Christopher McCandless

Erik, you've said that Bus 142 was originally intended to be removed, but it broke an axle and had to be left behind. The other three buses WERE taken out. As for how often it was used, maybe a dozen times a year is my understanding, and then only for a couple nights at a time. Chris is the only per...

This seems to be common among baby boomers. My parents are the same way. I think that many of them put their souls into the 60s, and when the "system" won they put all their faith into the "system" because the transformation promised by radical communism never materialized. When ...

I see we got another user in here (Husky) who thinks Chris was insane. The problem with that theory is, the psychiatrists define "insane", and they tend to define every desire outside the desired outcome for the sheep as "insane", and then medicate the "insane person" w...

http://www.cbs8.com/story/17265548/missing-el-cajon-college-student-found-alive The nattering nabobs of negativity of the internet are out in force on this, as you can see. Probably the same ones who think Chris was stupid or schizophrenic, because they can't imagine why somebody would give up mater...

Clarification: The "law enforcement sighting of Matt in Indio" was apparently at a Border Patrol checkpoint. As we all know, lots of Latinos try to enter the US illegally. The Border Patrol therefore has checkpoints on secondary roads throughout the SoCal desert, and a few on the interstat...

In Matt's own words, from his hometown newspaper in Lansing, Michigan: http://www.lansingstatejournal.com/article/20120328/NEWS01/303270037/Missing-DeWitt-man-Dad-m-ready-come-home- Inspired by Chris, he drove to Slab City, then to inner-city Los Angeles. He was troubled by the contradiction he saw ...

Good news! Matt has been FOUND, he is alive and safe. Found via Google: http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/144466595.html He was sleeping in his car in the inner-ring LA suburb of Downey, reading a C.S. Lewis book when found. He also had a Bible with him. According to NBC San Diego, he told his &...

Interesting discussion on a survivalist forum: http://www.americanpreppersnetwork.net/viewtopic.php?f=119&t=21944 It seems that nearly everybody who responded has met people for who life without their electronic time wasters wouldn't be worth living. :shock: What has happened to our society, tha...

Well, as we all know, Chris had damn good reasons for cutting his folks out of his life. I don't want to judge this situation, but maybe Matt did too. Then again, most 19 year olds who go into the wild seem to have some romantic fantasy of going into the woods and dying for the sake of nature or som...

Since I posted this, a lot of people have expressed concern. I never actually tried it. I found a book called Wheat Belly by a Dr. William Davis that says that genetically modified wheat causes a "false starvation" reaction in our bodies that, if followed, results in rapid weight gain and ...