Even though McCandless may have been new to survival, he had the skills necessary to live out there for 16 weeks. Krakauer argues that it isn’t unusual for a young person to be driven to do dangerous things. That’s why it’s easier to recruit young people into the army. Even John Muir, famous as a conservationist, wrote about nearly falling to his death and even rode out a storm 100 feet up a tree. Thoreau, in addition, who didn’t travel much outside of Concord, wound up climbing Katahdin in Maine. One of the men in Krakauer’s party points out that McCandless’ journal doesn’t mention much about the scenery, but mainly talks about what he ate. McCandless had to be so in tune with the land, that abstraction wasn’t important. He had purpose. Some people also compared McCandless to John Waterman, that because they were both short they both suffered from short man syndrome. One of Krakauer’s party, a man named Roman Dial, teaches at Alaska Pacific University. He graduated high school in Washington DC at 16 and moved to Alaska. There he became famous for doing many solo climbs and long Arctic treks. He realizes that what McCandless did was extremely difficult, that most people never could, especially many of the people writing to Krakauer. He said the only difference between him and McCandless was that McCandless didn’t make it. He knew that McCandless made mistakes, but Roman realizes that when he was younger, it could have easily been he who perished too. Roman also states that many Alaskans were probably like Chris when they were young too, and that’s probably why they are so hard on him. They end their conversation talking about Ruess. Ruess’ father said that “The older person doesn’t realize the soul-flights of the adolescent. I think we all poorly understood Everett.” At the end of the night, Krakauer decides to sleep outside of the bus, and he realizes that everyone else sleeps outside too.
Even though McCandless may have been new to survival, he had the skills necessary to live out there for 16 weeks. Krakauer argues that it isn’t unusual for a young person to be driven to do dangerous things. That’s why it’s easier to recruit young people into the army. Even John Muir, famous as a conservationist, wrote about nearly falling to his death and even rode out a storm 100 feet up a tree. Thoreau, in addition, who didn’t travel much outside of Concord, wound up climbing Katahdin in Maine.
One of the men in Krakauer’s party points out that McCandless’ journal doesn’t mention much about the scenery, but mainly talks about what he ate. McCandless had to be so in tune with the land, that abstraction wasn’t important. He had purpose. Some people also compared McCandless to John Waterman, that because they were both short they both suffered from short man syndrome.
One of Krakauer’s party, a man named Roman Dial, teaches at Alaska Pacific University. He graduated high school in Washington DC at 16 and moved to Alaska. There he became famous for doing many solo climbs and long Arctic treks. He realizes that what McCandless did was extremely difficult, that most people never could, especially many of the people writing to Krakauer. He said the only difference between him and McCandless was that McCandless didn’t make it. He knew that McCandless made mistakes, but Roman realizes that when he was younger, it could have easily been he who perished too. Roman also states that many Alaskans were probably like Chris when they were young too, and that’s probably why they are so hard on him.
They end their conversation talking about Ruess. Ruess’ father said that “The older person doesn’t realize the soul-flights of the adolescent. I think we all poorly understood Everett.” At the end of the night, Krakauer decides to sleep outside of the bus, and he realizes that everyone else sleeps outside too.
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