The Lonliest Guy In The World

[ABAuntie]

Hi All,

Just trying to lighten the mood here a little :-)

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2976611/The-loneliest-job-world-Meet-man-takes-care-Yellowstone-National-Park-winter.html

This guy takes on the almost impossible job of looking after Yellowstone National Park in the winter.

He has no TV but a radio plus he is online. Do you think you could do this job?

I would love the solitude plus the park looks stunning.

auntie xxx

[Gromit]

Yabba dabba doooo!

[andy-hughes]

I wouldn't mind being alone at all, I am perfectly happy with my own company, but I would miss my family too much, and they would miss me too much.

If I was alone in the world, I could do the job in a heartbeat - I would have a novel written by the time the snowploughs got to me.

[anotheoldgit]

/// Tough work: During the day, Fuller works to keep about 100 buildings free from snow, since they can collapse under the several feet that accumulate every year. He has developed a method of sawing the snow into blocks and pushing them off the roof, which makes the job a little easier ///

I find it hard to believe that one man can keep 100 buildings free from snow of this magnitude.

[ABAuntie]

i know what you mean andy, I would feel the same about going on a one way trip to the stars :-)

auntie xxx

[ABAuntie]

AOG,

how can you doubt the source ;-), I know what you mean though.

auntie xxx

[Gromit]

Snow clearing -easy peasy.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D3aiqUMNOF8

[Cloverjo]

Like Andy-hughes, if I had no one here who needed me, I'd do it more than happily. I might not be physically strong enough, though.

[aelmpvw]

the shining and jack nicholson immediately sprang to mind ...

[fbg40]

There was a documentary about this guy on TV a couple of years ago - very interesting.
FBG40

[wolf63]

He's not alone, he has his cat. Wonder if he wants another one.

[jno]

this man hasn't got a radio

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-31558467

There is someone living nearby - but she's his sister and they fell out and haven't spoken for 30 years.

[anneasquith]

he would make an interesting Aber.

[shoota]

I'd do it if I had an 'auntie' to darn my socks (etc.) for me.....

[anotheoldgit]

ABAuntie

/// how can you doubt the source ;-), I know what you mean though. ///

Got you hook, line, sinker, and in the keep net :0)

AOG x x x

[pastafreak]

Lovely story,and an enviable way to live. It's only lonely if you feel lonely...obviously he doesnt.
Definitely a lot of hard work involved. Note: it's just his "part* of Yosemite that he's responsible for.

[gness]

As long as I had books, a radio, fabric and wool...(not for sock darning)..I could cope quite happily for a long winter.........

Perhaps we can lure him onto AB and discuss a job swap next winter...☺

[Bazile]

I remember watching a docummentary about this guy a while ago .

I love watching documentaries about the inhabitants of this park.

The only thing i wonder about is what happens when he / if he has a medical emmergency ?

[mushroom25]

REDRUM!

[mikey4444]

This chap was featured in a wonderful documentary about Yellowstone last year on the BBC. I hope they repeat it again soon !

It showed him climbing up to the roofs and sawing away the huge chunks of snow with a massive great serrated sort-of knife. If you can find this on Youtube, or the BBC Iplayer, its well worth viewing.

Just the kind of program that the BBC make so well, for which I am more than happy to pay my licence for !

[sandyRoe]

Didn't Jack Kerouac write about a similar lonely job in 'On the road'?