Into the Wild
I have been getting a lot of emails from friends and strangers that stumble upon my website saying that they just saw the movie “Into the Wild” and that my life is very similar. In April 1992 a young man from a well to do family hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness. His name was Christopher McCandless. He had given $25,000 in savings to charity, abandoned his car and most of his possessions, burned all the cash in his wallet, and invented a new life for himself. Four months later his decomposed body was found by a moose hunter in an abandoned bus. The book “Into the Wild” is from one of my favorite authors Jon Krakauer, and now its been made into a Hollywood film directed by Sean Penn. Since there’s no chance is seeing the movie in this part of the world I have opted to read the book. I’m only on chapter 3 but I’m not sure if I should take people saying my life is similar, as an insult or a compliment cause so far this kid seems like a nut job… wait a minute… are you guys trying to say something? … haha anyway but never the less I will continue reading it as I have a lot of time to kill on my 36 hour bus ride to India!
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Just bought it this weekend. Let me know when you’ve read it. I’m sure you will have plenty of time on your flight to India.
Comment by Becker — November 20, 2007 @ 5:27 am