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Chris McCandless' journey is a complex one in that there's so many things going on fighting to influence the decisions he took to ultimately meet his tragic fate. At a glance it is easy to judge him as stupid, unprepared, and with a death wish but when going deeper into the story I believe there's enough reasons to defend him as Krakauer did.

Last year I was fortunate enough to hike part of the Pacific Crest Trail and doing so met so many people with the same goal of surviving in nature and retreating from the issues current society represents. In them I identified the common motivation that I too possessed without knowing: escaping the routine that our lives had become. I believe this is a sentiment that is growing everywhere around us and that McCandless decided to act upon and change routine for adventure.

Why did he refused help and supplies from people willing to provide them, I will never know or understand, 'adventure' probably means something different for each and every one of us and to him it meant to depend 100% on himself to survive. The calling to adventure also comes differently to everyone so I understand people that have never felt it can call him stupid for even considering such a journey, but I for one can understand his desire to escape even if things didn't went as well for him as he was hoping.

I loved this book and thank Krakauer for including the story of other people, including himself, who felt the call of adventure and went on their own to fulfill it since I could relate to them greatly and inspired me to plan, but be prepared, for my next adventure.