Title: Loneliness within loneliness
Quote: "Even when we were little, he was very to himself... he wasn't antisocial-he always had friends and everybody liked him- but he could go off an entertain himself for hours... he could be alone without being lonely" (Krakauer 107).
Topic: Travel Advice/ Inspiration or Fool
This quote in my mind can easily go both ways with inspiration or fool and travel advice. Chris was described as being "smarter than the average" back in grade school achieving high marks on achievement tests. He's obviously smart guy so him ending up traveling into the wild alone without the proper tools is kind of mind boggling. I feel like Chris wanted to be alone if he had the choice between having company or just doing it all on his own. For travel advice I would say never to travel alone into a dangerous environment without someone there to look after you and vice versa. Even though he likes being alone and doing things on his own it was not smart to travel in alone. Inspiration would be that he could go off and entertain himself and not get lonely. It shows that he was confident enough in himself to go into the wild alone and it shows determination but it didn't have much success for him. I see it as both being a fool and an inspiration because he did end up dying but he had a dream and a goal that he wanted to achieve and I admire that.
Monday, October 31, 2016
Tuesday, October 25, 2016
Independence is Not Always the Key
Title: Independence is Not Always the Key
Quote: "you don't need to worry about me. I have a college education. Im not destitute. I'm living like this by choice" (Krakauer 51).
Topic: Inspiration or Fool
I think that in this situation Alex is a fool. Alex is acting like he knows everything on how to live out in the wild and telling everyone to not worry about him because it is his choice on how he's living. In my mind he is trying to act like he is all tough and prove something to everyone. This can be very dangerous because if he is going out into the wild ill prepared he will not survive and will eventually perish. This quote is relevant to my other blog post because he is equipped with a .22 caliber rifle which won't do any harm to game out in the wild. Alex set himself up basically for failure because he couldn't kill any animals due to his foolishness of brining a small gun. This whole thing is ionic because he stated that he could do it all himself without any problems but he ends up dying in the end.
Quote: "you don't need to worry about me. I have a college education. Im not destitute. I'm living like this by choice" (Krakauer 51).
Topic: Inspiration or Fool
I think that in this situation Alex is a fool. Alex is acting like he knows everything on how to live out in the wild and telling everyone to not worry about him because it is his choice on how he's living. In my mind he is trying to act like he is all tough and prove something to everyone. This can be very dangerous because if he is going out into the wild ill prepared he will not survive and will eventually perish. This quote is relevant to my other blog post because he is equipped with a .22 caliber rifle which won't do any harm to game out in the wild. Alex set himself up basically for failure because he couldn't kill any animals due to his foolishness of brining a small gun. This whole thing is ionic because he stated that he could do it all himself without any problems but he ends up dying in the end.
Sunday, October 23, 2016
To be Prepared or Not to Be
Title: To be Prepared or Not to Be
Quote: "His rifle was only .22 caliber, a bore too small to rely on if he expected to kill large animals like moose and caribou, which he would have to eat if he hoped to remain very long in the country" (Krakauer 5).
Topic: Travel Advice
My dad travels to so many different countries for his work so he knows a lot about being organized and having the right essentials in oder to have a successful trip into the unknown. Personally i believe that it is very important to have everything planned out and ready for any kind of trip even if it is small. Alex is going into a place where there is little chance for survival if he doesn't have the right tools and gear. In order to have a chance to survive he needs to kill game to consume the necessary amount of food to keep living. He clearly was not prepared going into the wild because he is carrying a .22 caliber rifle which will do hardly and damage to large animals. In general Alex was not prepared at all with any gear let a lone a means of killing game. My travel advice would be to make sure you have the correct gear and tools according to the terrain that you are getting yourself into.
Quote: "His rifle was only .22 caliber, a bore too small to rely on if he expected to kill large animals like moose and caribou, which he would have to eat if he hoped to remain very long in the country" (Krakauer 5).
Topic: Travel Advice
My dad travels to so many different countries for his work so he knows a lot about being organized and having the right essentials in oder to have a successful trip into the unknown. Personally i believe that it is very important to have everything planned out and ready for any kind of trip even if it is small. Alex is going into a place where there is little chance for survival if he doesn't have the right tools and gear. In order to have a chance to survive he needs to kill game to consume the necessary amount of food to keep living. He clearly was not prepared going into the wild because he is carrying a .22 caliber rifle which will do hardly and damage to large animals. In general Alex was not prepared at all with any gear let a lone a means of killing game. My travel advice would be to make sure you have the correct gear and tools according to the terrain that you are getting yourself into.
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