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Listen, I didn't know the guy personally, but despite the size, Alaska is a really, really small state. I have friends that work for the for ADPS, specifically the DAST. I have known these guys for 20+ years and they say that he could have lived if he had walked out. Whether he chose to die, or was too incompetent to know how is really irrelevent. He was paperwork. But preventable paperwork.
 
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Taosman;964893; said:
Recently a man from California base jumped off the Rio Grande Gorge bridge. His parachute didn't completely open and he was very lucky to just break a leg and a foot. Unfortunately, he had to be rescued by Taos Search and Rescue. Those people had to risk their lives to save his.
Should he be applauded for risking not only his life but the lives of several others needlessly?
When someone dies taking a high risk; What message does that say?
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Maybe not, but those people who rescued him decided that risking their lives to save others was their career path. Sometimes that includes saving base jumpers who didn't properly pack their chute......
 
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OCBuckWife;964915; said:
He was, by all accounts, an extremely intelligent person and yet he didn't take the time to learn what was edible and non-poisonous in the region he chose to enter with minimal equipment. How is that sort of decision making to be applauded?
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Uh, yes he did. The book details the research he did. He was found dead with a book of edible plants by his side. He died by eating seeds that no book said were poisonous.

Becoming more and more obvious that you haven't read one sentence of the book. Please try to be informed on the subject becoming commenting on them.
 
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tibor75;966364; said:
Uh, yes he did. The book details the research he did. He was found dead with a book of edible plants by his side. He died by eating seeds that no book said were poisonous.
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Boo friggin hoo. He didn't know the difference between a moose and a caribou. He died by eating the wrong seeds. Dumbass couldn't tell the difference between a potato seed and a wild sweet pea seed and paid the price. :tibor::stupid:
 
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WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA

I died a meaningless death in the Alaskan wilderness and now I'm a martyr for every suburban Kerouac-London-Hemingway-everyfreakingcornballstereotypicalJamesDean-MarlonBrandosaturdaymatineecharacterwannabe ever conceived.

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
 
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Brutus1;968360; said:
Boo friggin hoo. He didn't know the difference between a moose and a caribou. He died by eating the wrong seeds. Dumbass couldn't tell the difference between a potato seed and a wild sweet pea seed and paid the price. :tibor::stupid:
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actually, you are wrong on all accounts.

Comical how many people are commenting on this who never read one page of teh book.
 
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Uh, yes he did. The book details the research he did. He was found dead with a book of edible plants by his side. He died by eating seeds that no book said were poisonous.

Becoming more and more obvious that you haven't read one sentence of the book. Please try to be informed on the subject becoming commenting on them.
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Just finished the book and the guy, while academically gifted, was an all-out idiot. You call spending a few minutes at a Fairbanks library looking for a book on edible plants research? I certainly hope you prepare a little better before seeing a patient of yours!!

He also failed to realize that a stream in April can turn into a rushing river after the snow melts. Brilliant. Also, if he had a map he would have realized he could have crossed the river .6 miles downstream. But he didnt have a map. Brilliant.

A complete list of the simple mistakes he made is too long to post, but trust me, they are numerous and mind boggling.

Sorry he died, but he deserves a Darwin Award more than he does the current noteriety he is receiving.
 
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tibor75;968371; said:
actually, you are wrong on all accounts.

Comical how many people are commenting on this who never read one page of teh book.
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Ha ha. Was this drone your brother or what?

Krakauer himself wrote "That ambivalence turned to regret on June 9, when he shot and killed a large caribou, which he mistakenly identified as a moose in his journal."


and ..... " McCandless had been digging and eating root of the wild potato, a common area wildflower also known as Eskimo potato, which Kari's book told him was widely eaten by native Alaskans-for more than a month without ill effect. There is, however, a closely related plant-wild sweet pea- that is very difficult to distinguish from wild potato, grows beside it, and is poisonous. In all likelihood McCandless mistakenly ate some seeds from the wild sweet pea and became gravely ill."

That's coming right from your boy Krakauer's pen.

I'm no hunter, but I sure as hell can tell the difference between a caribou and a moose.

Looks like you're wrong here. :tibor:
 
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KodiakBuck;968579; said:
Also, if he had a map he would have realized he could have crossed the river .6 miles downstream. But he didnt have a map. Brilliant.
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According to Krakauer, it was .25 miles from where he tried to cross.

Either way, intelligent or not, he was a dumbass for being unprepared.

If he was so concerned about the outdoors, he would have died outside to give the buzzards and worms a meal.
 
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Brutus1;968718; said:
Ha ha. Was this drone your brother or what?

Krakauer himself wrote "That ambivalence turned to regret on June 9, when he shot and killed a large caribou, which he mistakenly identified as a moose in his journal."


and ..... " McCandless had been digging and eating root of the wild potato, a common area wildflower also known as Eskimo potato, which Kari's book told him was widely eaten by native Alaskans-for more than a month without ill effect. There is, however, a closely related plant-wild sweet pea- that is very difficult to distinguish from wild potato, grows beside it, and is poisonous. In all likelihood McCandless mistakenly ate some seeds from the wild sweet pea and became gravely ill."

That's coming right from your boy Krakauer's pen.

I'm no hunter, but I sure as hell can tell the difference between a caribou and a moose.

Looks like you're wrong here. :tibor:
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Actually, later on in the book Krakauer talks about how it was in fact a moose, not a caribou, based on photographic evidence. I don't have the book here at work, so I can't look up the actual page of this discussion. Some of you have really selective memories!
 
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