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Journal Entry 1 by 
The picture shows a little of the vast wilderness in Denali NP (looking north beyond Polychrome mountain) where Chris McCandless went missing.My opinion of Chris McCandless changed throughout the book. Initially I thought he was a spoilt rich kid who wanted to give up his affluence to spite his family. In the early chapters describing his initial time spent wandering the southern US, I felt cross with his total lack of consideration for his family. As the book progressed I felt more empathy for Chris. I think Krauker's idea of including tales of his own and other explorers' hazardous journies broke up the telling of Chris' story too much. However, it did help to explain the motivation behind Chris' need to go to the wilderness. It was tragic that he went off so unprepared. |
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Journal Entry 2 by 
The long approach to Ben Alder: after cycling 10 miles of unsurfaced track a short walk along the burn to the east of the mountain.
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Journal Entry 3 by
Nearing the top of the short Leachas ridge on the eastern edge of the summit plateau.
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Journal Entry 4 by
Released 6 yrs ago (7/23/2005 UTC) at Ben Alder (near Dalwhinnie) in Newtonmore, Scotland United Kingdom WILD RELEASE NOTES:
RELEASE NOTES: Left on the summit of the mountain. A wonderful day on this majestic mountain, which is one of the more remote of the Munros. We enjoyed the relatively easy cycle in from Dalwhinnie along the Land Rover track to Culra bothy. After dumping the bikes we set off on foot along the path beside the Allt a Chaoil-reidhe towards Beallach Beithe. Just before the loch we climbed the short Leachas ridge to gain the plateau. This was a pleasant easy ascent with a little easy scrambling near the top. The summit plateau seemed vast and featureless after such wonderful views on the approach, but by keeping to east and skirting the crags we kept the views to the east and south for longer. After reaching the summit cairn, we returned by the long Leachas, dropping down into the glen again about a mile SW of the bothy. Part of my Books on Bens project, see my bookshelf If you are new to BookCrossing and find this book and this site; welcome! Enjoy the site, the book and hopefully the BookCrossing community. I hope you'll join BookCrossing (doesn't cost anything to join!) and if you do, please feel free to send me a Private Message, by clicking on the name “swan-scot”, to ask for help with anything. Happy reading! |
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