I have indeed heard of "Into The Wild".....believe me I have heard of it. And unfortunately I couldn't finish the book because he made me so mad.(I'll never see the movie either) Yes he was doing it for the right reasons, I applaud him for that but what was he thinking going totally unprepared into a life like that? Plus I couldn't help viewing him as just a dirty bum most of the time. Now when people who want to pursue something like that they are frowned upon because others immediately think it will be another McCandless fiasco.
"I am exposed continually to what I will call the 'McCandless Phenomenon.' People, nearly always young men, come to Alaska to challenge themselves against an unforgiving wilderness landscape where convenience of access and possibility of rescue are practically nonexistent [...] When you consider McCandless from my perspective, you quickly see that what he did wasn’t even particularly daring, just stupid, tragic, and inconsiderate. First off, he spent very little time learning how to actually live in the wild. He arrived at the Stampede Trail without even a map of the area. If he [had] had a good map he could have walked out of his predicament [...] Essentially, Chris McCandless committed suicide." - Alaskan park Ranger
I refuse to be viewed this way. I will NOT be part of that phenomenom. If I find a group of 100 people or so I would love to enjoy a life like that. The problem is, how do you find them when they have no access to the internet? I'm sure they don't post it all over the net. I guess time will tell.
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I have indeed heard of "Into The Wild".....believe me I have heard of it. And unfortunately I couldn't finish the book because he made me so mad.(I'll never see the movie either) Yes he was doing it for the right reasons, I applaud him for that but what was he thinking going totally unprepared into a life like that? Plus I couldn't help viewing him as just a dirty bum most of the time. Now when people who want to pursue something like that they are frowned upon because others immediately think it will be another McCandless fiasco.
"I am exposed continually to what I will call the 'McCandless Phenomenon.' People, nearly always young men, come to Alaska to challenge themselves against an unforgiving wilderness landscape where convenience of access and possibility of rescue are practically nonexistent [...] When you consider McCandless from my perspective, you quickly see that what he did wasn’t even particularly daring, just stupid, tragic, and inconsiderate. First off, he spent very little time learning how to actually live in the wild. He arrived at the Stampede Trail without even a map of the area. If he [had] had a good map he could have walked out of his predicament [...] Essentially, Chris McCandless committed suicide." - Alaskan park Ranger
I refuse to be viewed this way. I will NOT be part of that phenomenom. If I find a group of 100 people or so I would love to enjoy a life like that. The problem is, how do you find them when they have no access to the internet? I'm sure they don't post it all over the net. I guess time will tell.