Chris McCandless

[TheQ22]

Doesn't anyone just want to drop off the grid like Chris McCandless and see what happens?

 

[Wayfaerer]

I remember reading "Into the Wild" when I was in my freshman year of college. I had idealized that lifestyle for a long time, just being away from civilization. My ultimate fantasy was to live on a remote tropical island a la Castaway but with actual people instead of Wilson.

I don't have such fantasies anymore. People with chronic illnesses are slaves to society.

 

[TheQ22]

I think McCandless had a dream to go back to a simpler way of life, a way we used to live but possiby did it in a wrong way.

But what a dream. To be free.

 

[Chupacabra 44]

I think McCandless had a dream to go back to a simpler way of life, a way we used to live but possiby did it in a wrong way.

But what a dream. To be free.

Yep. Supertramp. But, not to be confused with the kick a** rock group from the '70s. *Wink*

 

[mahakaliSS_MahaDurga]

Doesn't anyone just want to drop off the grid like Chris McCandless and see what happens?

I was thinking about that for a while, a few years ago, but not being very outdoors-y and having no knowledge or experience regarding survival in the wilderness has put me off that idea.