Three Sisters Wilderness

had been researching on people’s brain when interacting with nature. For example one of the scientists, Strayer a psychologist at the University of Utah who specializes in attention, went on a camping trip without any technology and demonstrated the three-day effect. Strayer found out that on the last day he could smell things and hear things he didn’t before. Technology is a distraction to our health, so diving into nature and enjoying it, even if it’s only minutes, can lead to a healthier…

In the memoir Wild by Cheryl Strayed, she recounts her 1,100 mile hike along the Pacific Crest Trail (PCT). After losing her mother to lung cancer, her marriage ending in divorce because of her infidelity, her family struggling to stay connected, and her drug use, Strayed turned to the PCT in hopes of finding herself and becoming the woman her mother always hoped she would be. While visiting Minneapolis, she picks up the book, The Pacific Crest Trail, Volume 1: California. At first, she picks up…

Using this obtained information, Penn told the story in McCandless perspective, narrated by his sister, Carine. While Krakauer’s novel uses a variety of mediums such as a combination of interviews, McCandless' letters and diaries, guesswork, deduction, investigative legwork, and sometimes a combination of all of the above in order to piece McCandless’…

On April 28, 1992 a young man, going by the name of Alex Supertramp, ventured his way to Fairbanks, Alaska. He was seen carrying little food and equipment, and claiming he wanted to live off the Alaskan wilderness, where he would find solitude far away from civilization. Four months later, a moose hunter discovered his decomposed body in an abandoned Fairbanks City Transit Bus just along the Stampede Trail. The starved remains weighing only 66 pounds, was later identified as Christopher Johnson…

learn from his experiences. Chris McCandless was able to live a new life of adventure along with gaining a more refined perspective of the world by finding his personality. Some people would think that Chris’ decision to live independently in the wilderness was outraegous, but I think that his choice was beneficial to his life. McCandless’s cutting of all physical ties really shows how a person can renew themselves in a way…

he somehow died trying to do that. Chris McCandless, an average man, became one of the most significant Alaskan back country survivors of all time. McCandless was born and raised in El Segundo, California on February 12, 1968. Chris had a little sister named Carine. He had a very busy father. Infact his father has a rocket engineer. His father was abusive to Chris and Carmine. It was a fact that he was a very intelligent person, but he didn’t show it in the way many people would. He spent…

many but for Chris McCandless this journey had a greater meaning. In the book “Into The Wild” by Jon Krakauer, Krakauer tells how a young man named Chris McCandless left everything he had and everyone that loved him behind to go live in the Alaskan wilderness. Krakauer also leaves it up to the reader to determine whether or not Chris McCandless was crazy, a sociopath, or an outcast for heading into Alaska the way he did. Chris McCandless wasn’t crazy, a sociopath, or an outcast, rather he was a…

Gallien offered Chris a ride, and shortly into their conversation he learned considerable amount concerning Chris’s plans to live in the Alaskan wilderness. According to Gallien, it was easy to notice how lacking Chris was in terms of supplies and knowledge about where he was going and what exactly he was getting himself into. For his time in the wilderness, Chris only packed a twenty-pound bag of rice to sustain him. Gallien recollected, “He wasn't carrying anywhere near as much food and gear…

The wild was a place where Chris Mccandless was able to let go of everything, he believed that Ron would find the same peace as well as happiness if he explored just a bit. Throughout the book there is plenty of evidence where Mccandless shows that he doesn’t really need to be social or need new things to be happy. At first, I feel as if he didn’t convince Ron that there was a lot to explore, until he got attracted to Chris and saw the kind of person he was. Chris does provide evidence about his…

childhood, a humble and selfless young adult life, and his life before death can be described as unaccustomed. His covet for an odyssey began in his childhood, grew into his teens, and ended in as a young adult. As a child, Chris is described by his sister as someone that got along with everyone but did not rely on others for his personal happiness. Her relationship with her brother was untampered, they were very close and she knew him very well. For example,…