I definitely would.
One of the only two differences is that I wouldn't go to Alaska for what Chris did, I'd go somewhere else for that.
For Chris, Alaska was his destination, his big dream.
But long before I heard of him and his story, I already had found "my Alaska" - my big dream.
Of course, I really wanna go to Alaska one day, just to see it all - Fairbanks, the Stampede Trail, the Teklanika, the Magic Bus, ...
But I think everyone has to find his own destination. And it would be wrong if I would go to Alaska for my journey. I have to go to my "own" place.
The second difference is that I wouldn't break up completely with my family. I surely wouldn't phone them every day
but as the relation I have to my parents is very good, I don't want to exclude them totally of my life.
By doing this, I don't want to imitate Chris and what he did. Somehow it's strange, but I've always wanted to do exactly the same like him - and that long before I heard about him. Then, after hearing of him, his story was a confirmation for me that I have to do what I've always dreamed of.
I know that this sounds crazy and that most of you won't understand it, but I hate this life - stuck in the modern, capitalistic society. I've already cleared out my possessions and live a minimalist life by now, but, nevertheless, each time I look around in my apartment now, I keep feeling crushed by all that stuff I still have. When I see all these things that I own, it's like their weight pulls me right to the ground. And I feel very, very horrible. The materialistic way of life with all its money that doesn’t really exist, but that is just a promise, makes me feel very enraged.
So for me it’s no possibility to put it into question if I should do what Chris did or if I shouldn’t. And even if you think I’m crazy, stupid or whatever, as I know about the actual life what I know, it’s a obligation to do it.