Watched Christopher's Movie Last Night
Posted: Sun Jan 24, 2010 6:06 pm
Watched Into The Wild last night and it was a very moving story. Actually I only saw about the last 45 minutes but still enjoyed seeing it. Some of my thoughts are that yes Chris lived his adventure. I don't think his intention was to die doing his adventure. He just didn't prepare enough for his adventure. He definitely should have taken a good compass and a good map with him. These two items alone could have saved his life. He should have taken a rifle with more power such as a .270 that would have killed most anything he shot at. From his journal he said he missed shots at some game. He should have ventured out with his rifle and done some target practice. This would have been of great value to him when he needed to kill game. It would have been beneficial to have taken a book on preparing and saving game. There are so many things he could have done differently but just didn't.
By the time he was close to death he knew he didn't want to die alone in the wilderness. But from what I gather from seeing the last half of the movie and his journal notes he wanted to try and leave for survival but he was just too weak and didn't know where he needed to go. All in all it is just so sad that such a fine young man perished when he could have survived. I don't think anyone wants to leave this life all alone.
I appreciate the person or persons that created this website so others can stop by and read all that others have posted.
Gene Cross, Jr.
Boaz, Alabama
By the time he was close to death he knew he didn't want to die alone in the wilderness. But from what I gather from seeing the last half of the movie and his journal notes he wanted to try and leave for survival but he was just too weak and didn't know where he needed to go. All in all it is just so sad that such a fine young man perished when he could have survived. I don't think anyone wants to leave this life all alone.
I appreciate the person or persons that created this website so others can stop by and read all that others have posted.
Gene Cross, Jr.
Boaz, Alabama