Great video, I love being in the wild, I would love to leave society and build a log cabin in the middle of the woods. The man was a hero of mine RIP Supertramp!
CHRIS MCCANDLESS IS NO ONE TO LOOK UP TO. OR TO ADMIRE. THATS MOVIE BULLSHIT. CHRIS WAS A CONFUSED AND FUCKED UP PERSON. HE WANTED TO BE ALONE AND DIE ALONE. ITS THAT SIMPLE.
What's the difference between Chris Mccandless and Aaron Ralston? is Ralston also deserving of praise and admiration for getting himself into trouble? If not, then why? .. because he lived?
i just felt i needed to comment to a mccandless video, im crying alot right now, i just want and need to go to that bus, to that special place. call it the mccandless effect call it whatever you want to. call it shit if you want to but even you guys knows that is the real way of living, with the nature and thats also the way to die. i will do this, but the world im crossing is 10 times uglier than the one chris crossed, wish me luck
come on...you know it...you were always a coward!!!and you will always be!!!
But what i can not understand is why you dont admit it,was not your choice to live like a tree,always in your neighbourhood,sitting on your precious furniture,doing every day the same old shit?why do you think that we are your problem?you can do whatever you like,you are a free man,but still a coward,where is the problem?you are not the first,you are not the last and above all it was YOUR CHOICE!!!!
raregeezer,i told you,stay with your pro,make your virtual world better and let us,fight for a world which you never met and you ll never understand..do this as a favour to your self..and to us...every day we see so many stupid people running here and there with no purpose at all,not knowing how to live,having no ideals,why do you think that we need another one?why do you think that the world needs people with your answer?´´oh shut up ekptwtos 1979´´,why you wrote that,what bothers you inside?
I'd recommend reading the book as it fills in a few gaps not shown in the film. For instance, what happened to the Datsun car he left in the riverbed? Loads about his personal life as he grew up. The book is extremely well written as are all John Krakauer books.
there's a medical term: pain tolerance; which means, a cut hurts everyone in a different level. same goes for social issues. one may have the whole world without thinking what's the state of others; one another would give his last piece of food to someone, because simply he can't swallow it!
Chris had a low pain tolerance; which doesn't make him neither god nor weakest-link; he was a man of his way and lived accordingly. whoever calls him as moron, or ass-hole etc.... better withdraw themselves behind their thick skin and simply shut-up!
from your mam and dad,an sleep somewhere in the Alaska range,far beyond from everything!that is his success,you are left behind,saying stupid things for him,jumping like monkies inside the clubs,playing PRO and trying to find a hole to put your dick!I am sure that he looks upon you with mercy,you really must be the worst people in earth!LIVE LIKE ANIMALS AND DIE THE SAME!WHO CARES;ENOUGH!WE HAVE ALREADY SO MANY IDIOTS IN THIS WORLD!
live,with fear and hate?And if he was a stupid,didnt he die tragically in the middle of nowhere,far away from his home,with a lot of pain?A young man,24 yeras old?and you dare to call him stupid?in public?and you are the good,clever people,the brave and always correct?you should better ask your parents how they feel having you as children!If you were there you would die from the first day,unable not only to find food,you wouldnt even set your tent,if first you would find the courage to go away
´´An extremist whose home was the road,´´,that means travelling and surviving with the less!What does this mean idiots?That means a true,authentic EXPLORER,like the old times!Why did he die?i can tell you but i can not make you unterstand it!there was no river,no poison,nothing could stop him!The fucking SOCIETY killed him!Your precious,unfair system!
How could he return back?back where?to become a social employer like his father?After all these adventures would he be able to live like you
fighting you from the first second,food,shelter,direction,safety,all are there,in frond of you,problems seaking their solution,every day,again and again.
Chris did that for 2 years,passing from places wilder than europe and where he died is the middle of nowhere!!
if he was stupid like you say,if he was selfish,he would die after 2 mounths!His only mistake was that he did not carry no medicines,if he had some antibiotics his fate would be different!But he wrote in his diary
i started a journey from greece to ireland,crossing italy,france and returning from the same countries back to greece.I had 1000 euros,my car,equipment,medicines,maps e.t.c,i left my car in a village and stayed all the winter in the mountains with -20,not eating enough,sleeping in a tent and after 6 months(Septeber -March) returned back 7 kg less and i was lucky cause i had found help from the locals,otherwise i would be 15 kg less.You start losing weight from the very first day and life starts
Chris was a moron who made his loving family go through hell while looking for him. Don't understand what was the reason behind his revolt. He was a weed smoking ass-hole.
Chris was a moron who made his loving family go through hell while looking for him. Don't understand what was the reason behind his revolt. He was a plain weed smoking ass-hole.
@pablossalgado you do not get it at all. Should man live his life solely for the purpose of other people? Can that truly be called living it you are not feeling it? It would be living a lie and being miserable all the time sacrificing your life for what? No, better to live your life the way you want to and it does not matter if other people do not understand it, it is your life to live the way you please. He did not get married or have kids, it was his solo journey.
there nothing better then living free from all the bullshit we all have to put up with! i live in the forest for 3 years i had a mountain bike and gear the winter was cold but that what tents are for.as far as food i stock up and on can food and other supply he made a bad mistake burning his money. that could of set him more free into the wild!
Hey everone, i recently watched Into The Wild and was inspired to make a video response on Chris McCandless, could you please view it and comment as it is my first video and i would like people who were also touched by Chris's story to give me feedback...
I personally found the movie very sad because he had so much determination and really believed he could live off the land and with nature, but he ended up dying after 2 years. But Chris has made me view the world in a totay different way...
Wonder y they didn't have the creek at 1:05 in the ending scene of the movie as they pan away. I know they filmed the bus scene somewhere else but still
i truly respect chris and he and i are a lot a like i spent 5 years hitchhiking canada and have spent 3 months in the wild aka no mans land ultimate freedom i made some travel videos check em out on my page
The distress note below was purposely not part of the movie.
Attention possible visitors. "S.O.S. I need your help. I am injured, near death, and too weak too hike out of here. I am all alone, this is no joke. In the name of God, please remain to save me. I am out collecting berries close by and shall return this evening. Thank you, Chris McCandless. August ?"
He screwed up and in the end no longer though of himself as the free-spirit Alex Supertramp.
The distress note below was purposely not part of the movie.
Attention possible visitors. "S.O.S. I need your help. I am injured, near death, and too weak too hike out of here. I am all alone, this is no joke. In the name of God, please remain to save me. I am out collecting berries close by and shall return this evening. Thank you, Chris McCandless. August ?"
He screwed up and in the end no longer though of himself as the free-spirit Alex Supertramp.
I think the main point is ,here is a young guy who travelled for nearly 2 years , on the bare essentials , a real achievement, not only that he never wained in the free spirit that pushed him from day one , never turned his back on his goal and prinicpals.
He visited people and places and reminded us there is an alternative route in life .People he met,never forgot Chris , he was a breath of fresh air in a world filled with negativity and put downs, he didin't want fame or praise , just hope
So, this bloke goes to live in the wild, with absolutely no survival skills whatsoever.
He then dies. Is anybody actaully surprised by this?
And those who look up to him as some kind of pioneer, you need your head examined. As McCandless probably needed his head examining. He was selfish, left behind a family who will have missed him deeply.
The bloke is a complete and utter twat. And probably a closet socialist, judging by his contempt for Capitalism and society.
i dont understand how someone can be looked at as an amazing person for doing something so dumb. yeah i know its abot going off the grid, and living as a free spirt, but part of living as a free sprit is being alive. its very tragic.
Me and my friend going into the wild in year 2011. We live in flinland. Idea is going up to the north Trough all danger what can come. Im learning good things trough books i read. Hope i see and feel this life how it should be in nature. Life what people live is just illusion. I feel like im living in cage.. This world is like a cage. people are like slaves, like a robots from begining who lives in block of flats and doing work. Media and goverment lie all the time. Just realise it and get free!
@gloingloinoi Not true, that was in the movie and book. Both of the plants they mentioned are not even poisonous. Peanuts probably contain more poison. Also later theories of fungi were also debunked when tests indicated that lethal fungi are unlikely to grow on those seeds. The Autopsy indicated that he probably starved to death. His BMI reached below 13 kg/m2 which is considered fatal. He was 83 pounds when he died. He began losing weight the moment he arrived there. Hollywood = B.S.
@ekptwtos1979 he is a hero for me too but i think ppl take life as an assault to themselves and end up like this c'mon live life like an warrior take it in your stride and so when your old at least you know your side of story to live with .
this guy was a wanker! Come on now, he starves himself to death which he didn't intend to do(going from his journals) while just being 20 miles off a highway at the height of summer, lol. Just another rich kid who thought the world fucked him over...I feel for his sister and parents and once you look at the story through their eyes you'll see what I mean. You want to watch/read a great story about bravery through the beauty of nature? read Touching the Void.
@guydwy Its in a forest in alaska you retard.. He Couldnt get cross a river because it rained loads in THE WINTER not the summer and ate a plant that swells your throat so he'd rather die of starvation then die choking
@pkwildynob LOL it rains loads in the winter in Alaska? You're the tard and there is no direct proof of any plant he ate. All he had to do was follow the fucking river, it goes to the coast and there are people on the coast.
I believe Chris died of starvation and not poison seeds etc. If you look at this self made photos you will see he is slimming down in each one. He didnt have any real fat supply on his body when he arrvied there as well. Rabbit starvation is a term that means lean almost totally fat free meat for a diet, people can eat up to 10-15 pounds a day of rabbit meat and still have inadequate vitamins and nutrition. SurvivorMan (Les Stroud a hero of mine) said the the key is to eat the eatible organ
@BRUCESYLVIA99 contiued--- If ones eats the brain and heart and liver and cleans the intestines and boils it all with the bones(I believe this is right) that you can get what you need to go on. Starvation is said to be a peaceful death once you have reached a certain point and the pain is past. Chris made a bold choice and it cost him his life, I think he loved life, the life that he seeked that is. I find the whole story fasinating!! God Bless You Chris.
Correct, there was no trace of poison berries in his system. He died because he was a moron and went into the wild totally unprepared, but I guess the filmmakers realized how pathetic his actual death was, so they spiced it up with the poison berry angle.
@crhood2166 Well the author theorized that poison idea in the book. He was smart to graduate college in the top of his class and he had two years on the road to learn how to survive. He was a moron in the sense he underestimated the wild and how it has sucked in the best of the best and they died through out time. I also believe he shot or scared off most of the food supply around his camp and then had not the energy etc. to move on.
He was not a hero, he was just crazy ... Everyone can go in the woods and just die, thats the easy part. True hero are those who actually live in the wild and dont just survive but live. There are more people than you can think that are doing this, but there will never be a movie on their life cause they dont wait to die in the middle of nowhere. McCandless got the guts, but not the knowledge.
@stefihuntalova mehe get ur facts right ?? those people u mean did go their with money with stuff they finished eferythign chris did go without anything
No, actually there are really people doing this with not much equipment just like McCandless. Just for example I know a guy preparing 1 year in Siberia from summer 2011 to 2012. You probably live in a big city and you know city people. G out more and you will discover incredible people !
No, actually there are really people doing this with not much equipment just like McCandless. Just for example I know a guy preparing 1 year in Siberia from summer 2011 to 2012. You probably live in a big city and you know city people. G out more and you will discover incredible people !
@stefihuntalova lol sure ... say it again get ur facts right i dont live in a big city my brother backpagged to or however that is called in english no stuff still diffrent chris did so now stfu with ur new comebacks
Come on, you are 13 years old and fav youtube video of video game haha . How am I supose to believe you know survival ... maybe you fell in love with the movie and want to defend this guy ? But real life is not a movie and there are people doing this and coming back to civilisation ALIVE haha. Chris McCandless is not the only and first person to ever try this ( and die from a lack of skills and knowledge !).
@stefihuntalova 13? i dunno how u know that im 16 :D and beside okay a survival human cant play games ? okay ur smart im not well ectualy im smart and ur a dumb dipshit but else u keep comming so shhh
@stefihuntalova No, he died of beeing unlucky. As one other said in another of these vids, that even a botanist can have made that mistake. If he haven't eaten those berries he wouldn't have been ill and the story would have have played out otherwise.
Now, Chris took this to a whole new level. He lived his life out in the wildernes. Other people returning haven't lived this dream fulfilled, only a short while. But Chris McCandless, he died when living the truth...
He would probably had returned within the next year ... he has no knowledge to live a long term wilderness life. To the native american born and raised in the true wilderness years ago it was a curse to have to live alone, it was extremly difficult, even for them who nature has no secret.
@stefihuntalova Agreed. I have no problem with Chris's ideals and philosophy, even though a bit cliche. What bothers me is that his "gear" consisted of little more than a pocket knife, a .22 and some spirit. Slow starvation is a horrifying death that makes cancer look like the flu. Unlike the film, you don't drift off triumphantly into the abyss while a cool soundtrack plays in the background. If these naive wannabe's could see how Chris REALLY died, I bet they'd have some major reservations.
I was shocked when I saw the movie, since I almost thought I was one of the few who really believed in this. It's so amazing how one man can change the life of so many people so radically. It should be obligatory to watch this movie in schools nowerdays. A movie based more based on real philosophy and truth will probably never be made. A man, so brave to do this, changed the life of so many.
@toby099 There is just a small number of photos of Chris McCandless, so of course there is Emile on the photos....but he is playing Chris McCandless in the movie so its kind of logical.
I love the music, I love the movie, I love the real Chris McCendless, I love Emile Hirsch who plays Chris McCendless, I love Sean Penn to made this movie, I love the movie's message... But I'd like to know the song's title... I only know it's from Eddie Veddler...
He had the right idea, shoulda took a good dog with him, shoulda lived with a real old timer to learn some Alaska survival skills first. You only fuck-up once....... in AK
Chris' life left a lasting impact on mine at least I know I'm not the only one who has felt that way, he truly understood the beauty and serenity of life and he "reached out and grabed it" . No I'm not a hippie just a carolina country boy, but you have to admire his determination, And to his family Chris' short life made more of an impact on people's life than it would ever had in a corporate office, And to Chris may you rest in peace your life made an ever lasting impression on me,THANK YOU :)
I agree, it's the same the world over and I'm here in Ireland. I just finished reading the book. It should be made compulsory reading. He was an incredible human being.
@kenlovesdes Excellent post, I totally agree... I am not a hippie either - just a country gal from Oklahoma. May Chris RIP and the impact he had on others last forever.
And about nature. We´re more "disrespectfull" when we jump in our car and drive to the shop 1 km away. When we stand in the shower for an hour every day. When we chop down everything we find. When we kill eachother etcetc.... PROPORTIONS people
How can he be disrespectful to the ones that "loves" him when they have pushed him away? And hurted him to the limit that he actually leaves because of it.... his actions are only a symptom of todays sick society. Build upon lies, blood and competition. He´s was not disrespectful, he was sick of it. So what he died? Why the fuss? Millions after millions have died in our wars, and the poverty is spreading trough the world while the rich gets richer. Time to set things in proportion.
Seen the movie and was deedly impressed with the movie. Checked the story on internet. But one thing i simply dont understand is why he never took survival classed before taking off.
having seen this film several times with mates came to the conclusion that like many folk of chris age was a sense of adventure which is innate in all of us.the quest in finding ones self for a purpose and meaning to our exsistece .arrogance no, slightly foolhardy yes!maturity comes with experence and age.unfortunatly for him he never develpoped much beyond his youth.if he were alive today and could tell his tale im sure like his final hrs he would have beleved this.r.i.p chris
I wonder if all the people who think this kid a hero would still feel that way if he was (1)not poisoned by a plant or seeds . Pathologist and horticulturists ruled it out. (2)in possession of a map, i.d. and $300, thus losing the purity aspect of finding a blank spot on the earth(3)left an S.O.S. note on the bus door , pleading for anybody who may happen by while he was foraging for food to please stay to save him..... signed Chris McCandless...... no more Supertramp, just a scared young boy.
First off, i don't think people generally regard him as a "hero" per se, but rather admire him for what he represented, which was a man who loved and appreciated nature. Second, what does your statement number #2 even mean? ruled what out? Being poisoned? Overall, I think you're just trying to play devil's advocate which is fine in some instances but not merely to discredit somebody who just like any other person, had his faults, (which are clearly shown in the film) but represents great ideals.
O.K. theronster42, actually most of the comments here are very reasonable. A lot of McCandless` legions believe that he died because of eating poison plants but plant experts have searched it out and failed to find poison plants. He simply starved. They also believe that he died without i.d. or money or a map and that was not true either. The movie left these things out to make him seem more of a pure idealist who got a bad break rather than the stubborn, foolhardy and arrogant kid that he was.
I've read the book, I've watched the movie, I've read the original article. There is more information out there that I haven't seen yet, but I think I have a fairly good idea of who he was and what he did. You called him a "stubborn, foolhardy, and arrogant kid". Stubborn, I'll give you that. Foolhardy, that's a matter of opinion. Arrogant- please explain that.
O.K. canadienmaple09, if this was not suicide by nature, you have to admit that his planning was foolhardy. He did not build a shelter , he borrowed one. He never learned how to fish. He did not know how to preserve the game that he did shoot and he would not seek out this information from people that lived there. He was warned by many , right up to the guy who dropped him off. To not heed these warnings was arrogant and foolhardy. i will add disrespectful of nature and to those who loved him.
The way I interpret it is that his principles got in the way of practicality. I don't believe he was intentionally foolhardy or that he consciously disregarded the advice of those who offered it. He was set on his mission based on his principles and reason couldn't interfere with that. I agree, he was fucked up and the whole thing was crazy, but I don't think he is entirely to blame for it. I find his drive to achieve his morals admirable.
He do that just to find him self because of the focking society and rools that all of us must agree. Dont you focking see that we are manipulated and controled by the elite? democracy is a focking lie, every day they "say" to you what to do and when to do. Chris was an introverted person. He realy feel the things. We dont focking care if he was prepared or not. He found him self and he died happy. Just see the movie, learn something and open your eyes. Thank you Chris. R.I.P - Respect!
Honestly, I don't know what you are saying. What is "esclavist"? I can't think of any words that resemble that. I also have no idea what you mean by "mind wachers". Who is watching our minds? How do you know they are watching our minds? It sounds to me like you've got a lot of far-fetched conspiracy theories circulating in your head.
no he wasnt ignorant and this guy its the bravest guy i know to survive in alaskan wilderness without any electronic device. and manage to survive west by walking and hitchike state to state. theres freedom in each one of us and society its not something for me and im hunter my self and i still used electronic device incase i got stranded. and if you really want something in life reach out and grab it dont give up no matter how hard it is
Oh so u knew Chris Mccandless huh? Right...I'll say it again,Chris was as IGNORANT as Timothy Treadwell.........He had no buisiness trekking out into the Alaskan wilderness unprepared and with no supplies to keep himself alive. Living alone and getting away from society is one thing,education is another.
I'm completely with Hawkins on this. McCandless is moron. To die for a 'cause' can be noble and respectable. Dying because you're a moron carries nothing with it but the everlasting stigma of idiocy.
Yes cause its completely impossible that his excat purpose was to be as unprepared as possible...? sorry but think you guys completely missed the point of the movie. it's not about beeing a moron, nor beeing noble or a hero.
??What the hell are u talking about? We are simply saying Chris had not researched what it would take to survive in the Alaskan bush.Whether he prepared or not,his demise proved that he was ignorant/and or not prepared as how to survive in the harsh Alaskan environment.Now u can believe Hollywoods depiction of Chris as a Martyr, but just ask any ALASKAN what they think about Chris!
Dudes if you read the book...you will see the most of the inspiration SUPERTRAMP had was from JACK LONDON a writer who was fascinated with NATURE and that his books produce a great adventure within the NATURE but all his books were fictious. Probably McCandless wanted to live the life that LONDON wanted to have in real life or he was inspired for all the troubled life he had against society.
While I respect what he was trying to do you just go that unprepared into where he went. If want to read about a guy who did it right read about Dick Proenneke.
The debate about how Chris died kinda misses the point of this story IMO. The wonderful thing about this story is that Chris died while he was still alive and was reborn so to speak. Most humans travel through life in a slumber not able to recognise or experience the wonder of this beautiful world that we inhabit. Chris's story has reached millions by now. How many lives has he been able to touched through some small mistakes and unforseen circumstances.
to an extent, but I do not agree with that completely. I feel that he knew what he needed. I am a firm believer that the potato killed him, and if that is in fact what it was, scientists did not even realize that it was toxic during a certan time of year
Thats your opinion,plenty of support though that is in agreement that he was in advanced stages of malnutrition when he passed.His last photo shows him looking very thin and weak looking.Regardless of him eating a poison potatoe,bad seeds or whatever, he was ill prepared and without adiquate supplies to attempt to live in the Alaskan outback for any length of time.
People tribute Chris because his story is inspirational to many. The fact that he had no desire for the worldy possession we all prize doen't make him arrogant. Different, yes, but not arrogant not different in a bad way. He didn't listen to people because he knew what he wanted and others didn't understand why. He didn't have to justify what he did. Some people aspire to be doctors, some want to be social workers, Chris wanted to be one with nature, and that's what he was and is.
the fact that he died in the wild is the only reason of his popularity, but otherwise is it such a wonderful story of searching own identity and the ultimate experience.
Now he doesn't got a profit of his story, but we do!
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why would anyone tribute this guy. he was arrogant and didn't listen to anyones advice. he was not the first person to try this sort of thing in alaska and get killed.
SO what if he didn't listen to anyones advice. That doesn't mean anything, other than he wasn't scared and no one is really worth listening too. SOunds like you are jealous of his bravery and the popularity he has received in death from it. You are not the first person to insult someone they are jealous of either. Thats how I know what you are really saying by your comment.
Anyone who has spent time in the "wild" will acknowledge that a lapse in judgement at the wrong time can easily cost you your life. If you judge Chris too harshly on this basis you are only fooling yourself. I wish Chris were still here as he had a great deal still to offer the world. His presence, I am sure is missed by many. I think he probably smiles down on all of us and the "tempest in a teapot" controversy with the his good kind nature and hopes we come away with more.
is 0:13 a RL picture?
anUHkins 1 hour ago
emile hirsch is so ugly
OrlaithMcC 2 weeks ago
Great video, I love being in the wild, I would love to leave society and build a log cabin in the middle of the woods. The man was a hero of mine RIP Supertramp!
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CHRIS MCCANDLESS IS NO ONE TO LOOK UP TO. OR TO ADMIRE. THATS MOVIE BULLSHIT. CHRIS WAS A CONFUSED AND FUCKED UP PERSON. HE WANTED TO BE ALONE AND DIE ALONE. ITS THAT SIMPLE.
spaceghost30082 1 month ago
my tribute to chris is a cover of guaranteed by eddie vedder from Into the Wild. it's on my profile if u feel so inclined
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THUMBS UP for a life truly LIVED, not spent loving money/themselves!
(also please check out my Christ-inspired poetry channel!) :)
VeryFreeBird 3 months ago
Half of these aren't even Chris, they are the actor that play Chris.
flea33333 4 months ago
What a cult member "he didn't even find the Living God in his life for which he was created." Go piss up a rope!
TheJabberwock 6 months ago
What's the difference between Chris Mccandless and Aaron Ralston? is Ralston also deserving of praise and admiration for getting himself into trouble? If not, then why? .. because he lived?
avq5 7 months ago
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avq5 7 months ago
i just felt i needed to comment to a mccandless video, im crying alot right now, i just want and need to go to that bus, to that special place. call it the mccandless effect call it whatever you want to. call it shit if you want to but even you guys knows that is the real way of living, with the nature and thats also the way to die. i will do this, but the world im crossing is 10 times uglier than the one chris crossed, wish me luck
fellerredseller 7 months ago
<3 RIP chris. your family DID see. <3 you accomplished a change. i love you chris mccandless
ThatOneSarahGirl 8 months ago
come on...you know it...you were always a coward!!!and you will always be!!!
But what i can not understand is why you dont admit it,was not your choice to live like a tree,always in your neighbourhood,sitting on your precious furniture,doing every day the same old shit?why do you think that we are your problem?you can do whatever you like,you are a free man,but still a coward,where is the problem?you are not the first,you are not the last and above all it was YOUR CHOICE!!!!
ekptwtos1979 8 months ago
raregeezer,i told you,stay with your pro,make your virtual world better and let us,fight for a world which you never met and you ll never understand..do this as a favour to your self..and to us...every day we see so many stupid people running here and there with no purpose at all,not knowing how to live,having no ideals,why do you think that we need another one?why do you think that the world needs people with your answer?´´oh shut up ekptwtos 1979´´,why you wrote that,what bothers you inside?
ekptwtos1979 8 months ago
oh shut up ekptwtos1979!
raregeezer 8 months ago
I'd recommend reading the book as it fills in a few gaps not shown in the film. For instance, what happened to the Datsun car he left in the riverbed? Loads about his personal life as he grew up. The book is extremely well written as are all John Krakauer books.
mollyisagooddog 8 months ago
there's a medical term: pain tolerance; which means, a cut hurts everyone in a different level. same goes for social issues. one may have the whole world without thinking what's the state of others; one another would give his last piece of food to someone, because simply he can't swallow it!
butimar68 9 months ago
Chris had a low pain tolerance; which doesn't make him neither god nor weakest-link; he was a man of his way and lived accordingly. whoever calls him as moron, or ass-hole etc.... better withdraw themselves behind their thick skin and simply shut-up!
butimar68 9 months ago
from your mam and dad,an sleep somewhere in the Alaska range,far beyond from everything!that is his success,you are left behind,saying stupid things for him,jumping like monkies inside the clubs,playing PRO and trying to find a hole to put your dick!I am sure that he looks upon you with mercy,you really must be the worst people in earth!LIVE LIKE ANIMALS AND DIE THE SAME!WHO CARES;ENOUGH!WE HAVE ALREADY SO MANY IDIOTS IN THIS WORLD!
ekptwtos1979 9 months ago
live,with fear and hate?And if he was a stupid,didnt he die tragically in the middle of nowhere,far away from his home,with a lot of pain?A young man,24 yeras old?and you dare to call him stupid?in public?and you are the good,clever people,the brave and always correct?you should better ask your parents how they feel having you as children!If you were there you would die from the first day,unable not only to find food,you wouldnt even set your tent,if first you would find the courage to go away
ekptwtos1979 9 months ago
´´An extremist whose home was the road,´´,that means travelling and surviving with the less!What does this mean idiots?That means a true,authentic EXPLORER,like the old times!Why did he die?i can tell you but i can not make you unterstand it!there was no river,no poison,nothing could stop him!The fucking SOCIETY killed him!Your precious,unfair system!
How could he return back?back where?to become a social employer like his father?After all these adventures would he be able to live like you
ekptwtos1979 9 months ago
fighting you from the first second,food,shelter,direction,safety,all are there,in frond of you,problems seaking their solution,every day,again and again.
Chris did that for 2 years,passing from places wilder than europe and where he died is the middle of nowhere!!
if he was stupid like you say,if he was selfish,he would die after 2 mounths!His only mistake was that he did not carry no medicines,if he had some antibiotics his fate would be different!But he wrote in his diary
ekptwtos1979 9 months ago
i started a journey from greece to ireland,crossing italy,france and returning from the same countries back to greece.I had 1000 euros,my car,equipment,medicines,maps e.t.c,i left my car in a village and stayed all the winter in the mountains with -20,not eating enough,sleeping in a tent and after 6 months(Septeber -March) returned back 7 kg less and i was lucky cause i had found help from the locals,otherwise i would be 15 kg less.You start losing weight from the very first day and life starts
ekptwtos1979 9 months ago
It might have come to an early ending but that would have been one hell of a life!
johnplayersstandard 10 months ago
thank you for being my inspiration! Christ Maccandless! :)
Rest In Peace.
poob4633 10 months ago
im going there before humans change it for a walmart
fellerredseller 10 months ago
can really relate to his story, his life choices!
kron599 10 months ago
Titre musique ?!
Metalatraction 10 months ago
Chris McCandless
1960-1992
he died alive
um pretty sure thats impossible eh..
kkkaaattteeee 10 months ago 5
i bet he got his asshole ripped by a grizzle.
burkdogg21 10 months ago
Chingas a tu madre Pablo!!!!!, con todo respeto.
galonu 11 months ago
Chingas a tu madre Pablo!!!!!!!!!
galonu 11 months ago
Chris was a moron who made his loving family go through hell while looking for him. Don't understand what was the reason behind his revolt. He was a weed smoking ass-hole.
pablossalgado 11 months ago
@pablossalgado Chris was'nt the only moron;Just rented "127 hours". Aron Ralston was too bright either;at least he made it.
recoverfromhydro 10 months ago
Chris was a moron who made his loving family go through hell while looking for him. Don't understand what was the reason behind his revolt. He was a plain weed smoking ass-hole.
pablossalgado 11 months ago
@pablossalgado you do not get it at all. Should man live his life solely for the purpose of other people? Can that truly be called living it you are not feeling it? It would be living a lie and being miserable all the time sacrificing your life for what? No, better to live your life the way you want to and it does not matter if other people do not understand it, it is your life to live the way you please. He did not get married or have kids, it was his solo journey.
kimmyrabb 11 months ago
there nothing better then living free from all the bullshit we all have to put up with! i live in the forest for 3 years i had a mountain bike and gear the winter was cold but that what tents are for.as far as food i stock up and on can food and other supply he made a bad mistake burning his money. that could of set him more free into the wild!
woodypolino 11 months ago
Happy birthday Chris <3
KISSMEMYFOOL69 11 months ago
Hey everone, i recently watched Into The Wild and was inspired to make a video response on Chris McCandless, could you please view it and comment as it is my first video and i would like people who were also touched by Chris's story to give me feedback...
I personally found the movie very sad because he had so much determination and really believed he could live off the land and with nature, but he ended up dying after 2 years. But Chris has made me view the world in a totay different way...
17Ruth94 11 months ago
Wonder y they didn't have the creek at 1:05 in the ending scene of the movie as they pan away. I know they filmed the bus scene somewhere else but still
onelessreason2 1 year ago
RIP man i did the same thing u did!
woodypolino 1 year ago
@woodypolino i drink beer the way he lived his life in the wild
MijitoPorQue 11 months ago
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i truly respect chris and he and i are a lot a like i spent 5 years hitchhiking canada and have spent 3 months in the wild aka no mans land ultimate freedom i made some travel videos check em out on my page
theenaturechild01 1 year ago
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The distress note below was purposely not part of the movie.
Attention possible visitors. "S.O.S. I need your help. I am injured, near death, and too weak too hike out of here. I am all alone, this is no joke. In the name of God, please remain to save me. I am out collecting berries close by and shall return this evening. Thank you, Chris McCandless. August ?"
He screwed up and in the end no longer though of himself as the free-spirit Alex Supertramp.
Movie romantic, reality not.
ALLinALLgood 1 year ago
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The distress note below was purposely not part of the movie.
Attention possible visitors. "S.O.S. I need your help. I am injured, near death, and too weak too hike out of here. I am all alone, this is no joke. In the name of God, please remain to save me. I am out collecting berries close by and shall return this evening. Thank you, Chris McCandless. August ?"
He screwed up and in the end no longer though of himself as the free-spirit Alex Supertramp.
Movie romantic, reality not.
ALLinALLgood 1 year ago
Perfect movie!
SpeakerSett 1 year ago
I think the main point is ,here is a young guy who travelled for nearly 2 years , on the bare essentials , a real achievement, not only that he never wained in the free spirit that pushed him from day one , never turned his back on his goal and prinicpals.
He visited people and places and reminded us there is an alternative route in life .People he met,never forgot Chris , he was a breath of fresh air in a world filled with negativity and put downs, he didin't want fame or praise , just hope
jayuk1973london 1 year ago
So, this bloke goes to live in the wild, with absolutely no survival skills whatsoever.
He then dies. Is anybody actaully surprised by this?
And those who look up to him as some kind of pioneer, you need your head examined. As McCandless probably needed his head examining. He was selfish, left behind a family who will have missed him deeply.
The bloke is a complete and utter twat. And probably a closet socialist, judging by his contempt for Capitalism and society.
AngloSaxon1921 1 year ago
@AngloSaxon1921 well said
burkdogg12 1 year ago
God bless Chris, God bless you all. I hope we all get the determination to do what he did: to live.
SirNikro 1 year ago
I hope everyone receives the answer to his simple prayer of blessing.
GOD DOES LOVE EVERYONE AND UNDERSTANDS OUR HEART
WANTS FREEDOM. ITS FROM JESUS!
LOVETHELORD144000 1 year ago
i dont understand how someone can be looked at as an amazing person for doing something so dumb. yeah i know its abot going off the grid, and living as a free spirt, but part of living as a free sprit is being alive. its very tragic.
burkdogg12 1 year ago
if we admit that human life can be ruled by reason, then all possibility of life is destroyed.
spazman13579 1 year ago
Does anybody else spot the irony of somebody dying of starvation in the obese capital of the world?
AngloSaxon1921 1 year ago
Me and my friend going into the wild in year 2011. We live in flinland. Idea is going up to the north Trough all danger what can come. Im learning good things trough books i read. Hope i see and feel this life how it should be in nature. Life what people live is just illusion. I feel like im living in cage.. This world is like a cage. people are like slaves, like a robots from begining who lives in block of flats and doing work. Media and goverment lie all the time. Just realise it and get free!
kebabmaxdu 1 year ago 2
How did he die?
Kodahroxmysox 1 year ago
@Kodahroxmysox most likely starvation
platter1000 1 year ago
@Kodahroxmysox
poisened, wrong plant or berry can't remember
gloingloinoi 1 year ago
@gloingloinoi Not true, that was in the movie and book. Both of the plants they mentioned are not even poisonous. Peanuts probably contain more poison. Also later theories of fungi were also debunked when tests indicated that lethal fungi are unlikely to grow on those seeds. The Autopsy indicated that he probably starved to death. His BMI reached below 13 kg/m2 which is considered fatal. He was 83 pounds when he died. He began losing weight the moment he arrived there. Hollywood = B.S.
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burkdogg12 1 year ago
has anybody else noticed that these are pictures of Emile Hirsch, NOT Chris McCandless?
thewho97 1 year ago
I thing you guys should read this for a more complete picture of Chris' stay in the bus:
tifilms.com/wild/call_debunked.htm
kearress 1 year ago
'A real tribute to Chris would be to forget about your computer for a month and to go for a wander.'
NettoStyle 1 year ago 18
he wanted to escape,to somewhere else...that´s why he stayed there and passed all this pain,to transform everything around him!!!
His story is a will for all of us..
I know why people write bad words for him..
why should someone write these stupid things when he sits safely to his home,making an ordinary work,living an empty life?
the answer is simple,even for the stupids!
COWARDICE!
may god forgive your souls,cause in this world you re the evil..
YOU ARE A CHOLERA!
CHRIS WE WONT FORGET!
ekptwtos1979 1 year ago
@ekptwtos1979 he is a hero for me too but i think ppl take life as an assault to themselves and end up like this c'mon live life like an warrior take it in your stride and so when your old at least you know your side of story to live with .
ajay4uind 1 year ago
@ekptwtos1979 wow.... you need to get your head looked at:)
MRDURRUS 1 year ago
many people went to the wild,for vacation,that´s why they returned back..
chris left a whole life behind and i am sure he knew what was coming,he was smart enough to unterstand all the dangers..
what he was seaking was a transformation for his soul and spirit,to become something higher in this life..
common people can not unterstand this..
he knew that life is just moments,full with pain but also beauty,this is what matters,THE BEAUTY!!
I dont believe that nature killed him
ekptwtos1979 1 year ago
this guy was a wanker! Come on now, he starves himself to death which he didn't intend to do(going from his journals) while just being 20 miles off a highway at the height of summer, lol. Just another rich kid who thought the world fucked him over...I feel for his sister and parents and once you look at the story through their eyes you'll see what I mean. You want to watch/read a great story about bravery through the beauty of nature? read Touching the Void.
guydwy 1 year ago
@guydwy 20 miles may as well have been an ocean when you're dying of starvation.
Neithie 1 year ago
@guydwy Its in a forest in alaska you retard.. He Couldnt get cross a river because it rained loads in THE WINTER not the summer and ate a plant that swells your throat so he'd rather die of starvation then die choking
pkwildynob 1 year ago
@pkwildynob LOL it rains loads in the winter in Alaska? You're the tard and there is no direct proof of any plant he ate. All he had to do was follow the fucking river, it goes to the coast and there are people on the coast.
guydwy 1 year ago
Wall of comments xD anyways wanted to say "he died alive" nicely said bro :)
jovanb1 1 year ago
I believe Chris died of starvation and not poison seeds etc. If you look at this self made photos you will see he is slimming down in each one. He didnt have any real fat supply on his body when he arrvied there as well. Rabbit starvation is a term that means lean almost totally fat free meat for a diet, people can eat up to 10-15 pounds a day of rabbit meat and still have inadequate vitamins and nutrition. SurvivorMan (Les Stroud a hero of mine) said the the key is to eat the eatible organ
BRUCESYLVIA99 1 year ago
@BRUCESYLVIA99 contiued--- If ones eats the brain and heart and liver and cleans the intestines and boils it all with the bones(I believe this is right) that you can get what you need to go on. Starvation is said to be a peaceful death once you have reached a certain point and the pain is past. Chris made a bold choice and it cost him his life, I think he loved life, the life that he seeked that is. I find the whole story fasinating!! God Bless You Chris.
BRUCESYLVIA99 1 year ago
@BRUCESYLVIA99
Correct, there was no trace of poison berries in his system. He died because he was a moron and went into the wild totally unprepared, but I guess the filmmakers realized how pathetic his actual death was, so they spiced it up with the poison berry angle.
crhood2166 1 year ago
@crhood2166 Well the author theorized that poison idea in the book. He was smart to graduate college in the top of his class and he had two years on the road to learn how to survive. He was a moron in the sense he underestimated the wild and how it has sucked in the best of the best and they died through out time. I also believe he shot or scared off most of the food supply around his camp and then had not the energy etc. to move on.
BRUCESYLVIA99 1 year ago
He was not a hero, he was just crazy ... Everyone can go in the woods and just die, thats the easy part. True hero are those who actually live in the wild and dont just survive but live. There are more people than you can think that are doing this, but there will never be a movie on their life cause they dont wait to die in the middle of nowhere. McCandless got the guts, but not the knowledge.
stefihuntalova 1 year ago 2
@stefihuntalova mehe get ur facts right ?? those people u mean did go their with money with stuff they finished eferythign chris did go without anything
reddeadorgins 1 year ago
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stefihuntalova 1 year ago
@reddeadorgins
No, actually there are really people doing this with not much equipment just like McCandless. Just for example I know a guy preparing 1 year in Siberia from summer 2011 to 2012. You probably live in a big city and you know city people. G out more and you will discover incredible people !
stefihuntalova 1 year ago 2
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@reddeadorgins
No, actually there are really people doing this with not much equipment just like McCandless. Just for example I know a guy preparing 1 year in Siberia from summer 2011 to 2012. You probably live in a big city and you know city people. G out more and you will discover incredible people !
stefihuntalova 1 year ago
@stefihuntalova lol sure ... say it again get ur facts right i dont live in a big city my brother backpagged to or however that is called in english no stuff still diffrent chris did so now stfu with ur new comebacks
reddeadorgins 1 year ago
@reddeadorgins
Come on, you are 13 years old and fav youtube video of video game haha . How am I supose to believe you know survival ... maybe you fell in love with the movie and want to defend this guy ? But real life is not a movie and there are people doing this and coming back to civilisation ALIVE haha. Chris McCandless is not the only and first person to ever try this ( and die from a lack of skills and knowledge !).
stefihuntalova 1 year ago
@stefihuntalova 13? i dunno how u know that im 16 :D and beside okay a survival human cant play games ? okay ur smart im not well ectualy im smart and ur a dumb dipshit but else u keep comming so shhh
reddeadorgins 1 year ago
@reddeadorgins
Calm down noob, a comment like this dont make you look that smart man.
Firm04 1 year ago
@stefihuntalova No, he died of beeing unlucky. As one other said in another of these vids, that even a botanist can have made that mistake. If he haven't eaten those berries he wouldn't have been ill and the story would have have played out otherwise.
Now, Chris took this to a whole new level. He lived his life out in the wildernes. Other people returning haven't lived this dream fulfilled, only a short while. But Chris McCandless, he died when living the truth...
MrUnkner 1 year ago
@MrUnkner
He would probably had returned within the next year ... he has no knowledge to live a long term wilderness life. To the native american born and raised in the true wilderness years ago it was a curse to have to live alone, it was extremly difficult, even for them who nature has no secret.
stefihuntalova 1 year ago
@stefihuntalova Agreed. I have no problem with Chris's ideals and philosophy, even though a bit cliche. What bothers me is that his "gear" consisted of little more than a pocket knife, a .22 and some spirit. Slow starvation is a horrifying death that makes cancer look like the flu. Unlike the film, you don't drift off triumphantly into the abyss while a cool soundtrack plays in the background. If these naive wannabe's could see how Chris REALLY died, I bet they'd have some major reservations.
ritter89 1 year ago
This film wet my eyes
ashishsawawnt26 1 year ago
love that movie, really, i cryed when i saw him, twice.
11amber1996 1 year ago
"Rather than love, than money, than faith, than fame, than fairness... give me truth."
[Henry David Thoreau]
animusatjasa 1 year ago
@animusatjasa that is a modified version made by chris not henry thoreau :p
rvolutionpt 1 year ago
@rvolutionpt ok, than i will change the name. so what is the real one that thoreau wrote? + thanks for warning
animusatjasa 1 year ago
@animusatjasa "Rather than love, than money, than fame, give me truth." - this one is the original henry thoreau quote
rvolutionpt 1 year ago
@rvolutionpt thanks.
animusatjasa 1 year ago
I was shocked when I saw the movie, since I almost thought I was one of the few who really believed in this. It's so amazing how one man can change the life of so many people so radically. It should be obligatory to watch this movie in schools nowerdays. A movie based more based on real philosophy and truth will probably never be made. A man, so brave to do this, changed the life of so many.
Thank you Chris for letting people know truth.
MrUnkner 1 year ago
More like a tribute to Emile Hirsch
toby099 1 year ago
@toby099 lol
redblooded35 1 year ago
@toby099 There is just a small number of photos of Chris McCandless, so of course there is Emile on the photos....but he is playing Chris McCandless in the movie so its kind of logical.
animusatjasa 1 year ago
mc~CAN~dless
Kirilltraceur 1 year ago
I love the music, I love the movie, I love the real Chris McCendless, I love Emile Hirsch who plays Chris McCendless, I love Sean Penn to made this movie, I love the movie's message... But I'd like to know the song's title... I only know it's from Eddie Veddler...
GingerK999 1 year ago
@GingerK999 songs name's No Ceiling
gio222222 1 year ago
He was right. I believe that most of us are alive, but how many of us are truely living???
JanJanHolmes 1 year ago 6
@JanJanHolmes i am totally agree with you.i hate society and generally our lifestyle and i think that he is a true hero.
gavriel1000 1 year ago
He had the right idea, shoulda took a good dog with him, shoulda lived with a real old timer to learn some Alaska survival skills first. You only fuck-up once....... in AK
mrsmelzbad 1 year ago 4
WOW go to google maps and type in: Christopher McCandless
you can actually see the bus !!!!
melrobRTF 1 year ago 3
Lot's of hopeless romantics in the world:)
h8h8hate 2 years ago 2
Chris' life left a lasting impact on mine at least I know I'm not the only one who has felt that way, he truly understood the beauty and serenity of life and he "reached out and grabed it" . No I'm not a hippie just a carolina country boy, but you have to admire his determination, And to his family Chris' short life made more of an impact on people's life than it would ever had in a corporate office, And to Chris may you rest in peace your life made an ever lasting impression on me,THANK YOU :)
kenlovesdes 2 years ago 60
@kenlovesdes
You're not the only one ;)
I did read the book before i watched the film. I was just speachless about this. I totally agree with you!!
fgcewoud 1 year ago
@kenlovesdes
I agree, it's the same the world over and I'm here in Ireland. I just finished reading the book. It should be made compulsory reading. He was an incredible human being.
damian1202001 1 year ago
@damian1202001 I'm so glad to see more people truly understand, Thank you
kenlovesdes 1 year ago
@kenlovesdes
My pleasure, I've passed this book on to others and it's great to
know that in this world nothing is ever in vain, including the death of Chris.
Take care buddy.
damian1202001 1 year ago
@kenlovesdes Excellent post, I totally agree... I am not a hippie either - just a country gal from Oklahoma. May Chris RIP and the impact he had on others last forever.
flproctor 1 year ago
@flproctor hear hear
TheGreylag6 1 year ago
Love this music, love this film and love this way of life... thank your for posting !
h0ll0h 2 years ago 25
Thanks for video.I hope people quit going up and trashing the bus.Its a monument to a man who's story means alot to many people.
teamgreenkx500 2 years ago 11
The picture at 1:01 is so sad, hes putting up a smile and saying goodbye to the world, rip chris, you really touched my heart
karohin 2 years ago 16
" To be truly free, one must be willing to die for his beliefs ".. This was Chris's story. Best movie of the decade, by far.
Rest in Peace Chris M. and God Bless.
You showed us what this life is all about.
bluejayday2009 2 years ago 11
And about nature. We´re more "disrespectfull" when we jump in our car and drive to the shop 1 km away. When we stand in the shower for an hour every day. When we chop down everything we find. When we kill eachother etcetc.... PROPORTIONS people
Honkmeister 2 years ago 5
How can he be disrespectful to the ones that "loves" him when they have pushed him away? And hurted him to the limit that he actually leaves because of it.... his actions are only a symptom of todays sick society. Build upon lies, blood and competition. He´s was not disrespectful, he was sick of it. So what he died? Why the fuss? Millions after millions have died in our wars, and the poverty is spreading trough the world while the rich gets richer. Time to set things in proportion.
Honkmeister 2 years ago 3
Seen the movie and was deedly impressed with the movie. Checked the story on internet. But one thing i simply dont understand is why he never took survival classed before taking off.
ossie19681 2 years ago
it wasn't about being a scout. its a story about finding a sense of happiness with himself escaping society
jimmysharpez 2 years ago 12
having seen this film several times with mates came to the conclusion that like many folk of chris age was a sense of adventure which is innate in all of us.the quest in finding ones self for a purpose and meaning to our exsistece .arrogance no, slightly foolhardy yes!maturity comes with experence and age.unfortunatly for him he never develpoped much beyond his youth.if he were alive today and could tell his tale im sure like his final hrs he would have beleved this.r.i.p chris
vindallo 2 years ago 6
the person shows that pure people will always live no matter how the human will destroy the nature...
TRGpwnez 2 years ago
read the book! this is about the journey and the reason
NBmcmillan 2 years ago 2
I wonder if all the people who think this kid a hero would still feel that way if he was (1)not poisoned by a plant or seeds . Pathologist and horticulturists ruled it out. (2)in possession of a map, i.d. and $300, thus losing the purity aspect of finding a blank spot on the earth(3)left an S.O.S. note on the bus door , pleading for anybody who may happen by while he was foraging for food to please stay to save him..... signed Chris McCandless...... no more Supertramp, just a scared young boy.
rlegear19 2 years ago
First off, i don't think people generally regard him as a "hero" per se, but rather admire him for what he represented, which was a man who loved and appreciated nature. Second, what does your statement number #2 even mean? ruled what out? Being poisoned? Overall, I think you're just trying to play devil's advocate which is fine in some instances but not merely to discredit somebody who just like any other person, had his faults, (which are clearly shown in the film) but represents great ideals.
theronster42 2 years ago 2
O.K. theronster42, actually most of the comments here are very reasonable. A lot of McCandless` legions believe that he died because of eating poison plants but plant experts have searched it out and failed to find poison plants. He simply starved. They also believe that he died without i.d. or money or a map and that was not true either. The movie left these things out to make him seem more of a pure idealist who got a bad break rather than the stubborn, foolhardy and arrogant kid that he was.
rlegear19 2 years ago
I've read the book, I've watched the movie, I've read the original article. There is more information out there that I haven't seen yet, but I think I have a fairly good idea of who he was and what he did. You called him a "stubborn, foolhardy, and arrogant kid". Stubborn, I'll give you that. Foolhardy, that's a matter of opinion. Arrogant- please explain that.
canadianmaple09 2 years ago 2
O.K. canadienmaple09, if this was not suicide by nature, you have to admit that his planning was foolhardy. He did not build a shelter , he borrowed one. He never learned how to fish. He did not know how to preserve the game that he did shoot and he would not seek out this information from people that lived there. He was warned by many , right up to the guy who dropped him off. To not heed these warnings was arrogant and foolhardy. i will add disrespectful of nature and to those who loved him.
rlegear19 2 years ago
The way I interpret it is that his principles got in the way of practicality. I don't believe he was intentionally foolhardy or that he consciously disregarded the advice of those who offered it. He was set on his mission based on his principles and reason couldn't interfere with that. I agree, he was fucked up and the whole thing was crazy, but I don't think he is entirely to blame for it. I find his drive to achieve his morals admirable.
canadianmaple09 2 years ago 5
watch the documentary not the movie u bunch of fn hippies
denamarq 2 years ago
WTF?
He do that just to find him self because of the focking society and rools that all of us must agree. Dont you focking see that we are manipulated and controled by the elite? democracy is a focking lie, every day they "say" to you what to do and when to do. Chris was an introverted person. He realy feel the things. We dont focking care if he was prepared or not. He found him self and he died happy. Just see the movie, learn something and open your eyes. Thank you Chris. R.I.P - Respect!
nhcs 2 years ago 3
we are waking up man, some day soon we will be complity free
LeandroHiSpAnO 2 years ago
that will happen if we drop all the gaverment buildings and put a tree on their place... then only we will be waken up!!
TRGpwnez 2 years ago 2
It sounds like you have some pretty big plans. Becoming literate should be the first step on your journey.
canadianmaple09 2 years ago 4
that true my bro, but not only the govermnet, all kind of esclavist institution like religios institution, militar and the mind wachers
LeandroHiSpAnO 2 years ago
Honestly, I don't know what you are saying. What is "esclavist"? I can't think of any words that resemble that. I also have no idea what you mean by "mind wachers". Who is watching our minds? How do you know they are watching our minds? It sounds to me like you've got a lot of far-fetched conspiracy theories circulating in your head.
canadianmaple09 2 years ago
the best film i had ever seen
NosTaleBierdeckel 2 years ago
The best film in my life ! Chris RIP
moonlight772 2 years ago
no he wasnt ignorant and this guy its the bravest guy i know to survive in alaskan wilderness without any electronic device. and manage to survive west by walking and hitchike state to state. theres freedom in each one of us and society its not something for me and im hunter my self and i still used electronic device incase i got stranded. and if you really want something in life reach out and grab it dont give up no matter how hard it is
alaskaneagle907 2 years ago 5
Oh so u knew Chris Mccandless huh? Right...I'll say it again,Chris was as IGNORANT as Timothy Treadwell.........He had no buisiness trekking out into the Alaskan wilderness unprepared and with no supplies to keep himself alive. Living alone and getting away from society is one thing,education is another.
oldhawkins 2 years ago
I'm completely with Hawkins on this. McCandless is moron. To die for a 'cause' can be noble and respectable. Dying because you're a moron carries nothing with it but the everlasting stigma of idiocy.
crhood2166 2 years ago
Yes cause its completely impossible that his excat purpose was to be as unprepared as possible...? sorry but think you guys completely missed the point of the movie. it's not about beeing a moron, nor beeing noble or a hero.
SouzanDK 2 years ago
??What the hell are u talking about? We are simply saying Chris had not researched what it would take to survive in the Alaskan bush.Whether he prepared or not,his demise proved that he was ignorant/and or not prepared as how to survive in the harsh Alaskan environment.Now u can believe Hollywoods depiction of Chris as a Martyr, but just ask any ALASKAN what they think about Chris!
oldhawkins 2 years ago
gee aren't the two of you just a pair m,any guys go adventuring and are not motrons they just have a strong need to go on an adventure
thunderbear071967 2 years ago
And you have a strong need to go back to school and learn how to write sentences.
oldhawkins 2 years ago
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daanbanaan789 2 years ago
there are very many people trying to do the same thing as he did and they haved to be rescued with hellacopter, so how can you call him bad prepared?
Ekyvvsaq 2 years ago
Dudes if you read the book...you will see the most of the inspiration SUPERTRAMP had was from JACK LONDON a writer who was fascinated with NATURE and that his books produce a great adventure within the NATURE but all his books were fictious. Probably McCandless wanted to live the life that LONDON wanted to have in real life or he was inspired for all the troubled life he had against society.
Danielinho10 2 years ago 2
It's bout what you get out of it i guess..
The story touched a lot of people.
Apparently it makes people angry too lol
Anonomusturd 2 years ago 2
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agarciaggg 2 years ago
Chris was as ignorant as Timothy Treadwell
oldhawkins 2 years ago
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oriontiger68 2 years ago
Chris understood many things, as no you, idiot
RIkRedSkin 2 years ago
At least I understand how to write sentences.....
oldhawkins 2 years ago
why? prove yourself not ignorant , and tell me why.
Bloodthirstaid 2 years ago
Chris watched mountain family robinson too much as a kid.................
oldhawkins 2 years ago
While I respect what he was trying to do you just go that unprepared into where he went. If want to read about a guy who did it right read about Dick Proenneke.
ericpieper69 2 years ago
The debate about how Chris died kinda misses the point of this story IMO. The wonderful thing about this story is that Chris died while he was still alive and was reborn so to speak. Most humans travel through life in a slumber not able to recognise or experience the wonder of this beautiful world that we inhabit. Chris's story has reached millions by now. How many lives has he been able to touched through some small mistakes and unforseen circumstances.
coprey66 2 years ago 3
As much as Chris wanted to get away from society, he was still uneducated,and unprepared for the journey he took.
oldhawkins 2 years ago
to an extent, but I do not agree with that completely. I feel that he knew what he needed. I am a firm believer that the potato killed him, and if that is in fact what it was, scientists did not even realize that it was toxic during a certan time of year
blong4133 2 years ago
Thats your opinion,plenty of support though that is in agreement that he was in advanced stages of malnutrition when he passed.His last photo shows him looking very thin and weak looking.Regardless of him eating a poison potatoe,bad seeds or whatever, he was ill prepared and without adiquate supplies to attempt to live in the Alaskan outback for any length of time.
oldhawkins 2 years ago
People tribute Chris because his story is inspirational to many. The fact that he had no desire for the worldy possession we all prize doen't make him arrogant. Different, yes, but not arrogant not different in a bad way. He didn't listen to people because he knew what he wanted and others didn't understand why. He didn't have to justify what he did. Some people aspire to be doctors, some want to be social workers, Chris wanted to be one with nature, and that's what he was and is.
blong4133 2 years ago 5
the fact that he died in the wild is the only reason of his popularity, but otherwise is it such a wonderful story of searching own identity and the ultimate experience.
Now he doesn't got a profit of his story, but we do!
anjacke 2 years ago
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why would anyone tribute this guy. he was arrogant and didn't listen to anyones advice. he was not the first person to try this sort of thing in alaska and get killed.
tyrone9009 2 years ago
SO what if he didn't listen to anyones advice. That doesn't mean anything, other than he wasn't scared and no one is really worth listening too. SOunds like you are jealous of his bravery and the popularity he has received in death from it. You are not the first person to insult someone they are jealous of either. Thats how I know what you are really saying by your comment.
Sevensixseven78 2 years ago 3
Poor comment.....This man was just trying to get away from the hectic society that we put up with on a everyday basis.
beeftech94 2 years ago
why have a tribute to him if the tribute is pictures of a diffrent person who played him in a movie.
usaisbeastly 2 years ago 3
C'mon kids! The world wont change without you! Rally up!
tomeeeee1 2 years ago
Surprised they didn't use 10,000 Maniacs' song "Hey Jack Kerouac" in the soundtrack.
This is a memorable one, though.
IWannabeJew 2 years ago
One of the best movies I've seen in a long time but sadly it won't get recognized.
DIJV79 2 years ago 4
Anyone who has spent time in the "wild" will acknowledge that a lapse in judgement at the wrong time can easily cost you your life. If you judge Chris too harshly on this basis you are only fooling yourself. I wish Chris were still here as he had a great deal still to offer the world. His presence, I am sure is missed by many. I think he probably smiles down on all of us and the "tempest in a teapot" controversy with the his good kind nature and hopes we come away with more.
noobsrus21900 2 years ago 3