alt Hacker NewsLos Puesteros, solitary men who look after ranches and livestock in Patagonia
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Good article about living at a remote estancia at the bottom of Argentina, January 1971, 'The Housewife at the End of the World'. Not too much has changed since then.
https://archive.org/details/edg-ng-1961/edg%20NG%201971-01%2...
These photos are beautiful: https://media.newyorker.com/photos/6a7f7ed55b6cfa7eff424505/...
I was just looking up lightkeeper positions in my province. Unfortunately no openings right now. But it would be an interesting job for an introvert like myself.
Yesterday I was reading about this place in Oregon
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_L._Shirk_Ranch
Today, with a modern vehicle, it is 1.5 hours from the nearest 'town' and 2 from the county seat, which has 2000 people.
I can't imagine how remote that must have been in 1900. What the seasons must have looked like going by, and how far the rest of the world must have felt.
The above link, https://archive.ph/XDM2H
does not work for me. However I can see that there is plenty of food (perhaps too much) at the end of the world.
Looks amazing. Just finagle a small solar array for power, some backup batteries and a satellite uplink for the web and I'd be there in a heartbest.
Where do I sign up? Seriously. ¿Dónde solicito el empleo?
Incredible photos. First thing that came to my mind was an awareness of the contrast between "the full breadth of humanity experience" vs "Silicon Valley's view of humanity". I don't know if that makes sense, but it's literally the first thing that came to my mind.
Chilean Patagonia, not Patagonia, Inc.
(/s though from the title did consider for a second that it meant a retail store in some isolated place)
https://archive.ph/XDM2H