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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]PEOPLE

Christopher McCandless died from eating poisonous plants. There's every indication that he was a good survivalist. Stop drawing parallels between his poisoning and death from paralysis and a woman who couldn't find her way to a road 4 miles away in 20+ days while perfectly healthy![/quote]

Not only that, he was extremely well informed and experienced.

Furthermore, he had (and read) botanical guide books which authoritatively stated the wild potato seeds were indeed safe for consumption.

What happened to him could have happened to anyone in his situation. [/quote]

Nope.  Guy went into the Alaska bush without a map:

McCandless' journal documents 113 days in the area. In July, after living in the bus for three months, he decided to head back to civilization, but the trail was blocked by the swollen Teklanika River; the watercourse by that stage was considerably higher and swifter than when he'd crossed in April. McCandless did not have a detailed topographical map of the region and was unaware of a hand-operated tramway that crossed the river eight-tenths of a mile away from where he had previously crossed.[11] At this point, McCandless headed back to the bus and re-established his camp.

He killed a moose, but let the meat rot, because he didn't know how to preserve it. He was not "well informed and experienced" on any level.  If he had bothered to ask, or even just used common sense, he would know that rivers in Alaska flood when the snow melts.

Also the original poison theory Krakauer came up with was proven wrong by toxicological tests, so he came up with another one. But the bottom line is that the new theory, even if true, is based on toxic effects that would only be experienced by someone who was already starving to death. He was, at best, a romantic idiot.

I'm the pp who has seen the bus, and it really changed my opinion of him.  Locals up there think he basically committed suicide. [/quote]

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