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Chris McCandless - a cautionary tale about trail planning and preparation (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 3 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

He was underprepared for a life in that environment. Iirc he didn’t really prepare at all for the trip. There’s some documentaries on yt etc if you want to dive deeper. There’s also a movie which is said to be pretty good.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 weeks ago

Or, y'know, the book