Christopher McCandless

it almost has an eerie feel to it.

Thats great to know Erik. I read 20 pages of the book, watched the movie, then later on watched the doco, now just finished the book. Most of the book covers certain things in the doco to rule out but its good to know that with the new book out that it debunks some stuff. It would be good if Jon don...

Hi everyone.
Since the book/movie/doco have come out, do the locals get frustrated about Chris's story.
Since they are already living there they wouldnt have the same feeling of getting away compared from big city life.
I would assume that they would be annoyed more than anything else.

After watching the movie.
Seeing how involved Emile got and the enthusiasm he had in certain scenes, they couldnt of asked for anyone better.
He was perfect for the role, do you agree/

Do you think that when anyone arrives to the bus they should clean it?
Reason i ask is if you arrive at the bus after 2 years of saving money to go and its just a big mess, you would be happy you are there but also dissapointed.
What do you think?

When i say this what i mean is, i feel Chris felt he was institutionalised with society and how people just went about a 9-5 job, not living but just getting by. Comparing it to these days where technology is taken over where kids dont play anymore, people dont send letters, people dont interact lik...

With Back to the Wild coming out and the DVD and also The Call of the Wild documentary out there, do you think Jon should update his book.
Maybe not to mention the shoulder theory, but more so the hidden wallet and also any new things mentioned in Back to the Wild?