Website review: Christopher McCandless - Wikipedia,...
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•en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_McCandless
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- Noey rated 3 months ago
- Alaskan Park Ranger Peter Christian wrote: "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."[15] __________________________________________________________ . .. and so what if he did? He was attempting to become more self - sufficient. In my view, which means nothing, and everything, Chris was audacious and majestic. Yes, he was ill prepared. Hindsight is 20/20. He was attempting a brave, noble adventure. He paid for this adventure with his life. We should learn from his mistakes and have the Will to venture outside the comfort zone; Break down the cages of society. Christopher McCandless was a genius. It is no secret that we, as a race (the human race), bastardize that which we do not understand. To truly contemplate this I have re-read Ralph Waldo Emerson's essay on Self-Reliance and Henry David Thoreau's On Walden Pond. When I read these works in college I was the only person in a room of 50 that felt moved by the Transcendentalist writers. No doubt I remain in the minority. ___________________________________________ All this worldly wisdom was once the unamiable heresy of some wise man. Any fool can make a rule, and any fool will mind it. Books can only reveal us to ourselves, and as often as they do us this service we lay them aside. If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away. Henry David Thoreau
eta-carinae rated 4 months ago- This guy has become sort of a hero to me.
- mikebussy3334 rated 4 months ago
- This Guy IS GREAT
- Netchie rated 5 months ago
- i think the point of his journey is to prove to himself that he has lived...
- helsinkip rated 5 months ago
- Into the Wild I read this book, the story of an American Wanderer who starved to death in Alaska in 1996, about eight years ago, and because it was written from the standpoint of someone who obviously admired the stupid young fool, I came away feeling nothing but sadness at his death. But because I'm a cynical old git, and have been for many-a-year, I looked into the details a little more, and at the end of the day, I'm sad to say that the final comment on this story, here on Wiki at least, is the sentiment I'm left with You'd have to be a complete idiot to die of starvation in summer 20 miles off the Park's Highway. .
- PeridotPaiute rated 5 months ago
- I had a very intense conversation with a friend on why I thought this guy was stupid. I think the park ranger conveyed it better than I could have. From the page: "Alaskan Park Ranger Peter Christian wrote: â€oeI am exposed continually to what I will call the â€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 wasnâ€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.”[14]"
