tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231278.post5233210738673886606..comments2023-08-17T08:12:31.706-05:00Comments on Exquisitely Bored in Nacogdoches: Christopher McCandlessChrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04335496287080742001noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231278.post-78448427996829499232008-04-09T17:03:00.000-05:002008-04-09T17:03:00.000-05:00Profound, tim. Elvis (Presley) wondered at how he ...Profound, tim. Elvis (Presley) wondered at how he could feel totally alone in a room full of people. Like a lot of people, McCandless had some issues to deal with before he could ever find the true happiness he was after. I think it is hypothesized Jack London committed suicide. Thoreau died at 44 - really too young (even then) to know the answer to your question.<BR/><BR/>That's my point exactly about the odds of getting sick, or physically injured. I hate to give anything away, but is it not the plant he ate which hastened his phate?Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04335496287080742001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231278.post-55189794700117755122008-04-09T08:27:00.000-05:002008-04-09T08:27:00.000-05:00The idea of pursuing an ultimate personal truth an...The idea of pursuing an ultimate personal truth and, perhaps, one's connection to a higher power in one's life, is laudable and understandable but, what McCandless didn't learn (well, maybe he did in his last moments) is that its an INNER journey...in this case, "Location! Location! Location!" are the 3 ***least*** important/relevant things. Peace is a gift from God, not a one-with-nature location (where life is by definition "nasty, brutish and short") or, a blind-to-consequences adventuresome lifestyle....ask London or, Thoreau if they got what they came for...I'm inclined to think that they came away lacking.<BR/><BR/>Oh, and then there's this silly little thing that the Boy Scouts teach and practice, it called "The Buddy System" 'cause without it, and you are seriously injured AND ALONE, you, Sir, are totally phucked...and he was...and may have been okay with his phate.Timinator2K7https://www.blogger.com/profile/16191381002444924321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231278.post-52193090972766420842008-04-04T16:47:00.000-05:002008-04-04T16:47:00.000-05:00Ed-I too liked the movie. I just thought it was go...Ed-I too liked the movie. I just thought it was going to be a lot better. I also sort of expected it to be more like <I>Jeremiah Johnson</I>, the old Robert Redford flick.<BR/><BR/>And I question why he would have taken that self portrait if he was truly committed to doing what he was doing. He must have always believed, somewhere, in the back of his mind, he would return to the society he so loathed.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04335496287080742001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231278.post-69940043000887465412008-04-04T11:20:00.000-05:002008-04-04T11:20:00.000-05:00Yep, well said Kenna. However, I must say that I ...Yep, well said Kenna. However, I must say that I really liked the movie.<BR/>The other thing I always have found interesting, is that it's far too easy to throw away a life of relative luxury for the adventure of poverty IF you know that you're one phone call away from a plane ticket home to your upper middle class family.<BR/>EdAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231278.post-84269910100827194642008-04-02T20:47:00.000-05:002008-04-02T20:47:00.000-05:00Well put and too true.Well put and too true.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04335496287080742001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14231278.post-47770625968846035432008-04-02T17:09:00.000-05:002008-04-02T17:09:00.000-05:00Man wants life of solitude. Willing to trade title...Man wants life of solitude. Willing to trade titles and recognition for life in the Alaskan outback, virtually unknown to others, living in a bus...how does the book/movie deal play into this? Oh the irony.Kennahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16838167473200711960noreply@blogger.com