Some people consciously become hermits.
The history of the island of hermits on the Robinson Crusoe (the prototype of which is the son of a Scottish shoemaker, Alexander Selkirk, a drunk and rowdy) ends. The others, including modern Robinsons who they are and how they live?
Once David Glasheen was a stock broker, had his own business and a mansion in Sydney. But in 1987, he went bankrupt on a large attachment and has lost almost all the money. Disillusioned with his former life, he decided to leave the human world and go to heaven — not in heaven, but it is earthly, the Renaissance island, near the North-Eastern coast of Australia.
Former Australian entrepreneur and stockbroker David Glasheen became a hermit on a desert island
The island was uninhabited, and Glashen took it out, promising the authorities to turn the place into a tourist resort. He moved here in 1993, taking the utensils, furniture, refrigerator and laptop. And yet — a wife, a child and a dog named Quasi. First, however, enjoyed the wild life for long and soon with the baby fled to the continent. But the dog remained faithful to the end.
Even with the minimum resources if you want you can get very, very much
Voluntary exile Glasina is still ongoing. I must say that the hermit still has not lost touch with civilization (on the roof of his house has solar panels so no electricity Glashen not live), use the Internet and even earns on the stock exchange. This allows him to buy food on the mainland, although a large part of the diet, he, of course, is getting on the island: coconuts — wild palm trees, fish in the ocean, the vegetables from his garden. And he makes beer — I say quite tasty.
According to Glasina, the island has changed him
Cloudless existence of Robinson only darkens unfulfilled commitments, which the authorities for 16 years in a row try to evict him from the island. However, Glashen going to live in Paradise until the end of his days, and the tourist resort then it is certainly not necessary.
David goes online mainly to check the Dating site on which he left a request that seeks its Friday for life on a secluded island. He even sent the photo with the mannequin girls to understand his desperate situation. Many people have responded, but none dared to join him.
Anyway, he is happy with life and wants to live on this island until the end of his days
Back to ancestors: Masafumi Nagasaki
This modern Robinson hails from the land of the rising sun refused the benefits of civilization just over completely, leaving only the tent, some of the utensils Yes plastic bottles. His island, Sotomawari (which translates as “far away Isle”) is located South of Japan and pretty close to Taiwan. The area of the island is little more than a kilometer, he is surrounded by dangerous currents, and there are no sources of fresh water. But there are no people. It lives only in Nagasaki with his pet Raven.
The Japanese island of Sotobori, part of the Okinawa Prefecture, surrounded by dangerous currents and has no sources of fresh water. It is considered a desert, even the fishermen here at
The successful photographer from the world of show business suddenly dropped everything and moved to the island. It was in 1992. Today, Masafumi 79 years. Of the hermit a lot of things: compulsory bathing in the morning, then exercise, cooking, cleaning and washing dishes. All things need to get done before sunset — then will attack tropical insects. It seems to be not very much work, if you live in a warm apartment somewhere in Voronezh. But on a wild island, any little thing turns into exhausting work. The main problem Nagasaki — the typhoons. Once a hurricane destroyed all the trees on the island, and Masafumi had a whole year to bask in the sun, not being able to hide in shadow except under its canopy.
“Somewhere in the second year of my stay here, the island was covered by the Typhoon. About a year there were no shadows, and I just roasted in the sun. I have almost decided that this place is uninhabitable,” says the hermit
Once a week a man goes to the nearest village (the neighboring island) for your favorite rice balls and drinking water (the money he sends brother). And these days, Masafumi hates the most, because you have to wear clothes on the island, he goes completely naked, not counting flip-flops on his feet and the towel on his head is protection from the scorching sun. However, Nagasaki is absolutely happy and intends to complete his century here. “I decided that this is the place for me, here I will die,” he says.
“I don’t do what tells me to do society, but I follow the laws of nature. These laws can not be overcome, so we just have to obey them. That is what I learned when I came here. Go naked against the laws of normal society, but here on the island, this is the only way, it’s like a uniform. If dressed, you feel not at ease”
“I do wonder how important it is to choose the place for his departure from this world. You can, of course, to die in the hospital or at home surrounded by family. But, you know, to die here, surrounded by this nature, can there be something better than this?”
One in the Arctic: Ada Blackjack
Well, when the seclusion is voluntary. You’re the man. And you threw in the tropics. How about the forced “vacation” in the Arctic?
In August 1921 canadian scientific expedition went on Wrangel island (Chukchi Oomkiller, which translated means “island of bears”), located in the Arctic ocean. The island, like today, belonged to our country, but in those days it had the types of Canada. The main task of the explorers was conquest of the island impregnable and the base on it’s canadian colony.
The hunt went badly, the food lacked. Unable to bear such a life, in January 1923, the three explorers — Crawford, Maurer and Galle set off to the mainland for help. More them nobody saw. And in April from scurvy dead knight. Ada was left alone. It was a cat named Vic.
The expedition consisted of four men: Allan Crawford (Director), Milton Galle, and Fred Maurer, Lorne knight and a woman — Ada Blackjack. She was a professional polar Explorer, as the rest of the team, but he was a eskimo. 25-year-old girl had to help prepare food for the team members and make a life. In such a dangerous journey she ventured to make on the treatment of his son, suffering from tuberculosis. Two of her children (and husband) at that time had already died, she wanted to save the life of the third, though while she had to take the boy to the orphanage.
Except for salaries and a few hundred dollars for furs that Hell were you doing on the island, the woman did not receive any profit from his journey, despite the publication of several books and articles about its history
At first all went well — people had a supply of food and guns for hunting. Provisioning expected next summer, but due to bad ice conditions the ship arrived and was unable to come to the island. The same thing happened a couple of months. The hunt went badly, the food lacked. Unable to bear such a life, in January 1923, the three explorers — Crawford, Maurer and Galle set off to the mainland for help. More them nobody saw. And in April from scurvy dead knight. Ada was left alone. It was a cat named Vic.
Hunt Hell didn’t know how, but the dying knight told her how to do it, and the woman was producing foxes, ducks and seals. And even kept a diary and read the Bible. In August 1923 to Wrangel island moored ship. Much exhausted Ada, which spent five months in solitude, saved. The proceeds from the expedition money (in addition, Ada has preserved the skins of foxes killed her and then sold them) the woman cured the sick son. And then she had another baby, went back to Alaska, where he died at the age of 85 years.
About Hell written book (“Ada Blackjack: a true story of survival in the Arctic” Jennifer Niven; not translated into Russian language), but somehow not yet shot any film.
Hostage of the sea: Jose Salvador Alvarenga
30 Jan 2014 home owners in the desert place of the Marshall Islands, Amy Libosmesa and Russell Laketica — scared bloodcurdling scream. Ran into the street, they saw the unshaven man in torn underwear. In his hand he held the knife.
The man continued to scream in an unknown language, and then fell to his knees and repeated only one word: “Jose, Jose”.
The owners of the house gave him something to eat, watching as he devoured food like a wolf — not raising his head. Amy, Russell and other residents of the island could not understand him because he spoke Spanish and the local population in English and Micronesian languages. The situation was saved by the Norwegian student anthropologist, held here practice, he had some knowledge of Spanish. And that’s what he told the man.
His name is Jose Alvarenga. He was 37 years old. He was a fisherman and worked in one of the villages on the West coast of Mexico. 17 November 2012, he went to sea along with a companion named Ezequiel Cordoba. A day on their boat broke the motor, and then they hit the storm. On a simple boat had no navigation (other than radio, which almost immediately broke), so all that remained for them to wait. A fishermen was not even food, except for a few sandwiches and a couple of bottles of water. And yet was not happy. Meanwhile, put them out into the open ocean.
Revelation of a sailor is not too detailed — he partially lost his memory. But even this data suggests that anything like the history of mankind has never known
Not yet broken walkie-talkie, Jose managed to inform the authorities that they are in trouble. A couple of days they were looking for, and then, referring to fog and bad weather, waved his hand. Men caught fish with my bare hands and eat them raw. But most often seen are sea birds that sat on the side of the boat. To quench their thirst, accumulate rainwater, but for the most part drank the blood of slaughtered animals, and even… own urine. Help partner Jose was sick, he ate with every day less and slept more and more. One day he just never woke up. According to Jose, a few days later he was still holding the corpse of Ezequiel in the boat in the hope that they will find, and then threw it in the water. Then Jose and visited thoughts of suicide, but he resisted. Several times he had seen ships passing by, and once he even spotted, waved, and then floated away.
Jose does not know what to do, but I am sure of two things: he will remain in Garita Palmer to old age and never go out to sea
The story of Jose, who spent 14 months in the open ocean in an old boat without oars, food and water, having risen to 10 000 km, were so incredible that she believed not all. But more recent studies (including the test on the lie detector) showed that the man still speaks the truth. At home (it turned out that although Jose worked illegally in Mexico, he hails from El Salvador), he was met by the whole town. But the relatives of the deceased partner sued, claiming that Jose ate Cordoba. A alvarenga, of course, denies this.
