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By Priscilla Spaans | Published Monday 19 December 2011
It’s foolish to change your life as a student for a life as a vagabond, isn’t it?
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| Christopher Mccandless and his famous bus |
In April 1992 he took on a different persona in taking the name Alexander Supertramp which he got from the book ‘The Autobiografy of a Super-tramp’ by William Davies in 1908. In his writings he talks in the third person about Christopher Mccandless and Alexander Supertramp. I think this references to the fact that he was suffering from schizophrenia. He said things like “Christopher Mccandless is not searching for anything in Alaska, he was running for something instead”. Probably for the materialistic life and not least; his family. When somebody asked about his family, he answered he didn’t have any.
142 bus
The hunters bus which Christopher used as his hide, is now a tourist draw. Though you need to be a sort of super tramp yourself. It’s a forty miles road trip with the bus and roughly takes three days. Bring enough food and water for this heavy trip. I think searching for pictures of the bus on internet is more my thing than this devil of a trip. But if you like it, there’s a Stampede Trail Map which offers two roads. A heavy and a less heavy road. This hiking destination is popular but don’t start this hike when you are just a beginning hiker. Hike with a group of minimum four persons because bears rarely attack groups and there are many. There’s a good chance that they attack you when you are alone. Little tip: sing a song for them and they will relax.
Into the wild
His road trip is made into my favorite film on earth called: Into the Wild. The beautiful music made by Eddie Vedder in combination with the amazing pictures makes his trip as a fantasy. Eddie Vedder even received a Golden Globe for the magnificent title song Guarenteed. Living like a foolish tramp was Christopher Mccandless ideal. I think offering his own life has made people aware of the capitalistic society. He wrote some great one-liners in his journal. I will give you some of these.
The hunters bus which Christopher used as his hide, is now a tourist draw. Though you need to be a sort of super tramp yourself. It’s a forty miles road trip with the bus and roughly takes three days. Bring enough food and water for this heavy trip. I think searching for pictures of the bus on internet is more my thing than this devil of a trip. But if you like it, there’s a Stampede Trail Map which offers two roads. A heavy and a less heavy road. This hiking destination is popular but don’t start this hike when you are just a beginning hiker. Hike with a group of minimum four persons because bears rarely attack groups and there are many. There’s a good chance that they attack you when you are alone. Little tip: sing a song for them and they will relax.
Into the wild
His road trip is made into my favorite film on earth called: Into the Wild. The beautiful music made by Eddie Vedder in combination with the amazing pictures makes his trip as a fantasy. Eddie Vedder even received a Golden Globe for the magnificent title song Guarenteed. Living like a foolish tramp was Christopher Mccandless ideal. I think offering his own life has made people aware of the capitalistic society. He wrote some great one-liners in his journal. I will give you some of these.
"If we admit that human life can be ruled by reason, then all possibility of life is destroyed."
"Some people feel like they don't deserve love. They walk away quietly into empty spaces, trying to close the gaps of the past."
And I want to close this blog with Christopher Mccandless his last quote:
"Some people feel like they don't deserve love. They walk away quietly into empty spaces, trying to close the gaps of the past."
And I want to close this blog with Christopher Mccandless his last quote:
“Rather than love, than money, than faith, than fame, than fairness... give me truth.”
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