Why didnt Chris use the map of alaska he had?

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scotsman
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Why didnt Chris use the map of alaska he had?

Postby scotsman » Sat Apr 21, 2012 2:51 pm

Hi There, i was just wondering, as someone new to chris's story...after he turned back from the river.........why didnt he use the map he had to find other ways out??.

Just something that had puzzled me, thanks in advance for all replies.

smpowers
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Re: Why didnt Chris use the map of alaska he had?

Postby smpowers » Wed May 01, 2013 5:14 am

Because the other options were worse. Take a look at a Topo map for the area. The terrain is aweful going north or south along the Tek. Steep hills covered in tussock, along with swamp. Waiting for the river level to drop would be the safest bet. Maybe a super risky float down the river would be the best. (risky without equipment, I know several folks who have made the float, and it was described as pretty serious still)

Alaska mapper has better images of the area then google, this would give a great idea of how much "nowwhere" is in that area.

http://dnr.alaska.gov/MapAK/browser?set=map&id=1490

Bre
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Re: Why didnt Chris use the map of alaska he had?

Postby Bre » Tue May 21, 2013 2:43 am

Chris didn't use a map because he wanted to do his journey with close to nothing .
If he had a map than it would have not been has much if a challenge and thats' what
chris wanted was to see how far could he set his limits.

Badnamezak
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Re: Why didnt Chris use the map of alaska he had?

Postby Badnamezak » Thu Jan 02, 2014 2:38 pm

He should have been a little more prepared if he wanted to test his limits and not use a map.

WbhsCrowe
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Re: Why didnt Chris use the map of alaska he had?

Postby WbhsCrowe » Tue Apr 01, 2014 4:54 pm

I think Chris didn't use the map because he didn't want to know where he was all he wanted to do is get away from society and he did that by getting lost in Alaska. Chris did use a map for a little while then he stopped using and that is what puzzles me. Chris did what he wanted when he wanted and i guess he stopped using the map because he didn't want to use it anymore but i don't know why for sure. So i will look into why he stopped using the map that he had by going back in the book to read and see if that tell us why he stopped using the map. This is a good question that i would like to know the answer to as well.

Husky
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Re: Why didnt Chris use the map of alaska he had?

Postby Husky » Tue Jul 03, 2018 5:07 am

The map he had was a highway road map. It didn't have much detail of the topography. But the book says the map had a red line showing the Stampede Road which Chris wanted to walk out. Any road map that showed the Stampede Road would have also shown the much larger Denali Park Road about 18 miles to the south. It is a walk up the Sushana river gravel bars which is pretty easy to ford and then up and over a 4,000 foot ridge line of mountains. It looks daunting from the locale of the bus but it is not that hard of a walk to do in 1 or 2 days. But it would have been hard for him in his starved condition.
Here we are in the years
Where the showman shifts the gears
Lives become careers
Children cry in fear
Let us out of here! Neal Young

Don't let fear stand in the way.
There's nothing to it
but to do it! Husky

Husky
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Re: Why didnt Chris use the map of alaska he had?

Postby Husky » Tue Jul 03, 2018 5:07 am

The map he had was a highway road map. It didn't have much detail of the topography. But the book says the map had a red line showing the Stampede Road which Chris wanted to walk out. Any road map that showed the Stampede Road would have also shown the much larger Denali Park Road about 18 miles to the south. It is a walk up the Sushana river gravel bars which is pretty easy to ford and then up and over a 4,000 foot ridge line of mountains. It looks daunting from the locale of the bus but it is not that hard of a walk to do in 1 or 2 days. But it would have been hard for him in his starved condition.
Here we are in the years
Where the showman shifts the gears
Lives become careers
Children cry in fear
Let us out of here! Neal Young

Don't let fear stand in the way.
There's nothing to it
but to do it! Husky


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