This weekend I read "Into the Wild" by: John Krakauer. Wow...I fail to find adequate words to describe this book, the story of Chris McCandless. If you have read it you probably understand. Chris was only 24 years old when he died of starvation on a dilapidated bus in the Alaska bush. I can relate to many of his desires and thirsts for adventure, although I hope when I set out on my adventures I am better prepared than he. There are mixed reviews on McCandless's "Alaskan Odyssey" (as he referred to it). Some consider him a hero others believe he died needlessly and carelessly by his ill preparation. Regardless of his fatal demise I admire his sense of adventure and his will to abandon an abundant wealth in search of that adventure and nature-given peace.
It needs a little more thought but I am considering adding the trek to bus 142 to my Alaska Adventure. From what I understand it is near Mount McKinley which is a certainty on the "Alaska to-do list".I highly recommend this read, it is very good and interesting regardless of how you view Chris's adventure. I read the 224 page book in 24 hours, unable to put it down.
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