak trip to Monterey

By DENNIS TAYLOR
Herald Staff Writer

Robert Bruce Facer walked through life one barefoot step at a time, entirely at his own pace.

That life ended after 65 years on April 15 in Monterey, the final stop of a journey worthy of poets and mythologists.

Facer was a raggedy man who was homeless by choice, not circumstance. His floppy hat, tattered clothes and ever-shoeless feet attracted strange looks wherever he wandered — and it's hard to imagine anyone ever wandered farther. Between 1984 and 2012, Facer traveled more than 4,000 miles, from Alaska to Monterey, exclusively by foot and kayak. He lived a humble but amazing life, leaving in his wake a lot more friends and admirers than he probably realized.

http://www.montereyherald.com/local/ci_20559767/life-spent-nature-ends

He walked gently upon the earth.

I have great respect for those who have the courage (or the crazy...) to abandon our destructive society to follow their own way.

Rest in peace, sir, and thanks for giving us a glimpse of the larger world outside the cages.

[Paulie]

1. Here's another

http://www.ted.com/talks/john_francis_walks_the_earth.html

Reading up on Bruce now. Thanks!!

[raouldukelives]

2. K&R nt

[Arctic Dave]

3. Great story.

One flaw, Seward is south of Anchorage, not to the north.

[Snobearak]

4. Trail of shoes

I knew Bruce for many years, he was a kind gentle soul and a wild man at the same time, he lived in the Forrest near a waterfall in Seward, ak back in the late 70's and 80's always writing in his little book. When I first met him it was by accident and I thought he was crazy but he wasn't and he was amazingly intelligent and could hold a conversation on about any subject..

[hunter]

5. Welcome to Democratic Underground.

And thank you for finding my post and adding to Bruce's story.

My original post is too old to get bumped back up to the top in General Discussion (which is sometimes a good thing when there are major brawls going on in there!) but the entire discussion board is not like that.

There are some quieter, more thoughtful, and less reactive places here on DU if that's more your style. There are safe places to tell your own stories and keep a journal. Most of the natives are friendly.