He actually thought that he could live in the Alaskan wilderness by himself. He even named himself “Alexander,” after Alexander the Great, and his last name “Supertramp,” because he thought of himself as the greatest of all the tramps, or homeless people. How ridiculous is that?! He also decided that he didn’t need a map on his adventure in the vast forests of Alaska. If he had had a map with him he would have noticed, “That half a mile downstream, in the throat of the canyon, is a gauging station that was built by the U.S. Geographical Survey.” (Page 173) Near this gauging station, there was a cable carrying a metal basket large enough to carry men across the Teklanika River. He could have save himself, if only he weren’t such an arrogant boy. Chris McCandless may have been stupid, inexperienced, and arrogant, but crazy he was not. One can understand his thirst for adventure, for it is the nature of men. But I think there is something we can all agree upon; he died content with how he lived his life. “I HAVE HAD A HAPPY LIFE AND THANK THE LORD. AND MAY GOD BLESS ALL!” (Page 199) – Christopher “Alexander Supertramp”
He actually thought that he could live in the Alaskan wilderness by himself. He even named himself “Alexander,” after Alexander the Great, and his last name “Supertramp,” because he thought of himself as the greatest of all the tramps, or homeless people. How ridiculous is that?! He also decided that he didn’t need a map on his adventure in the vast forests of Alaska. If he had had a map with him he would have noticed, “That half a mile downstream, in the throat of the canyon, is a gauging station that was built by the U.S. Geographical Survey.” (Page 173) Near this gauging station, there was a cable carrying a metal basket large enough to carry men across the Teklanika River. He could have save himself, if only he weren’t such an arrogant boy. Chris McCandless may have been stupid, inexperienced, and arrogant, but crazy he was not. One can understand his thirst for adventure, for it is the nature of men. But I think there is something we can all agree upon; he died content with how he lived his life. “I HAVE HAD A HAPPY LIFE AND THANK THE LORD. AND MAY GOD BLESS ALL!” (Page 199) – Christopher “Alexander Supertramp”