Out there on your own

This is Krakauer's account and report on a young man - it is a true story - who left his family after graduating with honors, burning his money, cutting off all his ties to his background and venturing out on his own, traveling thoughout the United States , His ultimate adventure that to survive in the wilderness of Alaska. This, HOWEVER, led to his premature death. Krakow follows the young man's trail and tries to give us his understanding of what made this man tick to do what he did. He succeeds quite admirably. The book is well written and in the end you get an understanding of Christopher Candless. The author can see quite a bit of himself in him Which leads to his sympathetic protrayal, something not shared by everybody. Many felt he was just stupid and arrogant and tried to survive in the wilderness without adequate preparation. Krakauer makes the point thatthis what not so, did just a couple of things did not turn the way They Could have. In the wilderness there are no second chances and what was just a little mistake led to the young man's death. Growing up in our modern societies we sometimes forget how perilous people used to live completely Call When They depended on nature. Krakauer makes us think about many aspects of synthesis and in general about our relationship to nature. All in all, this is a very recommendable book and though it may sound a bit gloomy, it Actually is not. Very good indeed.