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- Thu Nov 26, 2009 8:11 am
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Christopher McCandless Memorial Fund
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4373
Re: Christopher McCandless Memorial Fund
No Worries. Got it ! Didn't see the link until now ... thx.
- Thu Nov 26, 2009 8:08 am
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Happiness Only Real When Shared
- Replies: 23
- Views: 246872
Re: Happiness Only Real When Shared
The saddest thing for me was that he only realised the truth of the statement as he was dying. In order to share it with you, he had to die for it. His writing it was saying "Don't do what I did. Forgive those around you, find someone to love, but don't ever do what I did.". He was admitti...
- Thu Nov 26, 2009 8:01 am
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Christopher McCandless Memorial Fund
- Replies: 5
- Views: 4373
Re: Christopher McCandless Memorial Fund
What is the fund for ?
- Thu Nov 26, 2009 8:00 am
- Forum: Discussions on Chris
- Topic: Christopher McCandless
- Replies: 29
- Views: 25413
Re: Christopher McCandless
I rented the movie because I love Eddie Vedder, I believe his score was inspired. He is a true genius. I will now read the book. Please let us know what you think and you feel once you've read the book. You can also download the audio version via torrents if you can't find it or want to 'read' it s...
- Thu Nov 26, 2009 7:54 am
- Forum: Discussions on Chris
- Topic: I wish that the people who met Chris
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7048
Re: I wish that the people who met Chris
Krakauer talks to those that met him on his journey, they all expressed concern for his ability to survive in Alaska. His naïveté worried everyone he had spent any time with. Notably the Alaskan natives that gave him lifts etc. closer to Healey. They wondered how he was going to make it given his se...
- Thu Nov 26, 2009 7:50 am
- Forum: Discussions on the Book
- Topic: His journal
- Replies: 11
- Views: 17332
Re: His journal
His 'journal' was incoherent and he only began writing random disconnected things when he began to realise that the adventure was becoming all too real and turned into hunger and desperation. Chris wasn't a writer. The SOS sign and message in the bus window was conveniently left out of the movie by ...
- Thu Nov 26, 2009 7:44 am
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: What a great story
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6960
Re: What a great story
Forgiveness indeed fathers peace, but Chris didn't forgive his father and it ultimately cost him his life. Not contacting his mother and sister was also indicative of the selfishness/blithe ignorance that the depressed can inflict on those that love them most. This is not an attack on such people, I...
- Thu Nov 26, 2009 7:32 am
- Forum: General Discussions
- Topic: Sharing Happiness with those that can share it too...
- Replies: 6
- Views: 13039
Re: Sharing Happiness with those that can share it too...
"HAPPINESS IS ONLY REAL WHEN SHARED" Possible meanings ? There is only one possible meaning to the statement, the obvious one - you can't be happy on your own. The veracity of the statement itself is debatable, certainly Buddha would disagree ... but that's besides the point. And he found ...
- Thu Nov 26, 2009 5:03 am
- Forum: Discussions on Chris
- Topic: Just a boy - not a hero
- Replies: 5
- Views: 10908
Re: Just a boy - not a hero
First up, the movie is just that. A movie. It's a beautiful movie and Sean Penn makes them very well. But it somewhat glamourised Chris' "adventure". The book is far more insightful and you very quickly think "Ah ...". Having gone through manic depression / bipolar disorder whate...