“So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more damaging to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man's living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.”
― Christopher McCandless
― Christopher McCandless
Articles About Chris McCandless
Dying in the Wild - New York Times Original Article published about Chris McCandless Death of an Innocent Original article published by Jon Krakauer, Outside Magazine The Cult of Chris McCandless Opposing viewpoint on Mccandleuss Death, Men's Journal The Chris McCandless Obsession Problem Opposing viewpoint on McCandless Death, Outside Online Remembering Chris McCandless Twenty Years Later Huffington Post The Chris McCandless Example Response to Huffington Post Article, Alaskan Dispatch How Chris McCandless Died - The New Yorker Krakauer's updated report on causes of McCandless Death Did Jon Krakauer Finally Solve the Into the Wild Mystery? Broadcast Interview, NPR Taking Risk to It's 'Logical' Extreme New York Times. Book Review - Into the Wild Into the Wild, Roger Ebert Film Review |
Connecting Selections for Unit
Why the Teen Brain is Drawn to Risk Time Magazine The Charitable Industrial Complex New York Times Meeting the Mountains Gary Snyder Where I Lived and What I Lived For Henry David Thoreau Guaranteed Eddie Vedder, Into the Wild Soundtrack Above Pate Valley Gary Snyder Chapter 33, Dharma Burns Jack Kerouac Society Eddie Vedder, Into The Wild Soundtrack |