Its okay to want to live a live traveling inthe wild but just make sure you have everything necessary to survive do some good research on the types of food nutrients etc your body needs to survive
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.
i live my life the way he did i've been hitchin for 13 years now started when i was 16 and i turned 28 this year and i'm still travelin and livin my life on the road i always keep him in mind and think that hes watchin not only me but other people who choose to life life not in towns or citys but the ones on the road may he rest in peace and god bless
All you cynics, are just pathetic. The Cat did what he wanted an no longer had to deal with social constraint & petty judgements by dicks like you. Thats diffinitely a good enough reason to escape. All you losers that have taken the time to watch let alone write a comment opposing supertramp free bird syndrome are obviously just lost losers (anti heros) with nothing better to do. To all the supertramp admirers "God Speed dreamers"
What a self indulgent loser. In the end - he helped no one and did nothing to make the world a better place - self indulgent. No different than a 6 year old child
This is just the most beautiful thing. He is just the most beautiful thing. God bless his soul wherever it flittered away to. I've loved him from the first time I heard his story.
everyone is entitled to his own opinion, chris took pictures for others to see, it's a normal human action, it's up to us to interpret, now there's some lessons here pick the good and throw the bad...two reasons why few people made this film, to inspire and to profit....but mostly to profit and less inspiration for the maker, that's my opinion.happy living be observant not all things that you see or hear were true.
I can see how a lot of hippys or Americans think highly of this guy because like you this guy was a freeloader. He hitchhiked, ate other peoples food, did a half ass job working at burger king and elsewhere for a very short time with no commitment and left. On top of that he was too stupid to prepare himself for the bush which led to his death. Had he respected the wilderness and didnt have such a big ego thinking he was superman or a big huge rebel he would probably have matured by now.
I admire his effort, I really do. hitchhiking is really fun everyone should do it, but any alaskan will tell you to respect nature or it will eat you and spit you out.
Here is an important question for you- if Chris McCandless was running from society then why did he take pictures? Why, in the middle of miles of forest, did he live in the only manmade thing anywhere near? His story is more about being young rather than some full scale rejecting society. Like most young men he turned his back on his parents world and went exploring. Maybe it was simply bad luck, or a lack of experience, or even a lack of respect for what he was doing that got him killed.
To all of you people who hate him, you call him suicidal, crazy, but you know what i call him, i call him a HERO, the definition of hero, someone you look up to, he was more than a hero, He wanted freedom, He got it, Do you think your free, everyone is strapped down by society, watching this video makes me cry and think, How could all of you hate him, at least have some respect, the man is dead, But he will never truly be dead,for he lives on in our spirits, may he always live on, he died a hero
@joey5605 yea he got freedom and he died. Freedom is not hard to obtain so he is anything but a hero. Anybody can quit their job, go off the grid, and walk for miles in thier underwear until they starve so thats hardly being a hero.
@SOLIDSNAKEXXX360 ya and have you grabbed and held onto your dream? He did and he died happy look at his last self portrait when he knew he was going to die... He ate a molded sead... that what piosoned him... an expert botonist would have trouble knowing that danger so sir i say to you... keep sitting at home doing nothing but talk shit. He died happy and lived his dream. ANYone who chases their dream is a hero especially such a dangerous one i have much respect for him.
I think it's odd that this man gave away his money and went to live in the wilderness to be 'free'. I think that while he was living in this way he was less free and his life was more constricted than ever before. He had to spend virtually every waking moment hunting and gathering food just to survive.
Across the world millions of people live hand to mouth from the land like this, I think for them the novelty wears off pretty quickly.
Who knows what this kid really did or not Hollywood always takes a story and adds a bunch of stupid social engineering or politically motivated messages . I'd say this guy did what lots of us have done when we were 18 went on an adventure except
Most of us grow up at some point and conform, sorry EMO's that's how the world works .
The key word in your response is "Conform" and thats just sad, sorry to say. I believe this is exactly what Christopher was trying to avoid, and for good reason. Not everyone wants to follow blindly like sheep ! Problem is, most people do, because it's easier that way. And we all know the world is becoming a better place because of that "conformity" , right ???
this guy is a true definition of self made his spirit will be one forever and, not broken pieces or fragments of him self or his dream. care about your yourself and you will care for all
He had a map with him. This map showed the Denali park road about 10 miles away from the bus where he stayed. It wouldn't have been an easy hike, but it was certainly doable … especially considering it's over 20 miles to get to the bus by the route he originally took.
and he ate thwe alskan sweet pea which paralizys u and stavres umore nad evuly untreadted leads to death eat a cople hikeing and find ur self barley able to move thetry n read a mapand walk 12 hrs feling weak n sick n tired n metaly drain imposible not his his fault would hav made it another 2 weeks if hadnt eatn those plants wold hav barly made 2 weeks and hunters would hav helpds him
Chris had a clear vision of were his life was going for a long time. What separates him from the other 98% percent of society is that he actually had the balls to "do it" rather than just talk about it, Fly high brother, there are still a few of us that feel the same way & we will see you soon bro!!
as heroic chris might seem, the romanticized journey that he embarked was utterly foolish he could have lived if he hadnt thrown out his map and bought a compass. he completely underestimated mother nature.
It was really foolish to attempt living and surviving in Alaska without a good map. He never wanted to die there, he was searching for a way out but couldn't find it without a map. In Alaska a map is just a basic tool, just like his rifle and machete. People say he wanted to experience ultimate freedom and that's why he didn't take a map with him. But that's not true, in a quest for ultimate freedom he shouldn't have taken a rifle and other man made materials with him. But still he did.
@martijn447 he had a map he ate sum posin shit narowly survied tht whick kiled his strenght and cognitvie abiltys to evan read the map or walk th 12 miles to the ranger station he waited out for way too long by the time he paniced he was too weak to react in the back of his head he knew he was gunna die once he was poisond he evan took 1last pic with a card not sucide the sicumtance lead him to death
It was really foolish to attempt living and surviving in Alaska without a good map. He never wanted to die there, he was searching for a way out but couldn't find it without a map. In Alaska a map is just a basic tool, just like his rifle and machete. People say he wanted to experience ultimate freedom and that's why he didn't take a map with him. But that's not true, in a quest for ultimate freedom he shouldn't have taken a rifle and other man made materials with him. But still he did.
@martijn447 See that shows that we are not animals but are from a seperate breed. We humans cannot survive in the wild without manmade things even in the begining we had tools and fire for hunting unlike even the smallest rodent. Kinda shows there is a god or we wouldn't be here....
Interesting in real freedom ? please read "escape from freedom" by Eric Fromm !Then ...if freedom is mean living in the wild...and you belive this way of living can make you happy ...there are many places where you can go to live this kind of life with out put youself in danger and still keep contact with who you love ! I my opinion "Supertramp" was very hard with himself and had some sorrow from his life , he wanted to live on the edge...and he was childish because he lost his life !
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
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
We are all submersed within a finite material realm. Something deep inside all of us tells that this is not natural because we came from the infinite. Especially true when material is manipulated or man-made. We can fell more of a disconnect. Infinity represents truth and the finite mostly represents the false. Live as close to Nature as possible. Practice a macrobiotic way of life to fully know the absolutes of health, happiness, freedom, justice and peace.
I see this guy as a living artistic expression. He’s well suited in the time he was living. He’s the 90’s. Where there still were, at least, a yell, a rebellion and US guys were the first understanding the beginning of crisis (and…that is not a case!). This current time not only defied even this, but its faithful sons have been totally brainwashed by this weak society. See all the hate - or disrespectful - comments about this wonderful human being. Shame on all of you.
@TempusDiei its MTV man i tell you, im 16 and feel as though i was born in the wrong time, i like old music like led zeppelin and jimi hendrix, i dont need a cell phone or a tv i just want to live in a time of acceptance like the 70s, today you eiher live like jersey shore idiots or get shunned from society and they put a medical term on you like antisocial, its bull shit
I'm currently reading Into the wild. I would think to myself "Wow, how stupid is this person?!" But now that I've watched these documentaries and dedication videos, I feel that what McCandless did was right and what he wanted, he did! He must be proud.
Thank God this self-absorbed dumbass hippie is gone. Kids - this is what reading too much Nietzsche, Tolstoy, and Thoreau will get you - a lonely death in a decrepit bus in the middle of nowhere. Good riddance poor little rich boy. I guess you got what you were looking for - LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!
@BleedTheFreak01 - This guy was a moron. Only morons exalt other morons for doing moronic things like trying to live in the Alaskan bush without a compass or map. LOL @ the dead hippie!
Sad that he didn't think this through properly. I think he truly wanted to die in the beginning or he wouldn't had given away his money and ditched his car and ignored his parents. I mean, had he thought he could live the rest of his life like 'Grizzly Adams' why wouldn't he prepare better, he didn't even have a compass! Why wouldn't you use the 24 grand to buy supplies from time to time when needed? I personally think he was fed up with humanity and decided to find beauty in nature.
no cigrarettes? first off smoking is for loser people who cant deal with life like this dumbass who at the last minute pleaded for his life...yeah pure freedom alright if only the fucktard walked in the right direction he would still be in a psychaitric ward
That's retarded. Atleast prepare yourself for this type of trip. Too many Daredevils on this planet. he never got to know himself. Hell I can just go out and start wondering around. That's nothing!!
Chris McCandless was a self-propelling first-motion; a speer-head of evolution; a super-human spirit with unfettered courage! - whose genius is matched only by the superb song writing of Eddie Vedder. Wow!
this guys an idiot there no freedom the way this guy did this thing... watch alone in the wilderness documentary with dick proenneke and you all will see true alaskan freedom, not some dumb kid who abandoned his family and starved to death
This video montage is a honorable tribute to Alex Supertramp and his adventerous spirit. His is an inspiration to humankind. He teaches us the value of freeing the mind of the ties that bind us.
id much rather of lived McCandlesses life and starve to death alone in a bus then live till 80 after working 55 years at some boring 9-5 job that i could careless about..living some hopeless existence watching american idol
@ToninoTomasino yeah, or you could do neither. Its not as if they are the only two options. What McCandless did was grossly inconsiderate, and incredibly selfish. he lived entirely for himself. To quote Joe Strummer "without people you're nothing". This is what McCandless is, a huge nothing,.
@ToninoTomasino So true. Te last vestige of REAL freedom is in what is left of our American wilderness. You're never lonely finding original solitude and fortitude.
God eternally bless those who love and preserve our natural heritage.
@ToninoTomasino You don't get it. Sure, those superficial things kept McCandless out of society's grasp. But what he realizes at the end is that there is a plethora of good people in the world. The best times in his life was when he interacted with people. Happiness is only real when shared with others. Don't let life's unfortunate realities disenfranchise you from the real purpose of it- human relationship.
Chris did have the right survival skills. It was a 12 hour hike out of the trail onto a rarely used dirt road. Either the poisonous plants that weakened him or just plain starvation. I believe that anyone with that kind of passion would rather spend their last days in freedom as opposed to dying in a hospital.
im sorry but if chris actually did his research on how to survive in alaska he could have made it out... when he tried to cross a river and realized it had grown considerably since he had last been there (common sense, melted snow coming off mountains) there was a hand operated tram 1/4 of a mile away from where he was.
Just watched the film there and it was extremely well done and made you love the guy. Id love to know what happened to all the people he met on his travels...
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What a self indulgent loser. In the end - he helped no one and did nothing to make the world a better place - self indulgent. No different than a 6 year old child
so what? 99% of all people in the world dont do shit to make the world a better place, are they all self indulgent losers? or does having a wife and kids and a 9 to 5 job make the world better in your opinion?
Most in his position would slave for money and materialism, He tossed that shit away..Everyones a victim to the bureacracy, common sense and technology show we can do much better,yet we dont proceed,evolve or demand it..A society of comformist and followers who dont seek to deal with real issues,they just watch tv,news,advertising,lies..Mass artificial drama like men beating eachother in a cage..One man should be a congressman if we dare pay attention..Or its distracting a world from "REALITY".
college, what a waste of money these days. lets go for a degree that everyone else is shooting after. then have the paper work but no promise of work. good planning. people, experience is the best teacher. you fools that think ur so smart cause u learned from a book. what till reality hits. you'll wish u had reached deep inside and found your inner self. not your shallow self.
Such true words, I'm in college now and half of my courses are just a waste of time. Its all about money these days. I know for a fact I would learn more 1 month on the job then my 3 year course !
He wasn't a philosopher and an extremist he was more of a fan of the philosophy he believed in. He didn't do anything extreme but tramped and camped in the woods.
Quotes doesn't make you a philosopher. most of the quotes you read about him is just derived and edited from his favorite books. If quotes can make one a philosopher, so then indeed, we all are.
If Chris became famous, if some us love and admire him, it's because he went in search of that which we all lost when we became civilized, and found it. And yes, he died. So what? We will all die. He had a good and happy life. If it was long or short, that doesn't matter.
no offence but he really wasnt smart. i respect him for his transcendalist ideas but going into alaska without knowing a map or good clothing proves how stupid he was. and giving all his money from his savings account wasnt smart either(he had no right to, his parents worked hard for him)
No offence, but you don't get his point. He said "nothing is more dangerous to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future". I can see that your username is "smarty" but Chris' point wasn't being smart.. May be it was being wise (which is clearly not the same as smart) or feeling really alive. He deliberately avoided security. He died young, but lived life at its full. And in the end our lives are all so short, who cares who lives a year more, a year less? Thanks for ever Chris
What an amazing and brave man-with the drive that most of us could only ever dream of. The people and places he got to see must have been the biggest mind trip that most will never be able to experience. I envy him, and celebrate to have learned his story. His story amazing, beautiful, and scary all at the same time. How lucky we all were to have learned about it.
I think PART of his story is an inspiration. The fact that a map and compass could have saved his life and taken him to a way to cross the river 1/4 mile up, makes the story almost irritating. He could have taken his new-found appreciation for life and used it in some way, or at least shared it with others. Instead, he died at the age of 24, and people romanticize his death as if it were heroic. Though I bet his trials and ideas were inspirational. Or would've been, had he lived.
Now I do think he was some what wrong not talking to his family, but, can you blame him. His father had a kid with his first wife after chris was born. I come from a good family so i woudnt know, but that has be tough. So can you really blame him?
Everyone says he was so stupid because he didnt bring a map with him when he went into the Alaskan bush. He didnt take a map wih him because he wanted to become "lost in the wild". I wish everyone could see that Chris took alot more risks than most people. Most people play it safe and follow the rules therefore they miss out on alot in life.
perhaps his passion for his ideals overcame any common sense he might have had when he decided to hike west on the stampede trail. it sounds like he was a bit unprepared. however i respect him very much. i can relate to his thoughts and actions in so many ways. he did what he believed in and felt glorious doing so. I know he was living his dream. He knew the consequences. Respects.
You are so ignorant, you're not getting the point. He didnt commit suicide, its not like he wanted to die out there. I know you have never been more then ten feet from civilization but shit happens in the wild. And as far as the publishers of into the wild, how the hell would he know that they were going to make a movie after him. Take your PHD and make a bunch a money and take everything for granted but leave the people who respect the little in life alone
I'm not sure if you have read the book, but he had his reasons. If it were not for a couple of mistakes (the wild potato roots and the way over the river) he would have made it. Peace.
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I respect him for going to college and graduating- something most of you posting comments on here; will never experience. However, I do not think Mr. McCandless did anything great by starving in a bus out in the wilderness... I mean he did nothing more than give the hopeless the thought of suicide is an easy and right way out... how lame. He did nothing more than disrespect his family and put money in the pockets of the publishers of "Into the Wild".... sorry if I have pissed everyone off.
You have obviously taken the obedient road of life following the rules, obeying your masters and never knowing or ever seeking any true freedom or adventure. Enjoy your rules and task masters and at the end of your life make sure you pat yourself on the back for being a good, compliant slave to the system.
Actually I have not followed the "masters" that you speak of... I have lived on in 9 different countries and have summited more mountains and run more rivers than most men my age-29. All I'm saying is that starving to death in a bus doesn't sound like a great adventure, it sounds like a ill-planned one.
I know so many idiots who went to college and graduated... why should I respect anyone because of that? I respect some graduate people I know, but not for having graduated... I would respect them the same if they had not. You're such an asshole and your life is so small. "There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamed of in your... " "Philosophy", said Hamlet, but in your case what should I say? Average mind?
Its okay to want to live a live traveling inthe wild but just make sure you have everything necessary to survive do some good research on the types of food nutrients etc your body needs to survive
TheButterflykat 1 week ago
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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
i live my life the way he did i've been hitchin for 13 years now started when i was 16 and i turned 28 this year and i'm still travelin and livin my life on the road i always keep him in mind and think that hes watchin not only me but other people who choose to life life not in towns or citys but the ones on the road may he rest in peace and god bless
duomaxwellable 1 month ago
I love this man I've seen his movie now a couple of times
And I feel just like him. Over a few years i'm going the same way as he did.
I just want to live.
tubexxrush 2 months ago
All you cynics, are just pathetic. The Cat did what he wanted an no longer had to deal with social constraint & petty judgements by dicks like you. Thats diffinitely a good enough reason to escape. All you losers that have taken the time to watch let alone write a comment opposing supertramp free bird syndrome are obviously just lost losers (anti heros) with nothing better to do. To all the supertramp admirers "God Speed dreamers"
TheDreamtimer 4 months ago
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What a self indulgent loser. In the end - he helped no one and did nothing to make the world a better place - self indulgent. No different than a 6 year old child
jvalver 4 months ago
thanks for this I just finished the great book and wondered about the pics as Jon talked about them but there was none in the book.
TroubadourJuggernaut 5 months ago
This is just the most beautiful thing. He is just the most beautiful thing. God bless his soul wherever it flittered away to. I've loved him from the first time I heard his story.
xXBronzedBalletXx 5 months ago
everyone is entitled to his own opinion, chris took pictures for others to see, it's a normal human action, it's up to us to interpret, now there's some lessons here pick the good and throw the bad...two reasons why few people made this film, to inspire and to profit....but mostly to profit and less inspiration for the maker, that's my opinion.happy living be observant not all things that you see or hear were true.
alakdanism 6 months ago
I can see how a lot of hippys or Americans think highly of this guy because like you this guy was a freeloader. He hitchhiked, ate other peoples food, did a half ass job working at burger king and elsewhere for a very short time with no commitment and left. On top of that he was too stupid to prepare himself for the bush which led to his death. Had he respected the wilderness and didnt have such a big ego thinking he was superman or a big huge rebel he would probably have matured by now.
SOLIDSNAKEXXX360 7 months ago
I admire his effort, I really do. hitchhiking is really fun everyone should do it, but any alaskan will tell you to respect nature or it will eat you and spit you out.
kaitlinan 7 months ago
Here is an important question for you- if Chris McCandless was running from society then why did he take pictures? Why, in the middle of miles of forest, did he live in the only manmade thing anywhere near? His story is more about being young rather than some full scale rejecting society. Like most young men he turned his back on his parents world and went exploring. Maybe it was simply bad luck, or a lack of experience, or even a lack of respect for what he was doing that got him killed.
9000harp 7 months ago
To all of you people who hate him, you call him suicidal, crazy, but you know what i call him, i call him a HERO, the definition of hero, someone you look up to, he was more than a hero, He wanted freedom, He got it, Do you think your free, everyone is strapped down by society, watching this video makes me cry and think, How could all of you hate him, at least have some respect, the man is dead, But he will never truly be dead,for he lives on in our spirits, may he always live on, he died a hero
joey5605 7 months ago
@joey5605 yea he got freedom and he died. Freedom is not hard to obtain so he is anything but a hero. Anybody can quit their job, go off the grid, and walk for miles in thier underwear until they starve so thats hardly being a hero.
SOLIDSNAKEXXX360 7 months ago
@SOLIDSNAKEXXX360 ya and have you grabbed and held onto your dream? He did and he died happy look at his last self portrait when he knew he was going to die... He ate a molded sead... that what piosoned him... an expert botonist would have trouble knowing that danger so sir i say to you... keep sitting at home doing nothing but talk shit. He died happy and lived his dream. ANYone who chases their dream is a hero especially such a dangerous one i have much respect for him.
p6a9u1l42 6 months ago
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jvalver 4 months ago
I think it's odd that this man gave away his money and went to live in the wilderness to be 'free'. I think that while he was living in this way he was less free and his life was more constricted than ever before. He had to spend virtually every waking moment hunting and gathering food just to survive.
Across the world millions of people live hand to mouth from the land like this, I think for them the novelty wears off pretty quickly.
CharmingCheese 8 months ago
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CharmingCheese 8 months ago
Who knows what this kid really did or not Hollywood always takes a story and adds a bunch of stupid social engineering or politically motivated messages . I'd say this guy did what lots of us have done when we were 18 went on an adventure except
Most of us grow up at some point and conform, sorry EMO's that's how the world works .
jdddehoff 8 months ago
@jdddehoff
The key word in your response is "Conform" and thats just sad, sorry to say. I believe this is exactly what Christopher was trying to avoid, and for good reason. Not everyone wants to follow blindly like sheep ! Problem is, most people do, because it's easier that way. And we all know the world is becoming a better place because of that "conformity" , right ???
OneWaterwalker 7 months ago
this guy is a true definition of self made his spirit will be one forever and, not broken pieces or fragments of him self or his dream. care about your yourself and you will care for all
multilingualbooks 8 months ago
he was smarter than he is given credit for. yes he was cavalier and he paid for it with his life. not flat out stupid though. or mentally ill.
jeighmt 9 months ago
What a true inspiration.
PadgeX 9 months ago
He abandoned the ones that cared about him and comitted suicide.
thebluefus 9 months ago
He had a map with him. This map showed the Denali park road about 10 miles away from the bus where he stayed. It wouldn't have been an easy hike, but it was certainly doable … especially considering it's over 20 miles to get to the bus by the route he originally took.
SuperNoah1996 9 months ago
and he ate thwe alskan sweet pea which paralizys u and stavres umore nad evuly untreadted leads to death eat a cople hikeing and find ur self barley able to move thetry n read a mapand walk 12 hrs feling weak n sick n tired n metaly drain imposible not his his fault would hav made it another 2 weeks if hadnt eatn those plants wold hav barly made 2 weeks and hunters would hav helpds him
akman213 10 months ago
Chris had a clear vision of were his life was going for a long time. What separates him from the other 98% percent of society is that he actually had the balls to "do it" rather than just talk about it, Fly high brother, there are still a few of us that feel the same way & we will see you soon bro!!
sjhgm1 11 months ago
At least he died happy(I think), that's all that matters.
iluvyouwyatt 11 months ago
as heroic chris might seem, the romanticized journey that he embarked was utterly foolish he could have lived if he hadnt thrown out his map and bought a compass. he completely underestimated mother nature.
MrBmac357 11 months ago
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It was really foolish to attempt living and surviving in Alaska without a good map. He never wanted to die there, he was searching for a way out but couldn't find it without a map. In Alaska a map is just a basic tool, just like his rifle and machete. People say he wanted to experience ultimate freedom and that's why he didn't take a map with him. But that's not true, in a quest for ultimate freedom he shouldn't have taken a rifle and other man made materials with him. But still he did.
martijn447 1 year ago
@martijn447 he had a map he ate sum posin shit narowly survied tht whick kiled his strenght and cognitvie abiltys to evan read the map or walk th 12 miles to the ranger station he waited out for way too long by the time he paniced he was too weak to react in the back of his head he knew he was gunna die once he was poisond he evan took 1last pic with a card not sucide the sicumtance lead him to death
akman213 10 months ago
It was really foolish to attempt living and surviving in Alaska without a good map. He never wanted to die there, he was searching for a way out but couldn't find it without a map. In Alaska a map is just a basic tool, just like his rifle and machete. People say he wanted to experience ultimate freedom and that's why he didn't take a map with him. But that's not true, in a quest for ultimate freedom he shouldn't have taken a rifle and other man made materials with him. But still he did.
martijn447 1 year ago
@martijn447 See that shows that we are not animals but are from a seperate breed. We humans cannot survive in the wild without manmade things even in the begining we had tools and fire for hunting unlike even the smallest rodent. Kinda shows there is a god or we wouldn't be here....
darfdusty 1 year ago
Interesting in real freedom ? please read "escape from freedom" by Eric Fromm !Then ...if freedom is mean living in the wild...and you belive this way of living can make you happy ...there are many places where you can go to live this kind of life with out put youself in danger and still keep contact with who you love ! I my opinion "Supertramp" was very hard with himself and had some sorrow from his life , he wanted to live on the edge...and he was childish because he lost his life !
lucathai67 1 year 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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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
We are all submersed within a finite material realm. Something deep inside all of us tells that this is not natural because we came from the infinite. Especially true when material is manipulated or man-made. We can fell more of a disconnect. Infinity represents truth and the finite mostly represents the false. Live as close to Nature as possible. Practice a macrobiotic way of life to fully know the absolutes of health, happiness, freedom, justice and peace.
SpiralsHappen 1 year ago
'' Happiness only real when shared ''
MrPearlJazz 1 year ago
I see this guy as a living artistic expression. He’s well suited in the time he was living. He’s the 90’s. Where there still were, at least, a yell, a rebellion and US guys were the first understanding the beginning of crisis (and…that is not a case!). This current time not only defied even this, but its faithful sons have been totally brainwashed by this weak society. See all the hate - or disrespectful - comments about this wonderful human being. Shame on all of you.
TempusDiei 1 year ago 27
@TempusDiei its MTV man i tell you, im 16 and feel as though i was born in the wrong time, i like old music like led zeppelin and jimi hendrix, i dont need a cell phone or a tv i just want to live in a time of acceptance like the 70s, today you eiher live like jersey shore idiots or get shunned from society and they put a medical term on you like antisocial, its bull shit
TheBrokenTelescope 7 months ago
@TempusDiei I couldn't agree more this decade is nothing like the 90's. I miss the 90's
whereskim89 1 month ago
i respect this man, but this actually to everyone, i think we lost our place in the wild somwhere between mcdonalds, and wii fitness...
walkero4life562 1 year ago
Google: "10 True Facts about Chris McCandless"
Raxarax 1 year ago
Oh life, all of my heroes are dead!
luizcarlossoprano 1 year ago
Goodbye Chris, I hope we meet in heaven, you're a KING to me.
Thejbirdy 1 year ago
What a great inspiration. I feel sorry for people that don't get it.
Crocodile25 1 year ago
SEM PALAVRAS PRA ESSA HISTORIA
MEO DEUS CUIDE BEM DE VC
Q QUANDO EU TE VER AE NO CEU QUERO TE DAR UM ABRAÇO MEO
ESSA HISTORIA ME ENSINO MUITO PODE CRER ..
rbsmtb 1 year ago
I'm currently reading Into the wild. I would think to myself "Wow, how stupid is this person?!" But now that I've watched these documentaries and dedication videos, I feel that what McCandless did was right and what he wanted, he did! He must be proud.
EmmaEmma1011 1 year ago
Finding real inner peace comes from lessons through mother nature, Chris knew this!!
Deekonmix23 1 year ago
Thank God this self-absorbed dumbass hippie is gone. Kids - this is what reading too much Nietzsche, Tolstoy, and Thoreau will get you - a lonely death in a decrepit bus in the middle of nowhere. Good riddance poor little rich boy. I guess you got what you were looking for - LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL!
ghostoferkrussell 1 year ago
@ghostoferkrussell dude, your talking about a real person who has family and friends who love him. show some god damn respect
BleedTheFreak01 1 year ago
@BleedTheFreak01 - This guy was a moron. Only morons exalt other morons for doing moronic things like trying to live in the Alaskan bush without a compass or map. LOL @ the dead hippie!
ghostoferkrussell 11 months ago
@ghostoferkrussell Fuck you! Its because of rude people like you why he wanted to live far away into the wild.
KISSMEMYFOOL69 11 months ago
@KISSMEMYFOOL69 - He is dead in his stupid bus. Should have brought a map. Shitty movie as well. Sean Penn is a fag.
ghostoferkrussell 11 months ago
@ghostoferkrussell
Hell, none of us will see you there.
iluvyouwyatt 11 months ago
@iluvyouwyatt - If you do see me, I will have a compass and map - unlike your dead faggot friend Christopher McCandless.
ghostoferkrussell 11 months ago
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iluvyouwyatt 11 months ago
Poderia ter um final melhor. Fica a lição de que temos que melhorar o convivio uns com os outros.
Graças a Evolução.
Artur Senna.
Brasil.
artursenna2 1 year ago
lol 1:30
rchammer90 1 year ago
McCandlesses...grande!!..los sueños deben cumplirse incluso a costa de uno mismo!.
natzweiler 1 year ago
kinda looked like wolverine near the end
Pistbag 1 year ago
Sad that he didn't think this through properly. I think he truly wanted to die in the beginning or he wouldn't had given away his money and ditched his car and ignored his parents. I mean, had he thought he could live the rest of his life like 'Grizzly Adams' why wouldn't he prepare better, he didn't even have a compass! Why wouldn't you use the 24 grand to buy supplies from time to time when needed? I personally think he was fed up with humanity and decided to find beauty in nature.
guydwy 1 year ago 2
no cigrarettes? first off smoking is for loser people who cant deal with life like this dumbass who at the last minute pleaded for his life...yeah pure freedom alright if only the fucktard walked in the right direction he would still be in a psychaitric ward
SOLIDSNAKEXXX360 1 year ago
@SOLIDSNAKEXXX360 The "no phone, no pool, no pets, no cigarettes" line is from Roger Miller's song, "King of the Road".
TheAmazingImbecile 1 year ago
@SOLIDSNAKEXXX360 god bless you
burkdogg21 10 months ago
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SOLIDSNAKEXXX360 1 year ago
Pure inspiration and example...
Ph3nMn 1 year ago
You know what's Supertramp's biggest mistake?
Didn't bang that 16 yrs old chick.
joekkl 1 year ago
ese hombre es incle ble me inspira a aser lo mismo
ultimoplaye 1 year ago
He LIVED!
Stevonater5 1 year ago
Ultimate Freedom...
edunaville 1 year ago
That's retarded. Atleast prepare yourself for this type of trip. Too many Daredevils on this planet. he never got to know himself. Hell I can just go out and start wondering around. That's nothing!!
DavidOwenWard 1 year ago
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chirs live in 24 years more than all the world in 100 years
JKG47 1 year ago
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chris lived in 24 years more than all the world in 100 years
JKG47 1 year ago
Chris McCandless was a self-propelling first-motion; a speer-head of evolution; a super-human spirit with unfettered courage! - whose genius is matched only by the superb song writing of Eddie Vedder. Wow!
Azazello321 1 year ago
Freedom comes with that first step into the wild.
510685 1 year ago
wow. i have no words to say!
an6nisa 1 year ago
this guys an idiot there no freedom the way this guy did this thing... watch alone in the wilderness documentary with dick proenneke and you all will see true alaskan freedom, not some dumb kid who abandoned his family and starved to death
BumJuiceDrinker 1 year ago
what a beautiful person
TheKetafeta 1 year ago
the guy was an idiot!
rowwalsh101 1 year ago
@rowwalsh101 agreed
BumJuiceDrinker 1 year ago
He disconnected and went back to the primitive. With a gun and an abandoned bus.
hate420breed 1 year ago
Good Memory's Never Lost .
Christopher Johnson McCandless R.I.P. (February 12, 1968 - August 18, 1992)
We Love You (Chris) ! .
MsAmy501 1 year ago
he's a big inspiration to everyone!!! i'd like to do the same, i'm sick of everything!!!
tkmxz 1 year ago
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LOL he died, damn hippies
abanofeso 1 year ago
This video montage is a honorable tribute to Alex Supertramp and his adventerous spirit. His is an inspiration to humankind. He teaches us the value of freeing the mind of the ties that bind us.
duffyfamilia 1 year ago
Where can I find his journal ? Respect to Chris !
laylanjoy 1 year ago
He died very scared he didn´t want to die like this.
gengiskhastro 1 year ago
an amazing person
danguhz0n3 1 year ago
Loved the movie. Loved the book.
Glad I found it. Where was I when this movie first came out?
motowngirl65 1 year ago
id much rather of lived McCandlesses life and starve to death alone in a bus then live till 80 after working 55 years at some boring 9-5 job that i could careless about..living some hopeless existence watching american idol
ToninoTomasino 1 year ago 79
@ToninoTomasino so.... which life are you living right now?
notme98 1 year ago
@ToninoTomasino -So, what's stopping you?
longlegged 1 year ago
@ToninoTomasino yeah, or you could do neither. Its not as if they are the only two options. What McCandless did was grossly inconsiderate, and incredibly selfish. he lived entirely for himself. To quote Joe Strummer "without people you're nothing". This is what McCandless is, a huge nothing,.
threefinker1 1 year ago
@threefinker1 Yeah because joe strummer is the guy to listen to. Everyone lives for themselves stupid.
thetenia 1 year ago
@threefinker1
if everyone was like McCandless in the first place, he would love everyone to be out there with him, living the good life, trust me...
Heinousness 1 year ago
@ToninoTomasino so go for it.. see ya
SOLIDSNAKEXXX360 1 year ago
@ToninoTomasino how are are you? Are you starving to death or did you choose to work 9-5 job for another 55 years?
lukezius 1 year ago
@lukezius
Good point. Too many idiot don't seem to grasp you can have a happy and full life without dying needlessly like a moron.
crhood2166 1 year ago
@lukezius
Im doing just fine thanks! :) Believe it or not dieing on a bus via starvation and working 9-5 for 55 years arent your only choices in life LMAO
ToninoTomasino 1 year ago
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TheAlexander356 1 year ago
@ToninoTomasino Then get off your computer, and find your front door, and never look back...
tiecoolguy 1 year ago
@ToninoTomasino Okay, bye!!
Arnevet 1 year ago
@ToninoTomasino So true. Te last vestige of REAL freedom is in what is left of our American wilderness. You're never lonely finding original solitude and fortitude.
God eternally bless those who love and preserve our natural heritage.
Thejbirdy 1 year ago 2
@ToninoTomasino You don't get it. Sure, those superficial things kept McCandless out of society's grasp. But what he realizes at the end is that there is a plethora of good people in the world. The best times in his life was when he interacted with people. Happiness is only real when shared with others. Don't let life's unfortunate realities disenfranchise you from the real purpose of it- human relationship.
vbar44 1 year ago
@vbar44 I totally agree with you vbar44. I've just watched the movie "INTO THE WILD3 which really touched me.
SiViSaraVendetta 1 year ago
@vbar44 Can't live with people, can't live without them. It's the existential predicament.
mrfreudable 1 year ago 7
@ToninoTomasino Yeah live the dream, go to alaske n starve to death!
cotupina187 1 year ago
@ToninoTomasino lol anarchist much?
netforce0 1 year ago
@ToninoTomasino hahaha lol you r so real
sweetrealdeal 1 year ago
He died doing what he loved.......
RexDawg007 1 year ago 3
@RexDawg007 starving to death
colenbrak 1 year ago
The very civilization he was trying to escape.
JanJanHolmes 1 year ago
Chris did have the right survival skills. It was a 12 hour hike out of the trail onto a rarely used dirt road. Either the poisonous plants that weakened him or just plain starvation. I believe that anyone with that kind of passion would rather spend their last days in freedom as opposed to dying in a hospital.
JanJanHolmes 1 year ago
im sorry but if chris actually did his research on how to survive in alaska he could have made it out... when he tried to cross a river and realized it had grown considerably since he had last been there (common sense, melted snow coming off mountains) there was a hand operated tram 1/4 of a mile away from where he was.
colenbrak 1 year ago
@colenbrak i don't think he gave a shit. he just loved being free.
littlecooney13 1 year ago
@littlecooney13 yeah im pretty sure he didnt want to starve to death, im pretty sure nobody wants that.
colenbrak 1 year ago
@littlecooney13 yeah im pretty sure he didnt want to starve to death, im pretty sure nobody wants that.
colenbrak 1 year ago
Just watched the film there and it was extremely well done and made you love the guy. Id love to know what happened to all the people he met on his travels...
Colga1time 1 year ago 4
The book from Jon Krakauer says a lot about all the other guys. It's lake the b-side of the movie, loved it, fully recommendable
jlhonora 1 year ago
Nice vid - I love the legacy of McCandless and all the other great people out there adventuring!
mathe1337 1 year ago
tears
asacerfulofsecret 1 year ago
WOW go to google maps and type in: Christopher McCandless
you can actually see the bus !!!!
melrobRTF 1 year ago
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yes, too cool to die alone in a bus in your own shit....NOT
hellokittyy3 2 years ago
@hellokittyy3 absoluty perfect!!!
castigatore777 1 year ago
hellokit, i guess you think your death will be 'cool'
MissTeenNottingham 1 year ago
Exelent video!
Exelente video!:p
tusabras22 2 years ago 2
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What a self indulgent loser. In the end - he helped no one and did nothing to make the world a better place - self indulgent. No different than a 6 year old child
jvalver 2 years ago
make u your better world!!! open your mind and move it
gtomazoli 2 years ago
so what? 99% of all people in the world dont do shit to make the world a better place, are they all self indulgent losers? or does having a wife and kids and a 9 to 5 job make the world better in your opinion?
maartenskates 2 years ago 5
bravo!!! I love your comment..
anniewliya 1 year ago
@jvalver you are heartless.
thekiller8274 1 year ago
Chris said he lead a happy life, and that is what everyone must do, dont judge people on what they decide will make them happy.
motoxsam 2 years ago 2
so beautiful
lburrell831 2 years ago
Most in his position would slave for money and materialism, He tossed that shit away..Everyones a victim to the bureacracy, common sense and technology show we can do much better,yet we dont proceed,evolve or demand it..A society of comformist and followers who dont seek to deal with real issues,they just watch tv,news,advertising,lies..Mass artificial drama like men beating eachother in a cage..One man should be a congressman if we dare pay attention..Or its distracting a world from "REALITY".
mikeemike11 2 years ago 4
Its amazing, how happy he looks in all the pics though being completele alone..
Nik0Samick 2 years ago
R.I.P
asif987 2 years ago
college, what a waste of money these days. lets go for a degree that everyone else is shooting after. then have the paper work but no promise of work. good planning. people, experience is the best teacher. you fools that think ur so smart cause u learned from a book. what till reality hits. you'll wish u had reached deep inside and found your inner self. not your shallow self.
necro45will 2 years ago 18
Such true words, I'm in college now and half of my courses are just a waste of time. Its all about money these days. I know for a fact I would learn more 1 month on the job then my 3 year course !
JG129 2 years ago 3
You're just so right. The only real teacher is Life itself.
DiegoElArbol 2 years ago
why dont you do it ?????
kemaldaking 2 years ago
he was a true philosopher and extremist who could see past conformity, conservatism, and security. he lived life the way we should really live.
103owns 2 years ago
He wasn't a philosopher and an extremist he was more of a fan of the philosophy he believed in. He didn't do anything extreme but tramped and camped in the woods.
h8h8hate 2 years ago
you should read some of his quotes though that he thought of by himself not by emerson
103owns 2 years ago
Quotes doesn't make you a philosopher. most of the quotes you read about him is just derived and edited from his favorite books. If quotes can make one a philosopher, so then indeed, we all are.
h8h8hate 2 years ago
i think whoever tries to find true meaning in there own universe is a philosopher
103owns 2 years ago
If Chris became famous, if some us love and admire him, it's because he went in search of that which we all lost when we became civilized, and found it. And yes, he died. So what? We will all die. He had a good and happy life. If it was long or short, that doesn't matter.
DiegoElArbol 2 years ago 4
exactly people get so caught up in what might happen and loose sight of the real adventure in life
103owns 2 years ago
Я хотел бы такую жизнь...
Arxang3l 2 years ago
agrees with smarty358
h8h8hate 2 years ago
no offence but he really wasnt smart. i respect him for his transcendalist ideas but going into alaska without knowing a map or good clothing proves how stupid he was. and giving all his money from his savings account wasnt smart either(he had no right to, his parents worked hard for him)
smarty358 2 years ago
No offence, but you don't get his point. He said "nothing is more dangerous to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future". I can see that your username is "smarty" but Chris' point wasn't being smart.. May be it was being wise (which is clearly not the same as smart) or feeling really alive. He deliberately avoided security. He died young, but lived life at its full. And in the end our lives are all so short, who cares who lives a year more, a year less? Thanks for ever Chris
DiegoElArbol 2 years ago
i wrote that as my facebook status and your right, they just dont get it :)
103owns 2 years ago
What an amazing and brave man-with the drive that most of us could only ever dream of. The people and places he got to see must have been the biggest mind trip that most will never be able to experience. I envy him, and celebrate to have learned his story. His story amazing, beautiful, and scary all at the same time. How lucky we all were to have learned about it.
SarahStovall13 2 years ago 2
The best things in life are free...
kearress 2 years ago
RIP..Alexander Supertramp
johnobama 2 years ago
Respect to Chris.
He really lived. Not many people in this world are able to do that.
What he did was real, no fake. Authenticity you find not often in todays society. In TV you see mostly posers who think they are the greatest.
His story is a big inspiration.
trapper808 2 years ago 28
@trapper808 couldn't agree with you more! He's a big example!
chielandelvis 2 years ago 2
Yep, I totally agree with you.
ikwisthet 2 years ago
@trapper808
I think PART of his story is an inspiration. The fact that a map and compass could have saved his life and taken him to a way to cross the river 1/4 mile up, makes the story almost irritating. He could have taken his new-found appreciation for life and used it in some way, or at least shared it with others. Instead, he died at the age of 24, and people romanticize his death as if it were heroic. Though I bet his trials and ideas were inspirational. Or would've been, had he lived.
Complete180 1 year ago
@Complete180 theres no inspiratation in this guy, if you havent already, look for a documentary called alone in the wilderness with dick proenneke
BumJuiceDrinker 1 year ago
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maybe he just want to be a famous writter from the first place....
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spacecadebt33 2 years ago
Now I do think he was some what wrong not talking to his family, but, can you blame him. His father had a kid with his first wife after chris was born. I come from a good family so i woudnt know, but that has be tough. So can you really blame him?
spacecadebt33 2 years ago
Everyone says he was so stupid because he didnt bring a map with him when he went into the Alaskan bush. He didnt take a map wih him because he wanted to become "lost in the wild". I wish everyone could see that Chris took alot more risks than most people. Most people play it safe and follow the rules therefore they miss out on alot in life.
spacecadebt33 2 years ago 6
very true.. and alot of people from Alaska dont like him because he reminds them of their past selves.
DownhillMTB13 2 years ago
tout comprendre c'est tout pardonner
don't not judge him
toutpardonner 2 years ago
perhaps his passion for his ideals overcame any common sense he might have had when he decided to hike west on the stampede trail. it sounds like he was a bit unprepared. however i respect him very much. i can relate to his thoughts and actions in so many ways. he did what he believed in and felt glorious doing so. I know he was living his dream. He knew the consequences. Respects.
sunshot78 2 years ago 2
You are so ignorant, you're not getting the point. He didnt commit suicide, its not like he wanted to die out there. I know you have never been more then ten feet from civilization but shit happens in the wild. And as far as the publishers of into the wild, how the hell would he know that they were going to make a movie after him. Take your PHD and make a bunch a money and take everything for granted but leave the people who respect the little in life alone
spacecadebt33 2 years ago 3
Chris sure didn't respect his family- he left them hanging for 2 years, sounds pretty selfish to me.
sunriftboy1 2 years ago
I'm not sure if you have read the book, but he had his reasons. If it were not for a couple of mistakes (the wild potato roots and the way over the river) he would have made it. Peace.
misun13 2 years ago
you are selfish in not seeing that they 'abandoned' him first.
urdumberthanyoulook 2 years ago 3
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I respect him for going to college and graduating- something most of you posting comments on here; will never experience. However, I do not think Mr. McCandless did anything great by starving in a bus out in the wilderness... I mean he did nothing more than give the hopeless the thought of suicide is an easy and right way out... how lame. He did nothing more than disrespect his family and put money in the pockets of the publishers of "Into the Wild".... sorry if I have pissed everyone off.
sunriftboy1 2 years ago
You have obviously taken the obedient road of life following the rules, obeying your masters and never knowing or ever seeking any true freedom or adventure. Enjoy your rules and task masters and at the end of your life make sure you pat yourself on the back for being a good, compliant slave to the system.
BloodTar 2 years ago 2
Actually I have not followed the "masters" that you speak of... I have lived on in 9 different countries and have summited more mountains and run more rivers than most men my age-29. All I'm saying is that starving to death in a bus doesn't sound like a great adventure, it sounds like a ill-planned one.
sunriftboy1 2 years ago
I know so many idiots who went to college and graduated... why should I respect anyone because of that? I respect some graduate people I know, but not for having graduated... I would respect them the same if they had not. You're such an asshole and your life is so small. "There are more things in heaven and earth than are dreamed of in your... " "Philosophy", said Hamlet, but in your case what should I say? Average mind?
DiegoElArbol 2 years ago