"Sure, he screwed up,"..."but I admire what he was trying to do. Living completely off the land like that, month after month, is incredibly difficult. I've never done it. And I'd bet you that very few, if any, of the people who call McCandless incompetent have ever done it either, not for an extended period, subsisting on nothing except what you hunt and gather--most people have no idea how hard that actually is. And McCandless almost pulled it off" (Kraukauer 185).
Travel Advice
Roman, a professor at Alaska Pacific University, refutes the statements about Chris's incompetency in the above quote by giving him his appraisal for taking on this daring adventure that most would never even think of doing. Many people consider McCandless's mistakes to be a sign of stupidity and just being ignorant on what to bring overall. My advice to McCandless would to maybe bring some more tools for survival and be better educated on the surroundings in Alaska. Some also say if Chris had a U.S. Geological Survey topographic map he would have knows of the existence of a Park Service cabin six miles south of the bus. However, the cabin was reported vandalized and it would haven't helped him as a result. Chris did the best he could on surviving in the wilderness which was better than any of us could have done. He was only known for all of the foolish things he did but should be more well known for his travel advice that he left in his journal for us to interpret. Travel with purpose. Travel to make yourself happy and satisfied in your life with the overall outcome. He leaves these messages between the lines of his annotations and journals he left in the bus. The quality of your life is more important than the quantity. Chris left his travels at peace and in a state of happiness which is all he ever advises us to do.
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