[cmccuist]

McCandless was a tool. What he did was pathetic. Everywhere he turned up, there were people helping him, feeding him, giving him food, transport, employment...

I thought what he did before he went into the wild was more impressive - kayaking down to Mexico and hiking into some pretty barren places.

His great adventure in the "wild" wasn't that remarkable. He stumbled onto a nice bus with a bed and stove. He basically went camping 30 miles off a main roadway and couldn't even get through the summer without screwing up. In fact, the Alaskans that did come into contact with him were not impressed and gave him little chance of survival.

The guy who gave him a ride that final few miles told him "IF you make it out of here, give me a call". There have been others who made it a lot longer in the Alaskan wilderness with a lot less than McCandless had.