There's a ton of criticism about Chris McCandless being dumb and naive but in his last few years he chose the exact life he wanted and that's more than most people have the courage to do.
There's a ton of criticism about Chris McCandless being dumb and naive but in his last few years he chose the exact life he wanted and that's more than most people have the courage to do. - Lemmy.World
Personally, I like his story and don’t hold it against him that he was young, idealistic, and naive. He did die early due to his own mistakes but those last two years of his life were adventurous. Plenty of people work until retirement and then with their old, broken bodies don’t get out and do the traveling they hoped to do because of lack of money or health. If he would have lived I am sure that when he told people how he kayaked the Colorado river illegally into Mexico or hitchhiked to Alaska people would have said “Wow, I wish I could do something like that!” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_McCandless [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_McCandless] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Into_the_Wild_(book) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Into_the_Wild_(book)]