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

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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.