Chris Cruendless: The Death Of Chris Mccandless

Chris McCandless- a name immortalized due to his inexplicable desire to escape the civilized life for one in the wild. This desire inadvertently led to Chris McCandless’ death by starvation. Chris was an arrogant young man who believed he could do nearly anything. Little did he know that this excessive self-confidence would lead to his demise. Many readers still care about Chris McCandless and yearn for the answer to Chris’ death. Some adore Chris and try to emulate him. Others are adverse to these views and condemn Chris’ choices hoping others will not follow his self-destructive path.

First, people often question the true cause of Chris McCandless’ death. The author of Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer’s investigation into Chris’ death. This

Therefore, many people do similar activities as Chris tried to do. For example, in the bus where Chris died, “More than 100 of these pilgrims come annually, according to one local’s estimate” (Moss). With an umpteen amount of people following hiking the same Stampede Trail as McCandless, the only option left to follow him in is his spirit. Furthermore, every year countless people visit mountains all over the world and go hiking. Typically, some hikers die on these treks, yet participants remain open to this high-risk, high-reward adventure. People love the thrill of looking at a vista after a challenging climb. In a sense, what people like in Chris McCandless is the lure of the wild, to escape normalcy and go

This is why many people continually criticize his actions. Chris went into the wild thinking he would be fine with just “a .22-caliber rifle and a 10-pound bag of rice and lived there for more than 100 days, hunting and foraging” (Saverin). Chris didn’t have nearly enough supplies to get survive. Chris eventually realized this but when he tried to turn back, the Teklanika River he had crossed getting there rose, rendering it impassable. This river would eventually take the life of another person. In 2010, 29 year old Claire Ackermann tried to follow the footsteps of the famous Chris McCandless but ended up drowning in the Teklanika River. Chris could not cross back over that overflowing river which caused him to face a death that would face investigation. “McCandless perished because he ate toxic seeds… it may prevent other backcountry foragers from accidentally poisoning themselves” (Krakauer). People still care about Chris McCandless enough to continually investigate his cause of death. Also, to inform people to not follow Chris’ ways in. Chris made some pretty dumb mistakes all in attempts to completely escape his normal life for a wild one. Unfortunately, some of those mistakes led to his death and that is why many people still try to convey that what he did was stupid and that his ways should not be followed. Overall, we still remember Chris McCandless because