Thursday, June 24, 2010

Chris McCandless


I just saw "Into the Wild" a few days ago. Since then I've been reading opinions from people who, with the utmost profundity, tell us what a fool he was. Not to me. I like Chris, because he had the guts to be different. He took huge risks and paid for all his own mistakes. A debt paid in full. His reached exceeded his grasp.

I would have been the lucky one to number him among my friends. As to his critics, I consider myself lucky not to number you among my, or his, friends.