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Originally posted by VINMAN
McCandless, struck me as a selfish, unfeeling schmuck. Honestly didnt see anything remarkable about what he had done.
A person and story I admire is Richard Proenneke "Alone in the wilderness" He moved up to Alaska, built a cabin from scratch and lived in it for 30 yrs. Living mainly off the land.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Proenneke
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I want to read that one next. That looks like a really good story.
The first 3 chapters I can see where you are coming from. I thought "here is another rich kid... wannabe Jack Kerouac" but I do not think that was the case anymore.