Knowing nothing about this man, I clicked on the thumbnail thinking it was about a flat earther who claimed he had fallen off the side of the earth

If an accused abuser says the victim is “exaggerating” …….. that means the abuse DEFINITELY happened and the aggressor just doesn’t consider it “abuse” lol. What a pos

I feel like Chris was definitely “ignorance is bliss” personified. It seems like it wasn’t his intent to be a nature survivalist, it was his intent to live life how he wanted.

Chris wasn't a fool for wanting to live his own way. He was a fool for not being prepared to do so.

Him writing MOOSE! is so wholesome to me you can tell how excited and happy he was to see a moose and honestly I can't blame him

Remember: no matter how much you love nature, nature is a harsh mistress and you must always be ready for the worst.

I understand why Chris did what he did. I’ve always had the inner urge to just drop everything and go road tripping, abandon all my ties to society. And I’ve had a happy childhood. Chris had grown up in an abusive and materialistic environment; it’s no surprise he left. I just hope he died feeling happy and free.

What I got from Chris' story is that he never intended to be seen as someone daring, he didn't commit himself to the wilderness to prove something of himself, I think he just genuinely wanted some sort of escape that he believed he would find in the immersion of nature, and I think that is a perspective that is lost to so many people and "critics"

His sister claimed his father was a violent drunk, her half siblings also have said he was a violent drunk, even Chris said he was a violent drunk. Gee, I wonder if the father was a violent drunk?

My brother did similar thing as Chris. He travelled all over the US with just himself and few possessions, hitchhiking and relying on the kindness of strangers. He struggles a lot with addiction and mental health issues and we have tried to help him to no avail. My brother has been through many US states. He has friends everywhere. We have gone years with no contact with him because he was living on farms or in forests. He comes back to my hometown every few years, stays awhile with our relatives, then leaves again. We worry for him but he is happier this way than when he stays in one place and tries to live “normally”

Did anyone else tear up right after he said the entry was just “beautiful blueberries” or was that just me

I knew someone who ended up similar to him. He was a guy who was great in school, friend to every classmate and our class president for a year (all in college). One day he just decided to leave and roam around the country and then even ended up living in a native community in an extremely remote country. He ended up back in the states where I saw him one time seemingly in good spirits until a few weeks later he took his own life. It seems like Chris was going down the same road. All that is left are the memories and one song recorded on a phone around a fire. They were never dumb, just guys finding their own way to live and die.

Some people may relate to the sentiment of not really wanting to kill themselves but not wanting to exist so wishing that they could just die some other way. I get those vibes from Chris. Like he didn’t want to actively end his life but he didn’t really care if he did in fact die. That’s why he didn’t want to spend time with gear and maps, he just wanted to get away immediately.

You're missing the most important research on the starvation issue. Krakauer himself wrote an addendum to Into the Wild about research into ODAP and canavanine poisoning from wild potato seeds when eaten as a major part of one's diet. This type of seed was not known to be poisonous at the time and he had a guidebook on him that said they were safe to eat. ODAP poisoning leads to loss of motor function in the legs and canavanine makes your body unable to synthesize proteins properly. It's possible his poisoning was not due to his own ignorance or mistaken identification of a plant, but due to a gap in the scientific literature that was only closed in the last ten years.

I love these patreon names, like"Stephen, Marcy, Kebin, Cody, CUMRANGER, Xavier..."

Fun fact: You can avoid rabbit starvation by eating the organ meats and eyes of the rabbit, it has enough fats and carbohydrates to stave off starvation long enough to survive to find other things

I believe Chris was simply trying to find himself, he didn’t want to die, he wanted LIVE, he died because he was not properly prepared no other reason.

yooooo I just did a project about this guy in high school like a year ago lol. I remember his name “alexander supertramp” was made that way because Supertramp was his favorite band

that last photo and message really got me. regardless of how people see him, he was happy and he lived a good life. he wasn’t a perfect man, he certainly wasn’t an idol, but he did the things he did so he could write that note.

As tragic as his end was. I still admire that he was able to live his life like he WANTED to and that's more than what most people could ever do.

When I was a senior in high school, my English teacher had us read "Into the Wild." We were supposed to compare Chris's life to the Heroes Journey and it was one of the worst lessons I've ever experienced. We weren't allowed to be critical and it felt like our teacher was trying to say "hey when you graduate high school you should be like Chris!' which is a HARD YIKES. Ironically enough I was also in a Wildlife Sciences class at the time and my teacher did his field work with bears in Alaska. He summed up Chris best for me, "It's easy for me to be critical of his entire approach, but what good is there in chastising a man who paid the ultimate price for his folly? When you are surrounded by nature, completely removed from the outside world, you walk the thin line between life and death. But you are also free, in the truest sense of the word. He wasn't seeking fame or book deals or any of the attention his story has since received. He just wanted to be free."

I don't see anything wrong with a man finding fulfillment in his struggle to live, and I empathize with the idea that Chris was a man out of his time. That being said, even frontiersmen knew to be prepared and learned from the mistakes of the ones that came before them. I'm not saying Chris needed to do everything he could to make his journey easy for him, but his carelessness borders on suicidal arrogance.

What I wish for Chris is that he would have had a buddy by his side. Someone who could have shown him a few tricks for surviving in the wilderness. Someone who could have been with him in his loneliest moments.

I first read the book "Into the Wild" about Chris' story in high school and it always stuck with me. I just felt really sad for him. He seemed like a nice person that was just lost in our world and wanted to live or die his own way. I do think the way of how careless he was in researching and having the proper gear to survive in the wilderness shows that he might have not cared enough about his life. Or who knows maybe he did believe he could survive off the land. I think if only he had a bit more experience.

I have a friend who is exactly how you've described Chris. He killed himself a few years ago. I'm still processing it and watching this turned out to be helpful.

Chris is not an example of survival, his intent wasn't to show how well he could survive in the wild, he just wanted to live his way. Living our life, the way we desire. Even when he was about to die he didn't fill himself with hatred and resentment, he thanked God for his life. He was a good person, innocent, not blinded by material stuff. He was an example of life, may he rest in peace.

Chris died seemingly smiling, he died happy and that's more than most can say

For some context, Supertramp is also a band that was popular when McCandless was young, which I'm sure had something to do with his clever little alias for himself.

So I actually went to Woodson, the same high school Chris went to. We didn't read the book about him as a class, but I remember one student had done a project on the book and made a video where they went around to teachers who had known Chris and asked them about him. From what I remember, they all said he was kind, funny, and had a lot of friends. It's crazy seeing you make a video about him.

I've seen many people miss the point of the movie: his story isn't inspiring because in the end, he realized how cruel nature was and wanted to return to civilization, but resigned when he could not.

As a mother this story broke my heart. As I read the book all I could think about was how lost this poor child was and no one was there for him.

I remember reading Into the Wild when I was in highschool and it changed my life, my teacher even let me keep the book. I started hiking and backpacking, and I learned how much nature makes me happy. But what really resonated with me was a quote they found in one of his books that read “happiness is only real when shared”. I think Chris had loved his life, but that he had been lonely. Everything I learned about Chris are things I still focus on today when I think about how I want to live my life

I find it humbling and endearing that Chris wanted to live this life, but my boy was a newbie going into hardcore survival mode in Minecraft

Had to read this book during senior year of high school last year. Felt like a drag at first but learning about someone willingly abandoning everything to explore a life in the wilderness definitely makes you imagine yourself in a situation and I enjoyed it after a while.

Learned about this guy in a high school class His decisions confuse me to this day

i love when these kinds of stories have a hugely profound effect on what i am thinking

Wendigoon is like a best friend telling you things that normally you wouldn’t be interested in but the way he tells it makes you interested

I live in Alaska and this guys kind of a local legend, in a way. There’s even a restaurant with a replica of the bus he stayed in. The army ended up having to remove the bus because of a bunch of crazies trying to copy him. Honestly, he’s more of a martyr of what not to do. He did every single thing wrong he could’ve, and didn’t know what he was doing. Once you get out of the towns Alaska can be a harsh as hell place to be and he wasn’t ready at all. I respect him trying to follow his dreams, but now he just serves as a way for parents to tell their kids “don’t do this or you’ll die like the guy on the bus.” It’s a sad story, and I wish he had done more research, and maybe could’ve followed his dreams for more than a few months. Still, respect to him for somehow killing a caribou.

I love the story of Chris McCandless. As a young adult I spent the summer working in Yellowstone National Park and even though it was less dangerous then venturing into the Alaskan Wilderness alone there was still wild animals and unfamiliar terrain. I think most of us when we're just barely adults need to find ourselves and sometimes a few months in the woods can help. I know it was helpful to me and all of the friends I made working in Yellowstone.

I love that you said surviving wasn't the goal because i came to think so too. There was never an ending or an achievement to be made.. it was just a maan living the way that made him happiest. Despite all the suferring and starvation and the desperation for help in the end all of it made him happy and he was gratefull for it till his very last breath. Not once in his journal did he got mad at God or fate or regret his decision and he finally return to God with nothing less of absolute gratefulness for all the good and the bad through out his life because that is what makes him feel full even as he was dying (yes he wanted to turn back for supplies but he didn't resent the fact that he can't. Reading the words he wrote it was more of a "living life as it is". If it happens than that's how it should be and he is content with it)

I live in Alaska and this guy is a legend to some and an idiot to most. We read a book about him in high school and his story always stuck with me.

I did something like this once. Decided I had enough of society and sold off everything and lived in the woods for 3 months or so making my way through Northern California to Seattle. I'm by no means a survivalist but have decent instincts. So by the end I was also near death and almost lost my leg. Probably not the smartest thing I ever did but I definitely cherish the experience.

we watched into the wild in high school and it definitely stuck with me in some way, so i was excited to see this video come up in my recommendations. love your videos

Just stumbled across this video and am blown away!! I have never heard this story before but it really resonates with me…I feel like I can kinda understand why Chris lived out his life the way he did…we are so much more than our physical forms and our human existence. Thank u for bringing this story to my attention, thanks for all of your hard work and finally, just subscribed as I really like your content your attitude and style of presentation. Cheers from Australia 🖤💛❤️

One of the saddest parts is if he had been honest with the people he met about wanting to live off the land and what his life before was like, he very well could have been taught how to actually do that. Ive lived in communities similar to the ones Chris went through, and just about everyone I know would have sympathized with him and showed him what they know

I don't think Chris was an idiot, but he was definitely ignorant of the reality of the Alaskan wilderness. It seems like he had a lot of magical thinking about his journey which caused him to ignore the advice of those more experienced than him (like refusing to pack cold weather gear). He was so focused on the spiritual nature of his journey that he just ignored the physical realities of what he was up against. In reality, had he not found "the magic bus", he would have most likely die much sooner.

I loved the movie into the wild, the story is just so fascinating to me and obviously a lot of people. Thanks for covering this wendigoon this is exactly why I discovered and subbed to you. I know this is a little bit different of a video for you but please keep discovering/covering this type of mysteries.

I always love the insight in your videos! I adore your assessment at the end. Keep making good quality content!!

that line: "Happiness is only real when shared," has stuck with me so hard since seeing the movie. Chris' story is so complex but something about that line cuts straight through and gets to the point of what life is about in such a concise way. Feels so much more tangible than platitudes like 'no man is an island.' Also a hard truth to wrestle with as somebody who struggles with socialization and isolationism.

I've only seen the "Into the Wild" movie, I had NO IDEA there was a lift across the river so close to him. Absolutely heartbreaking.

He inspired me to do the same when i graduated high school. I didnt burn my SS card or my ID, but i spent the first few years traveling the country, and camping wherever I thought safe. Best decision I ever made.

The point people walk away with: Wow, the human condition and the evils we as a society create can lead innocent people down the road of insanity and self-destruction, but nature itself is far greater a challenge to overcome The actual point of this story: Naming your child "christmas candles" will lead to inevitable derangement

You explaining the lean meat diet death made me realize how fragile we are, honestly I'm impressed we made it this far man

I read 'Into the Wild' about Chris for my AP Lang class and I'm glad to see you covering it as well. It's a fascinating story.

currently reading Into The Wild for my language arts class and decided id watch this video, thanks wendi!

Chris I believe dealt with passive suicidal ideation. He wanted to seclude himself and find peace but didn’t want to actively kill himself. I get this idea because of the fact he didn’t research the area and that he packed light. Also the traumatic childhood.

Chris literally run off into the woods instead of going to therapy, but this is in no way his fault. People raised in abusive families will often reject any kind of help and show distrust up until they are in their absolute worst. This is the kind of shit trauma does to you. His parents gaslighting him even it death would explain a lot.

I wouldn't consider him either stupid or some sort of hero. He's just a guy who lived life on his own terms and got caught on the wrong side of a river swell.

This video has opened up my mind to new thoughts. I am 16, and I have always had that mindset that Chris had. I have been trying to find out exactly what it is that differs me from the people around me. Thank you for sharing such a beautiful story ❤️

I don’t know why, but „beautiful blueberries“ is the saddest and most haunting and most, well, beautiful thing I’ve seen or heard chris say or write. Nothing anyone writes about him will ever top his last journal entry just being him admiring something most people find mundane. Sure, he could have just been delirious from malnutrition or his sicknesses, but I like to think he was saying to god that he did a good job making blueberries and he should be proud of such a beautiful, dazzling creation

I need to get this off my chest. Chris' story is one of those that absolutely crush my heart. I'm not sure why, perhaps because of how profoundly his desire to escape current society resonates with me. I admire his bravery. The isolation we feel at a time when communication with the world is easier than ever is deafening and I believe he saw that happening, especially studying Anthropology. Where I see the problem is that it's not living isolated that's the solution or perhaps even what Chris craved. I think what would suit him best would be living in a small community. I don't know anything about Alaska but from what I've seen, there is no shortage of smaller communities spread scarcely around the area. By living with such people, learning about nature around him and ways to co-exist with other beings, I think he would thrive. He seemed happy living his nomadic lifestyle while within in the mainland US borders and there he had contact with people, he wasn't in isolation. The tragedy of his final days strikes me the most. Thinking about how cold, scared and in pain he must have been is just haunting, as well as imagining him thinking that probably no one will come to his rescue but still remaining hopeful. He seems like a thoroughly kind and thoughtful person and I hope he is able to rest in peace.

I'm newish to the channel and I gotta say You're the most wholesome dude ive ever seen and I love this channel that ending was so nice 😭😂❤

One of my favorite stories of pop culture, u got my like and sub. Thanks for all your videos, your Waco one is the best I've ever seen and I've seen alot on that subject.

I've been neglected in my up bringing and I've fantasised about running off into the woods just to 'survive' the way Chris did. Looking at Chris, i can see myself and it makes me so depressed. He wasn't stupid, he was alone & in pain.

In high school we read the book Into the Wild and watched the movie about McCandless. I didn't ever expect you to cover this, but the story about him is so fascinating. I'm glad more people will learn about him for the first time just like we all did!

I lived in Alaska for 3 months working at one of the seasonal hotels and one of the bars in Denali has a replica of the bus that you can go inside of it. It was so interesting to see and to talk to the people in the area about their thoughts. While I was there a newly wed couple went to follow his trail and the wife got swept up in the river and died. I think more than anything this story needs to be a cautionary tale and emphasis how unforgiving the Alaskan nature can be and people who are choose to follow him completely missed the point

Chris actually DID have a map. He’d thrown it away not long before his death as part of his fantasy that he’d have no need for it because he didn’t plan to return to civilization.

I did somewhat similar thing once. I bought an old mazda and just drove. I felt i needed alot of distance from my abusive parents. Drove 1000 km to the Arctic ocean. From there i drove through Sweden to Denmark. From Denmark to Germany etc. I drove to Lissabon. After i reached Croatia i decided i want to go back home. Felt like Forrest Gump in the running scene. The trip took me 3 months and very stressfull nights waiting for the mechanics to fix my car without understanding a word of what i needed. Slept in my car most nights. But im glad i did it. It was soothing just to have an escape.

I think the most bizarre thing about the whole McCandless saga is that they had to remove the bus he lived out of during his demise from its original site because fans of his were constantly making pilgrimages to it and getting stranded in the process.

I've always had such admiration for Chris since reading Into the Wild in highschool.

I'm so glad I discovered your channel

As an abuse victim, I have always been told that my version of events were exaggerated to garner attention and sympathy and to get out of a situation or frame my abusers for my own gain. Meanwhile, I was trying to advocate for myself and ensure my own safety and my sister's safety. When an abuser said that the abused's version of events are exaggerated, it's them saying "it happened but I'm going to play victim because I am stuck in my ways and what I did wasn't wrong." It's a form of gaslighting and isolating the victim so that the abuse can continue.

a lot of Alaskans probably don't like Chris because they are the ones who have to deal with these hundreds of random people from the US who want to "live in nature" in Alaska then die horrifically from the cold, starvation, or poisoning.

Oh, hearing this name and getting flashbacks to second semester junior year, skimming through the SparkNotes of his book for quarantine assignments... Great video!

I remember watching the movie in college being absolutely intrigued by it, glad to see you covered it!

Chris is not a genius, he’s not an idiot. He’s just his own man. He lives for his own self. He wasn’t trying to survive, he wasn’t trying to die, he was on a pilgrimage. To find himself, to find nature, to find fun… it doesn’t matter. He’s a lesson to us all about finding our own path, and our own consequences.

Born and raised in Alaska, we were actually taught in school how to survive certain situations you are likely to encounter in Alaska. This is a sad story and a reminder Alaska and nature in general are not something you can take lightly, its not very forgiving.

You bring up some deep , interesting thoughts about his story . And what you say makes sense . Thank you.

@wendigoon, you silly, "Supertramp" is the name of a very famous pop-rock band. They had a huge it with "Breakfast in America" in 1980 - about the time of this man's teenage years.

As someone who grew up in rural Alaska, I can confirm that the majority of Alaskans I know think of Chris as an idiot. On the one hand, I also believe that Chris was an idiot who made extremely poor decisions. On the other hand, I can see why so many people respect and revere his journey, especially since leaving Alaska myself and having lived in the lower 48 for almost a decade now. This society we live in can be so stifling and inauthentic to the true reaches of human experience. Materialism, capitalism, pavement in all directions, and living in boxes that we construct to block out the outside world... It's no wonder that so many people feel alienated from the human experience, and that Chris's story of leaving it all behind and walking into the wilderness resonates with so many people. As human being, I can understand why his journey is found to be beautiful. As a kid who grew up in the Alaskan wilderness, I still think he's an idiot though. It's not just that he did EVERYTHING wrong, but his rejection of nearly all aid and advice from the locals along the way is frustrating for me to hear about. I see why he's called selfish. He's an example of the outsider who walks into nature focused only on his own personal journey, but then the consequences of his actions are a drain on the time and resources of people who actually live there and know better. You wanna know how Alaskans survive in the extreme wild, in the middle of nowhere? They rely on each other. You don't shovel only your own driveway after a snowstorm. Even with snow 4ft deep, everyone grabs a shovel and helps to dig out their neighbors. You don't just wander out into the woods unprepared with 10lbs of rice, because the burden of rescuing you (and the others who later mimic your behavior) falls on the communities who actually live there.

Always found this guy interesting. He was very book smart but seemed very very very naive when it came to actually surviving. There isn't any "winging it" when it comes to survival Ina a very rugged and inhospitable cold land with terrible bouts of rough weather. The book on plants and the .22 were good choices but everything else this man did or didn't bring was for lack of a better word dumb. At the very least he should have brought resealable bags. A flint stick. Several layers and changes of clothes. A small multi tool. A small shovel. Some kind of pot to cook in. Soap. Course ground salt. These are just the things that instantly come to mind for someone whose grown up with the woods as his backyard. That by no means I'm an expert and alot of people will probably say the things I think you should bring is dumb too. It takes more than just sheer will to survive in these area of the world.

His reasoning for going really hits me. It does sound stupid when you say it outloud, but there's this emptiness to society for me in today's time. A "why" to everything we're doing.and that's not saying I see no point in anything in a depressive sense, moreso just confusion why certain things matter to people. I never understood my teachers and professors preaching "success", I hated whenever I got money as a gift from people who I rarely spoke to. It's just strange how many times things in this video clicked for me.

Into the Wild was a book assigned to me in my high school senior English class. I will always be grateful for my teacher, I adore this story and the impact Chris had on the people around him.

From what I remember from reading Into the Wild, a sub theory about the potato seeds is that it wasn't the actual seeds that killed him, but rather a type of mold that can grow on the seeds. This mold produced a toxin that basically made it so your body cannot absorb nutrients from your food. It's fat soluble and can be removed from the body by consuming excess fat, but someone in Chris' situation obviously did not have access to extra fat, and he starved to death at an accelerated rate, even though he had access to food. The book also covers a couple of other people who seemed to share Chris' mindset and cast aside their earthly possessions to live in the wild. All of them also have heartbreaking endings. I highly recommend the movie based on his story. It definitely glamorizes certain aspects of his journey, but once he gets to the bus it seems to accurately portray what he might have been feeling/ experiencing. There are scenes that will just break your heart.

Reminds me of my grandgather, lived life as a park ranger enjoying the wilderness, served as one for 50 years, he was a teacher, who taught botany and loved plants and animals, loved the environment around him, he lived 76 years enjoying the scenery around him and only stopped enjoying that scenery when he passed. The week he was bed ridden every day i visited he always asked about the trees, grass, the mountains etc, even on his death bed he still loved to know that his passion was still there. I listened to this and i see a man that lived life with no purpose and died with one, some know their purpose the dya their born and some need to adventure out to find it, we buried my granfather in the only suitable casket, a lovely oak wood finish to fit his love of nature, the same way he died in a bus that became his tomb for those to visit and remember him. Thank you for this video, some may see him as a idiot, i see it as a man that found his purpose and despite it killing him, he lived a better 24 years of experience than most do in a lifetime which is what matters most in life.

Chris is definitely an idealist, carefree and a wonderful soul. I hope he have listened to the people that actually cared for him. May this story serve as a lesson to everyone to carefully plan their ventures before executing it in order to avoid unneccesary consequences.

As someone who grew up in an abusive and neglectful household doing exactly this had been my dream since I was a little kid, I think it will be a thought that will be in the back of my mind for the rest of my life in a way. I see myself a lot in Chris and it makes me incredibly sad that he’s mostly just remembered as an idiot with no idea what he was doing because while I think what he did was executed terribly it really seems like he was just desperate to feel alive and get away from everything which is something I think a lot of people can relate to. His plan really didn’t seem to be becoming a survivalist as much as it was to just get away from everything which is really not a stupid desire, he just didn’t really know the right way to go about it.

It's crazy to me that in 11th grade, my english class was assigned to read Into the Wild and I thought it was SOOOO boring. Literally didn't even bother to finish it. But now here i am, 6 years later and 22 years old, and I'm realizing that the book/story wasn't boring at all, I just hate reading lmao

We talked about Chris MCcandless last semester in our English class, I am in my junior year. His story means a lot to me, and connects with me in strange ways. Despite his tragic end, his determination still went on, it is amazing and saddening at the same time.

You're so wholesome in all your videos, I think thats why I really enjoy watching your content!

I respect his journey and personal philosophy, but he was a fool to be so unprepared on his journey. He should’ve had maps, a greater amount of canned goods, heavier clothes, and a survival guide. However, I don’t think Chris didn’t realize this. His goal wasn’t to survive in the woods. He wanted to live away from civilization as much as he could and experience life to its fullest before his inevitable demise.

You're one of my anxiety go to channels. Whenever I'm having a terrible panic attack and hiding in my room your videos always help calm me down so thank you!

"where are you going" "west."

Stumbled across this channel a few months ago, and irs great.

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This is such a sad story. As someone with a sister very close in age who is obsessed with the idea of nature and transcendentalism, I think Chris was trying to find meaning like so many of us are. I don’t think he took into account the pain it caused his younger sister by leaving and passing,as my sister has done something similar but has not passed,. and obviously their family environment was not a good one to stay in. It’s just a messy, painful situation all around. I also think he may have been passively suicidal. Not necessarily being prepared and not really caring either because it didn’t seem to matter to him until it got too bad to go back. ❤ To this day my heart breaks for Chris and Carine. I think in a different world and different upbringing he may have been able to travel safely and be able to tell some cool stories late in life.

So enjoyed this thank you.

Always resonated with this story, enjoyed this edit very much, new sub here.

As someone who farms, hunts, fishes and writes/makes music. I'm conflicted on Chris. I don't think he's an idiot at all. He had a genuine lack of concern, caring or preparation. I don't think that's because he was an idiot, I think it was intentional. Anyone seriously concerned with living and not ultimately dying in the Alaskan wilderness would've done a lot more preparation. When he went to the magic bus, he clearly wasn't very concerned on how that story would end. Did he regret it when he was starving? I'll bet money he did. Was it worth it? maybe. People are still talking about him decades later. If he didn't die, would that be the case? also Wendingoon killing it love the content and the conversations sparked in the comment section

When I was in the 4th grade, I read "The Hatchet" by Gary Paulson" and all I wanted to do was be the main character. I then heard about Chris and realized that nature was a little more than difficult. A bazillion years later, I'm obsessed with homesteading and off grid living as a hermit. But its inspiring to hear all about this craziness