Christopher McCandless

I had a run-in with the cops in Sydney in October 2011 (I'm from Australia) for walking through a "restricted area" at Central Station. This "restricted area" required you to have a ticket, and I didn't. I went through to use the toilet, as one must, not knowing what I had just d...

Yeah I totally agree. I've a uni degree in environmental science and have not held down a job for long. I once had a job spraying woody weeds from a rig - totally exhausting. I'd get home feeling stuffed and used and not wanting to go to work in the morning. My co-worker treated me like a child with...

I've read Into the Wild a few times now and it inspired me to do a bit of hitch-hiking. It was great, I felt at one with things on a few occasions. Yeah society places unnecessary burdens on us, on most of us, and I reckon taking time out to find yourself and love the world again is so right. I hope...