1. Who is Everett Ruess? How does he choose to live his life? Is he similar to Chris?
Everett was born in Oakland, California, in 1914, the younger of two sons raised by Christopher and Stella Ruess. He had a dream about plodding through jungles and traversing cliffs and that's how he decided to live his life. Deliberately he punished his body, strained his endurance, tested his capacity for strenuousness. He is similar to Chris in some regards but I feel that Chris had more reasoning behind his trip and was somewhat prepared. Everett on the other hand just seemed like a child blinded by his dreams unaware of the threats of death.
2. What does Krakauer say about Chris in comparison to the Irish Monks? Do you agree?
"These Irish monks didn't
Everett was born in Oakland, California, in 1914, the younger of two sons raised by Christopher and Stella Ruess. He had a dream about plodding through jungles and traversing cliffs and that's how he decided to live his life. Deliberately he punished his body, strained his endurance, tested his capacity for strenuousness. He is similar to Chris in some regards but I feel that Chris had more reasoning behind his trip and was somewhat prepared. Everett on the other hand just seemed like a child blinded by his dreams unaware of the threats of death.
2. What does Krakauer say about Chris in comparison to the Irish Monks? Do you agree?
"These Irish monks didn't