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As a 14 year old, I undertook a hiking adventure with about 20 others-mostly girls from the intercity who had never gone anywhere more dangerous than a city park. I did not know at the time that this would be my right of passage. As part of a planning snafu, we ended up high above snow level with a lack of food that was supposed to be in a cache for us. Many girls were crying from cold and hunger. We were never in any real risk of dying, but it was unpleasant to say the least. I lost 8 lbs having started at 101 lbs. When I saw how the others were griping, whining and crying, I told myself nothing would come out of my mouth that was negative or not helpful. (I was not this way before). I have never spoken about this until now as it didn't seem like a very dynamic story. But, for me, it brought out an inner strength that I did not know was inside me. Every thing after that in my life that was hard, miserable and uncomfortable, I drew on in those 10 days. Thanks for reading.
@@patrickmulleady6682 I see your Irish (?) surname. I am Irish/Scot. Whatever strength I have been given has been given by God. All glory to Him. Thank you for your kind comment.
@@reddiver7293 THANKS! In another adventure-later in life-I was trapped in -72F weather with my sled dogs....ended up on the news, but me and my dogs were fine!
I recommend the book by his sister. On the family pictures you see that she's always happy, he's always sad. Their parents liked her but not him. After many years when she saw that the parents were using his story to attract sympathy, she decided to release the truth. When Sean Penn made the film she was shocked by the final scene where Sean Penn used his imagination to film a last scene where before dying Chris apologizes to his parents. It never happened, but it was very important for Sean Penn who wanted to tell his own story, about how one should forgive one's parents (as if everyone had had the same parents...). After the sister's shocked reaction Sean Penn decided to keep the false scene about forgiving. So many years later, the sister told everything, their parents are manipulators, bad people who never question themselves. It's sad that uninformed people post comments like "what he did to his parents is so bad, giving no news, writing no letters, cutting them off". It's actually a story about mistreating your kids, how it makes you lose them. It's a story for all parents : take care of your children's needs, or you'll lose them. I was afraid the sister's book would be gossip, trying to make money off of her dead brother's fame, but it's actually a fascinating thriller, from someone who held back the truth for so many years and had grown a very strong urge to say the truth at last. The parents' behavior after their son's death is very shocking. Contrary to Sean Penn she didn't use Chris' story to make a story about something else (forgiveness), but to tell the truth. She made a good life for herself with her own car repair business, so she didn't need the money. Great book making all the light about why he cut off his family and did everything he could to prevent them from finding him (despite the private investigator that they hired).
This is precisely why I identified with Chris and cried a lot reading that book. Parents can really fuck you up and the desire to just get away is something I can definitely understand. I fantasize about doing much the same thing. The only thing that stops me is my cats as I have no friends and no support system due to being isolated and being taught to hate myself. As weird as it sounds and as often as I contemplate suicide, these past 3.5 years of no contact have been the happiest of my life. Perhaps that might put things into perspective.
@@ptanyuh -- I agree 100%. Parents and other influential people in our life have the ability to alter our self perception. There is the philosophical question: Is it nature or nurture that defines who we are? I am very firm in my understanding that unless there is some physical or mental deficiency, it is without a doubt nurture. As infants and children we are blank slates that readily absorb the programming put forth by parents, caregivers, teachers and friends. If that programming is nurturing and self affirming we become well adjusted members of society. If that programming is defaming, humiliating and counter to our natural desires to be and feel relevant, understood and accepted for who we are, our perception of our self and our relationship to others can be skewed. We are all programmed, for the better or worse. It took me fifty years to come to that realization and when I did I was able to start reprogramming myself to be the person I knew I was meant to be. Every book you read, every video you watch, every thought that you have be it positive or negative has the potential to program you to a greater or lesser extent; to reinforce the negative programming you have about yourself and others or to change that programming to be more positive. It is a journey. Today is the first day of the rest of your life; why not take the first step on that journey.
My take was a little different about the hugging scene at the end. I don't think he was forgiving them almost the opposite like they don't even really know their own son. I know it's up for interpretation, that's how I always took the scene.
When he talks about this right of passage through risk taking in our society, he is so right. Young men, and sometimes young women, feel this need to prove themselves, prove that they can risk it all in a daring adventure, to settle comfortably into middle age. Enjoy your youth guys, because it's now that we create memories that we'll reflect on for the rest of our lives.
So right you are! Whether we are aware of these rights of passage is no matter. We look back on them and say "wow, that changed my life." Too few risks of our character and our determination makes for a very staid life. Go get it people!!
Christopher Johnson McCandless was one of a kind, really admire his courage, hunger for exploration, and detachment for materialism. Thanks to the writer for preserving and publishing this extraordinary story 👏
Oz Diaz - He despised his parents. That doesn’t become the case when one grew up on one’s own terms. He also died at the hands of nature. I doubt those were his terms. People
@Kaptain Kidthe only thing you seem to accomplish is being a judgemental prick lol. Giving 20k to charity, your life savings, is an act far more worthwhile than that. For us wilderness lovers Chris is an inspiration & hero of following your dreams. I look up to people who can just give their$ away, be kind & doing what you love, regardless of why.
@Bytes of Bits wilderness lovers are people whom love wilderness genius. Stop trying to paint everyone in a category it only perpetuates ignorance lol. Also taking risks is a part of freedom & the ones he decided to take effect you none. You don't control what may or may not be inspiring action to other people whom may see things through a different POV giving a diff perspective of the same occurrence.
Chris McCandless still lives on through the people he inspired to swim against the stream, to take the road less traveled. Krakauer is a true genius also
Charlie introduces krakauer and says the biggest story in the history of outdoor magazine. And then within the same year krakauer put this story at number 2 of course after his everest story.
I have always been perplexed by Jon’s double-standards. In his book, Into Thin Air, he lambasted Anatoli Boukreev for not using bottled oxygen while performing his duties as a high altitude guide on Mt. Everest in 1996 (I do agree that mountain climbing guides should be required to use supplementary oxygen). Krauker stated Anatoli’s actions “didn't seem to be in {the} clients' best interest. I was also surprised to see that Boukreev didn't have {other} items necessary. Boukreev was the first guide I'd ever seen, on any mountain, ignore this convention.”. So, while Anatoli “ignored convention” in a manner deemed careless and condemned by Krakauer, McCandless’ flagrant and life-threatening carelessness was heralded as “inspiring” and and something “Tolstoy would appreciate”. Say whatever you desire about your opinion of Boukreev-here are two things I think we all can agree are admirable: 1. He single-handily saved the lives of three climbers, and 2. he survived
Very critical difference Ken. Boukreev was a professional guide, while McCandless was a lone civilian and free to do his own albeit very unwise thing. Nobody else's life hung on his behavior. Because when guiding, your own life and your own individual foibles MUST take a massive backseat when measured against your client's lives. If they don't-such as refusing to use bottled oxygen for example-when let's face it, anyone's performance will greatly improve... Well. You're perhaps not suited to be and nor should you really be, a professional guide....
Good interview. If Krakauer had not written the book--Chris probably would not have had the legend and myth status. Krakauer really brings the reader into all the characters in his book. Like his book on the Mormon's and the Rape scandal at University of Montana. Krakauer made you feel like you were a part of Chris' being and soul. There are a lot of people that go off into the wilds throughout history, we don't hear all of their story. There are also more than one-side of any story. We heard his sisters, the parents, Krakauers etc....all are going to have their own take. The real story lies within Chris. He was poisoned by a plant and died. It's that simple, yet so complicated. Chris has the only answer.
4:42 Knowing that *Chris planned to leave* makes things even more tragic! At least he was able to share his profound experiences of nature with us 📝🏔🗺🌲
Regarding Krakauer’s statement that men take on difficult and seemingly impossible feats so that everything after that feels doable...this is very true. And it doesn’t mean the person is crazy. Even Jesus did it by going into the desert and fasting for 40 days. I believe all men should truly challenge themselves upon entry into manhood. I’m proud of Chris. I think he is a legend. Even if certain elements aren’t so good-like not informing anyone of where he was-I believe we are all human and the reasons why we do things are complicated. All of Chris’ critics need to walk in his shoes first...oh wait, they don’t have the strength and guts to challenge themselves and live their calling. Maybe that’s why they’re so critical.
That would explain the critics. I've learned too that ppl who are jealous of other's successes often criticize. . . taking their attention off of their own shortcomings.
Atleast we know he actually wanted to come back to society. His wallet with 300 bucks and more ID you'd ever need was found in his backpack. Tragic story
Had he had a map he could have WALKED a QUARTER MILE to the CABLE CAR that would have gotten him out of there... that is the most disturbing part of the story... incredible !
There have been reports that he did have a map and Krakauer altered his position to say at a later time when asked about a map "if he had a GOOD map he would have survied" rather than he had no map.
I don't see where he did anything right! He didn't prepare for what he chose to do, plain & simple. His idea of escaping the real world cost him his life! He needed some serious help before he went on this journey. You don't go out in the wilderness with a gun & bag of rice & think all will be fine! He didn't even have proper foot where! This young man chose his demise, sadly.
I always laugh at the judgemental comments, about this young man. Using hindsight to somehow appear wiser then McCandless, always seemed a bit disingenuous. Such is the logic of trolls.
I feel many comments like this miss the point entirely. Chris died because of his own ignorance, the irony comes from him thinking he knew everything but forgetting that a wise man knows he knows nothing
It is certainly not disingenuous to think that a person going into an unknown, harsh and dangerous place without a map, enough food, or contingencies in place could possibly be anything other than foolish. You don’t need hindsight to realize that, if someone decides NOT to do what he did, they are certainly wiser and also still alive. “Alexander Supertramp” killed Chris McClandless.
Maybe (and quite likely) the great Alaskan adventure actually worked, despite the fact that he died. He was looking for some sort of enlightenment. The last thing (or one of the last things) he wrote is "if I was running into your arms, maybe you would see what I see now"(writing to his parents). Maybe him actually dying and accepting that, awakened him. ”A man who understands the Tao in the morning can die contentedly in the evening. “ If you have ever lived one complete moment, you can be ready to die. You can say, ”Well, that was it, that was the good-I've had it.” -Confucious
Hi John, bought the book and the video. He also wrote. Into Thin Air. Didn't read that one, did he have a bad experience on a mountain? Let me know pls. Rhonda. (Tandys mom). in case you forgot.
He actually did have Id and lots of then like 5 diff ids library card social id ect but they were ina a hidden pocket in his backpack and also has some money in there bout 300 , so he wasnt stupid just fearless in the wild and thats where he felt the most peace and many can understand that
I completely expected to see comments bashing Jon and Chris, because in the book, the preliminary results/findings about those seeds did show a strong possibility of being poisonous. However....the final findings contradicted that theory. Jon has recently stated that the mold on them poisoned Chris, as he stored them in a zip lock bag. Many Alaskans hate Chris....and many others who are familiar with the story. Personally...I give McCandless respect, as he was brave enough to do what he did. But another reason for giving him respect is the fact that he donated over $24,000 to Oxfam, to help those in need. Funny....the bashers of Chris never mention that.
Johan Liebert Thanks for the comment, and the link. After my comment I found out that the information that I went off of was from over 10 years ago. When I found out how old my information was, I was hoping for a more recent source...so I appreciate the information!
exactly he was a brave man and people dont give him credit for how generous he was also. He knew he had a chance of death too "if this trip proves fatal" but he took the risk anyways
@ihategoogle Actually, the money he donated to Oxfam didn't come from his parents - it says in the book that "The final two yars of his college education had been paid for with a forty-thousand-dollar bequest left by a friend of the family's; more than twenty-four thousand dollars remained at the time of Chris's graduation, money his parents thought he intended to use for law school".
Not brave-foolish. Many Alaskans have pointed that out with great clarity. His donation was admirable, but it doesn’t make his haphazard “I now walk into the wild” approach to surviving in the Alaskan Outback any less stupid and careless.
It’s crazy seeing the judgement in this comment section. Like anyone can tell another person how they should’ve lived. He became one with nature. And truthfully we all will die someday.
I cannot speak for young women but as an old guy, I totally understand Mr. Krakauer's description of young men's strong, vaguely defined drive to address a symbolic challenge. To transform from a boy into a man. Some inner trial by fire before settling into a role of self sufficiency, being a provider, via a career and paying bills. Chris McCandless' personal challenge was more extreme and, finally, more reckless than mine and most other young men's (and , no doubt, many young women's). Kudos to Mr. Krakauer for memorializing McCandless's odyssey. For, although tragic, it is a profound account of a young man's desire to prove himself to himself.
I admire him very much! He has done something that not everyone have courage to do! It is not about challenge because life it is already a challenge but it is a life of love and respect. Our society is just about money and power and a lot people die for what? Money come and go but there is one life
Drop Dead Pretty Please ...Amen I totally agree. His family more than likely have made money from Sean's movie & the books. Makes me sick. He chose what he did , was careless, unprepared & it cost him his life, so that makes him a legend, no! He needed help a long time ago.
It’s easy to mistake courage for stupidity. The results are often the same, or at least similar. But courage is knowing what you’re up against, and yet going in to a difficult and dangerous situation anyway. Stupidity is knowingly going in a dangerous situation with your eyes closed (I.e. tearing up your map of the area, not bringing enough food other than rice, etc…) and not caring what the consequences could be.
For us wilderness lovers Chris is an inspiration & hero of following your dreams. I look up to people who can just give their$ away, be kind & doing what you love
@@tommym321 Yes he was mostly unprepared (no map, no gear,...) and also was lucky prior to reaching Alaska while paddling down the Colorado River without safety gear. BUT how many young people have died in search of something while growing up. Especially if your childhood was troubling. And a lot were simply lucky to survive the naivety, but some weren't so fortunate. I don't blame Chris, and glad some people find hope in his story.
His parents did not love him unconditionally or listen to his ideas. His father was a bigamist with another family I think in California. Not a happy supportive family.
There's one thing that stands out in the whole Big Alaskan Adventure and that is - if he wanted a real adventure, he wouldn't have stopped at the bus. Why take shelter that comes to you that easily (by pure chance) if you could hike further and live in the real wilderness? That's the part of his whole story which makes me question his goals and his thinking (and I've read the book, seen the movie, watched loads of interviews, etc.). And second, if you are such an adventurer and you've walked so far, once you're back at the bus with the river blocking your way, why in the world would you just wait it out and not try to look for alternatives? If he never found this cable a quarter of a mile away, that kindda proves that he never even tried walking in different directions (as half-day trips) before going back to the bus for the night. It just doesn't make much sense.
John Johnson You are failing to grasp the fact that by July, when he tried to walk out he was very emaciated and horrendously weak (potato seeds were causing him to not be able to metabolize sustenance). In that condition his brain wouldn't be firing on all cylinders either. It's so easy for us, as outsiders looking in, to say what he should have done but we were not there!!!!! The coroner noted his corpse weighed 67 lbs.......and the pictures of him show just how terribly gaunt he was. I totally believe had he been sufficiently nourished he WOULD have attempted to either cross the river later or hiked around looking for some way out. He was obviously an intelligent young man and I don't believe he had thought about suicide because it would be much quicker to end the suffering with a bullet to the brain with the rifle he had.
In any case, he didn't act like a responsible adult. I'm all down with the adventure bug and doing many crazy things on the way, but self-preservation should always be number one. If you are not protecting yourself, you're either highly naive (which just means stupid) or you are highly irresponsible (which just means stupid) or your are suicidal (which just means stupid). I have great respect for his zeal and his travels, but I have zero compassion for the way he perished.
@@staceysteele7128 so intelligent that he didn't take a map and there was a route back down on his side of the river. Nothing admirable about what he did just tragic misjudgement.
One small correction is that the potato plant he ate probably would not have been deadly to anyone who was not on a critically lean starvation diet. Particularly young men ingesting this plant on that diet have been documented to be affected the way he was unfortunately.
It really seems to me that people read or hear about this story and all they see is all of those instagram pictures people post of the outdoors and being truly free and blah, blah, blah. It’s romantic because it’s unreal to them. It’s a highlight reel of the mans “adventure”. Then someone will talk about society, capitalism, blah, blah, blah. If you think it’s bad that society is tough, I’ve got news for you - nature doesn’t give the first fuck about you and your well being. I wish his spirit well and I hope he is at peace. I also hope that people drawing inspiration from this story, if they choose to emulate it, do so smartly and with some solid judgement. I absolutely understand what it means to LIVE, not just exist. I promise I do. There’s a difference between crazy and stupid. Don’t cross the line into stupid. Live on to your next adventure and get even higher.
Imagine if the world was flipped, and people like Chris were the majority, how much better this planet could be. Destroy the false importance of the monetary dollar and place value in personal experience. The almighty dollar only creates elitism and greed.
I like the story thinking of going to the bus. People that don’t join society need money and things. So, how do they get it ? Ask / Beg Steal Also - going against authority ... if everyone went against authority there would be chaos. The key seems to be balance.
Pseudo-philosophical nonsense. Your comment was pure intellectual bulimia consumed from Krakauer’s book. “Destroy the false…”-very fake, very over-the-top phonysophical rhetoric.
Getting lost in the bush most of us would probably like to, getting lost in the bush when there is not enough bush tucker obviously fatal. A map and compass essential.
Aarron Lane I’m not sure how a map / compass would have helped him. He didn’t die in the bush trying to find his way back to Healy. If he was in good health, he would have made it back. He would have simply got back on the trail and cruised out of there in 1 day. I think. I wonder which map would have had that rope on it. I’ve looked at a lot of maps but never recall seeing a rope /car over a river. Every year, Alaskans get themselves into trouble. It’s not that locals have some sort of special insight. The same exact thing could have happened to a trapper that went trapping and his 4-wheeler broke down. Oh - and he only brought a .223 with 8 shells. The main problem is he became ill.
Great interview: 12:03 thx for posting! "Maybe this is a problem with people who read too much and don't discriminate b/t the constructions of the imagination".
If Krakauer is right that what McCandless was doing was a sort of "rite of passage", a test to prove his manhood, what does it say about the results of that test?
Smart people can do dumb things. Here's a counter example. A friend lived in Alaska for years. Many backwoods trips, many alone. Kayaked offshore. Bought a small sloop and sailed most of the way around the world, mostly alone. Etc etc. Faced many dangers but was always prepared. Got lucky a few times. PS. I took a math class with JK at a small college in the 1970s. He went there for the climbing as well as the academics...
It's kinda fucked up, he actually had multiple id's as well as his birth certificate in a backpack left behind by the troopers. Local land owner found it a while after.
Corine McCandless tried to take credit for Jons book. Im one of Jons biggest literary fans and that woman trying to take credit for Jons book is repulsive to me.
Turns out that Krakauer (and others) were wrong about him not carrying I.D. and "flouting" the system, etc. There's a video here about the man who actually RECOVERED his backpack (and still has it), and inside a mildly hidden zipper compartment were his wallet, I.D., library card, and all manner of other pieces of I.D. He also had two or three hundred in cash, so he didn't burn all his money after all. I recommend hunting down this video--the cammer just happened to stumble on this old guy who showed all this evidence to the camera. Not even the stupid police took more than a cursory look inside the pack. I wonder if Jon even knows this. *Fun fact: Charlie ain't wearin' pants during this interview.
No it is not... your a liar. I was there less then 6 months ago. It's a nice memorial that has been redone with placed pictures and written travel testements in the rusty roof. Don't comment on something you don't know about to feel better about yourself.
Unfortunately, Chris was an ignorant explorer with spartan knowledge of the outdoors, and what is required to survive in the Alaskan wilderness. He should have known that the spring thaw would swell the streams and rivers to an impassable depth and speed. Mother Nature is brutal and there is no quarter for those not prepared. Be prepared, the Moto of the BSA.
I came upon his photo in u-tube when his sister Carine was giving a talk, and I immediately made that association of how similar he looked like to Tony Peluso the guitarist who played the solo of that Carpenter's song which also has a similar trait listening to the lyrics.
Yeah... living in a bus (with a stove in it) 18 miles from a well used road, is really "living in the wild". This story is crap. Another crazy person used Alaska to try to fix their mental problems and that is a dangerous situation.
@Manfacturing Intellect I'm writing a paper and I want to know where I can find the original source of the interview. Could you give it to me? Or perhaps, do you think I can use this as a source?
All this talk of deserving to die, or not deserving to die, is pointless. I've spent lots of my life in the woods backpacking, paddling and camping the rivers alone. I've gotten into some tight spots, but I went equipped, with maps, compass, a rough idea of my surroundings. I always got out. I startled a bear at 30 feet. I almost drowned twice while paddling alone. Nearly froze to death when I got lost while separated from my gear in very cold weather. I got wet, had convulsions with some very dangerous hypothermia. I always knew, if I really messed up, no one was going to find me in time. I would not have expected them to try. I got myself out there. If I died, I just died. There is no reason, no purpose to any of it. I don't see any reason, no purpose to life either. It just is. You survive, if you are careful. If you aren't, you die. I never thought any of it could make me transcend myself. Or make me somehow a stronger human being. Or make me feel more alive.
So your life's philosophy is..... just live...what is is......let it be... ???? What you said interests me. Kinda want a bit more of your belief system. Just curious not here to change your mind. Different belief systems interest me, that's all. Sounds like you're having fun. So adventure for adventure's sake?? ✌ 76 y.o. faded hippie Babyboomer here. Nosey. Thanks in advance if you decide to reply.
it's such a shame he can't fully express his message... Chris' story and Krakauer's experience in Alaska are both very profound and go beyond logic, that's true. But this is not about rationality at all, it's about a deeper meaning and how we relate to ourselves and to the world, in a real, authentic way.. I would've expected much more from this interview
Well a person who expects a good result will be prepared; perhaps research weather, surges in rivers and streams, knowing which plants are poisonous, how to hunt and possess basic survival skills. Yeah...
AT THE TIME ABSOLUTLEY NO ONE KNEW THE SEEDS FROM THE ESKIMO POTATO PLANT WERE POISONOUS. HELL IT ONLY AFFECTS CERTSAIN AGE GROUPS THAT ARE COMPROMISED IE STARVING LOW VITAMIN INTAKE.
The kid had mental issues. He went in there absolutely unprepared. Oh, and he didn't burn all his money. Just about a year ago or so, ine of the moose hunters displayed Chris's backpack (the Alaska State Police never checked it, or took it out of the bus) and wallet...both of which he kept in a hidden pocket of the backpack. He had $300 and multiple forms of ID in it (all were displayed on camera). He was not some idealist adventurer. He was punishing his parents, and seeking attention from them at the same time. He never really gave up his "false suburban spirit within."
@@scout3058 The interview with Charlie Rose was aired in 1996. One month ago (July 2023) you said that a backpack was displayed "about a year ago" (2022) wherein they found money and identification papers. In 1996 Krakauer couldn't have known about something that would be revealed 26 years in the future. No harm, no foul, though. There is rarely a penalty for being wrong on the Internet.
@GuyWithTheDogs I guess I wasn't clear enough. The hunter displayed it online a year ago. He told people, journalists included, about it for years prior to that. The ASP knew he had it too.
Driftwood george Sure he was!! Up until he ate lots of the stupid potato seeds which rendered him unable to metabolize sustenance . That decision ultimately signed his death warrant and he starved to death in spite of all the game he was eating, and he kept a daily tally which showed he was killing and consuming porcupines, squirrels, rabbits, ptarmigan, moose and I can't recall what else.In my opinion he was doing great for an inexperienced young man trying to survive alone in the bush in Alaska all alone with no help!! You have got to be tough to make it in the place where he ultimately perished.
I love Krakauer’s “Into Thin Air”, but he stated a lot of “facts” in this one about events occurring that he couldn’t possibly have known for sure. The following is an excerpt from an article: “In writing the book, Krakauer took an individual word or two from McCandless' journal and around such entries created little stories. Where McCandless wrote the single word "caribou" at No. 105, Krakauer reported that "On August 10, he (McCandless) saw a caribou but didn't get a shot off.'' The date is a guess based on the numbers in McCandless' so-called journal. There is not even that thin thread to support the observation that McCandless "saw a caribou, but didn't get a shot off.'' At No. 92 in the journal, McCandless wrote the two words "Dr. Zhivago." From that brief entry, Krakauer concluded "(McCandless) had just finished reading 'Doctor Zhivago' ... 'Doctor Zhivago' was the last book Chris McCandless would ever read." If the numbers in McCandless' journal represent days at the bus, he appears to have lived for almost three weeks after writing "Dr. Zhivago" in the journal. It is possible he read no other books in that time. It is equally possible he read every book in the bus after that. There is no way of knowing.”
He could have done so much good in this world if he took his God given talents and used them to help others. He could have helped change the world. So sad.
he survived in the wilderness with almost nothing for many weeks. true survivalism. i don't see any of his detractors claiming to have done that. nor would they even try.
"The reason he didn't take a map wasn't because he was stupid" No, it was because he was stupid. Upping the challenge? Like, going into a wilderness with only rice and a gun isn't challenging enough? Krakauer doesn't impress me with his intelligence either. Seems to me, he was romanticizing the story for his own personal gain.
He was trying to find himself and he what he was doing was brave- sure he was a little over confident but he was young and has survived so much through his family and his other journeys so he was trying to find himself, I don’t think it was stupid- and it is naive of us to think this way
@@stephvancheri4877 He found himself pushing up daisies for being stupid. I see nothing validating whatsoever in that. He was simply running away from everything and this is what it got him. Fame in the afterlife.
Yes he burned it (a photo showing that was on his roll of film and has been published) but just before entering Alaska (months later) he got some money from a short stint at a job so stuffed it in his bag, so....
Mr Rose: I know nothing about him, but on the evidence of this interview he is a man of no imagination, and very little experience of anything to do with passion or any emotion or drive outside conventional motivation. Dear oh dear.
