Comments on: the wilderness between fathers & sons

By: Ivan

Ivan — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 17:44:11 +0000

I love Christ! the nature Christo!Well he saw into the future and decided it wasnt for him, and got an early retirement into the wild, out of the manipulation of money and others human beings, in the rat race, in the world of violent dog eat dog culture!I happens to understand his soul,pity about not having a map, and more research into the area! tragic accident,I would very much have like to meet him at the bus!

By: Rob

Rob — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 21:25:46 +0000

Megan, you are correct. In re-reading my post, I see now how it’s rather sexist in exclusion. I think that:
1) I was writing with regard to the story at hand, which is specifically about one particular father and his son, and
2) I was reflecting personally (me, being a man)

But I stand corrected in agreeing that these themes are gender-neutral. Thanks for the thoughts. Have you seen the film yet?

By: Megan

Megan — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 20:35:28 +0000

“His life epitimized the struggle any adventurous male goes through in life.”

Not just male.

This book/story hit me extremely hard for a multitude of reasons. More so, even, than a lot of males that I know.

By: Rob

Rob — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 14:32:48 +0000

Well, there you have it, Had. Not much more can be said. So which is it? Are you too conservative or old?

By: Matt

Matt — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 09:07:38 +0000

I can’t believe anyone would criticize Chris McCandless’ life. His life epitimized the struggle any adventurous male goes through in life. Krakauer has an amazing ablity to put McCandless’ life in perspective. We all do crazy andventures when we’re young. Some unfortunate dudes happen to perish along the way. If you can not relate to the words & preachings of Chris McCandless you are either too old or too conservative. Either way, I don’t believe you have lived life in search of true meaning. Life is meant to be lived, not watched.

By: had

had — Sun, 19 Nov 2006 23:11:46 +0000

really great book. a lot of controversy surrounding this book — did chris mccandless walk into the wilderness intending to commit suicide or was he simply recklessly naive?

while i was in alaska this summer, i spoke to a few park rangers in denali (the site of his bus was a few miles north of the park) about mccandless and the book…. apparently, most alaskans can’t stand him, nor do they approve of krakauer’s romantic portrayal of him.

i think krakauer saw a bit of himself in mccandless, which is why he wrote the book. krakauer wrote about his own “alex supertramp” type adventure on the moose’s tooth in another book, “eiger dreams.”

krakauer is a good writer… check out “banner of heaven,” if you haven’t done so already!

By: Carl V.

Carl V. — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 15:43:27 +0000

Sounds like a fascinating and very sad book. There is definitely a part of me that yearns for spending time in the wilderness, getting away from it all, etc. but I can’t imagine getting to the point where I would want to forsake everything to isolate myself from life.