https://padlet.com/ravasquez101_4/x3dljwfaq7zmt9di Made with a taste for adventure by Ruben Vasquez en-us 2021-12-07 17:32:16 UTC 2025-04-14 15:23:03 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f304.png ravasquez101_4 https://padlet.com/ravasquez101_4/x3dljwfaq7zmt9di/wish/1934153306 Growing up, my dad's family would always want to go on hikes and just be in the outdoors. My family really loved to go to Big Bear when it snowed so we would go to many trails to go hiking. My cousins and I loved the outdoors because there was so much to do, so many things to entertain us. I remember always splitting up with my family so that my cousins and I could explore and go deep into the forest. Exploring the forest was always so much fun because we would climb trees, look for animals, and when it was snowing we would slide down big hills. ]]> 2021-12-07 17:38:54 UTC https://padlet.com/ravasquez101_4/x3dljwfaq7zmt9di/wish/1934153306 ravasquez101_4 https://padlet.com/ravasquez101_4/x3dljwfaq7zmt9di/wish/1937501248 Summary: Into the Wild is based on the true story of a young, hitchhiker (p. 3) named Christopher Johnson McCandless a man who willing threw his whole life away so that he could explore the unexplored. In the first chapter of this novel, Christ is off to Alaska which is a magnet for dreamers (p. 4), he wants to get away from the society and the people in his life. He takes on this harsh (p. 5) dangerous adventure excited (p. 6). With minimal (p. 5) supplies, he is dropped off at the head of the Stampede Trail by a kind man named Jim Gallien on Tuesday, April 28, 1992.

Analysis: I choose to go against Chris, he had so much and had so many nice things. I find that so frustrating because so many people want that kind of lifestyle but he just threw it all away. He wasn't even prepared for his adventure he could have used the money he burnt to get supplies. 

#Wildlife #Goplayoutisde #Adventuretime]]> 2021-12-09 06:04:31 UTC https://padlet.com/ravasquez101_4/x3dljwfaq7zmt9di/wish/1937501248 ravasquez101_4 https://padlet.com/ravasquez101_4/x3dljwfaq7zmt9di/wish/1940393981 Summary: In this Chapter, it begins by describing the desolation (p. 9) trail down the Stampede Trail to get to the Fairbanks City Transit System Bus (p. 10) 142. September 6, 1992, was the day that six Alaskans happened to visit the remote vehicle. On the bus's rear exit door there was an SOS (p. 12) note tape to it. On the bus, they discovered a Remington rifle, cooking utensils, an expensive backpack, and other supplies. Sadly in the back, on a bunk, is the dead body of Chris McCandless. The next day, Alaska State Troops search the bus to reveal several rolls of film and McCandless’s diary, which contains 113 entries and is written in a guide to edible plants (p. 13). The cause of Chris's death is established as starvation (p. 14). But since they had no information on who Chris was, the identity of his dead body remained unknown.

Analysis: I feel bad for Chris because all he wanted to do was live a free life. He worked very hard for his dream just to die a harsh and lonely death. It must have been so scary for him to be lost with no food, water, supplies, or just someone to talk to. Waiting for somebody to save you must have to be one of the saddest ways to die.

#SOS #Dreamsruined #fallensolider]]> 2021-12-10 14:06:51 UTC https://padlet.com/ravasquez101_4/x3dljwfaq7zmt9di/wish/1940393981 ravasquez101_4 https://padlet.com/ravasquez101_4/x3dljwfaq7zmt9di/wish/1943700695 Summary: In this chapter, we are introduced to a man named Wayne Westerberg who is a hyperkinetic (p. 16) man with thick shoulders and a black goatee. On September 10, 1990, Wayne was driving back from town picked up a hitchhiker (p.17) calling himself Alex McCandless. Wayne described Chris to be one of the hardest workers he has ever met he would clean even the dirtiest place and would always get the job done. He was super ethical (p. 18). Chris ended up really liking Carthage. On October 10, 1990, Wayne had to serve a four-month prison sentence so there was no work for Chris so he decided to leave. He kept in touch with Wayne and told almost everyone he met thereafter that South Dakota was his home. While attending Emory University in Atlanta, Chris starts his plan to disappear (p. 21) for a while after his graduation. Driving west out of Atlanta, he intended to invent an utterly (p. 22) new life for himself. When he graduated he packed his bags and went under the new name Alexander Supertramp.

Analysis: Chris shouldn't have disappeared like how he did that was just awful. He made so many of his loved ones worried and sick. If I were him I wouldn't even leave what I had he was doing so great in life and he just threw it away. 

#DHMU #Mylife #Hometown]]> 2021-12-13 04:48:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ravasquez101_4/x3dljwfaq7zmt9di/wish/1943700695 ravasquez101_4 https://padlet.com/ravasquez101_4/x3dljwfaq7zmt9di/wish/1943702720 Summary: In this chapter, Chris arrived in an area of Lake Mead called Detrital Wash and was caught in a flash flood (p. 28) that got his engine wet. While traveling Chris suffers
from heatstroke (p.29) but manages to flag down some passing boaters. A woman named Jan Burres and her boyfriend, Bob, encounter McCandless next and give him a ride. Chris got a job on a ranch but he never got paid so he stole (p.30) a red ten-speed bicycle and drove off. Chris got a ticket for hitchhiking and gives his real address to the police which causes his parents to be altered by his whereabouts. He then heads south to Mexico by buying a canoe (32). But later on, he abandons the canoe. Immigration officers arrest and then release him at the US-Mexico border. Finally, he ends up in Las Vegas with no money and no ID (p.37). 

Analysis: What I don't understand about Chris is why didn't he just stay on the road? Why did he even go in the wash? Also, Chris is dumb for making that mistake with his hitchhiking ticket because now his parents are aware of him.

#Abandonmentissuses #FindersKeepers #Theif]]> 2021-12-13 04:50:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ravasquez101_4/x3dljwfaq7zmt9di/wish/1943702720 ravasquez101_4 https://padlet.com/ravasquez101_4/x3dljwfaq7zmt9di/wish/1949857634 Summary: In this chapter, Chris stops taking photographs and keeping a journal, a practice he didn't resume until he went to Alaska the next year. He ends up landing in Bullhead City, Arizona their Chris gets a job at McDonald's (p.39) but when he applies for the job he uses his real name and his real social securities number. His coworkers remember him as a dependable and reliable worker. One of his fellow coworkers told him that he needed to take a bath more often. Krakauer reveals that McCandless hid from his coworkers that he was a drifter (p. 41) without a home or access to shower facilities. After some time he simply just walks out the door and quit. Soon after an old man named Charlie lived on a piece of land and there was an extra trailer (p. 42) there. Chris was able to stay and he stayed for about a month. Chris wrote to Jan and Bob and he went to go visit them because he got tired of staying in one place and all the "plastic people" (p.43). Chris ended up helping Jan with her swamp meet book store at the Slabs (p. 44). After a while of working with Jan and Bob, he says his goodbyes and departs to Alaska.
Analysis: Chris should have just stayed with Jan and Bob they were so nice to him they treated him so kindly. He is also really weird when people start to become close with him it's almost like he is scared of being loved by people.

#GettaJob #Homeless #ByeBye]]> 2021-12-15 16:18:20 UTC https://padlet.com/ravasquez101_4/x3dljwfaq7zmt9di/wish/1949857634 ravasquez101_4 https://padlet.com/ravasquez101_4/x3dljwfaq7zmt9di/wish/1949859437 Summary: In this chapter, we are introduced to a nice old man named Ron Franz who is 80 years old. One day in January Alex was hitchhiking back to a spa when Ron Franz picked him up. On New Year's Eve in 1957, Ron's wife and son were killed by a drunk driver (p. 50). Since then, Ron has lived a fairly lonely existence. Ron and Alex immediately bond and spend the next few weeks together. Ron ends up becoming like a grandfatherly (p. 51) figure for Alex. Franz teaches McCandless leatherworking, and McCandless produces a leather belt (p. 51) with a number of symbols from his life as a tramp. His next contact with Franz comes after he goes to jail (p. 54) and is arrested for jumping a train further south, in a small California town called Colton. Franz drives to Colton, picks McCandless up, feeds him, gives him supplies, and helps him pack to depart for Carthage, where he says he will work for Wayne Westerberg again. On one of their last drives, Franz asks McCandless if he can adopt (p. 55) him as his grandson, but McCandless pushes off the conversation for after his return from Alaska.

Analysis: This chapter was very depressing I really wish Alex just let Ron adopt him because he really did love him as if he were his own son. Alex is so cold-hearted for pushing off the question that was so rude of him. It must have been so heartbreaking for Ron when he got the news.

#Depression #Adoption #GrandfatherlyLove]]> 2021-12-15 16:19:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ravasquez101_4/x3dljwfaq7zmt9di/wish/1949859437 ravasquez101_4 https://padlet.com/ravasquez101_4/x3dljwfaq7zmt9di/wish/1952396775 Summary: In this chapter, fifty days have gone by since the discovery of McCandless’s body, the narrator meets with Wayne Westerberg in Carthage, South Dakota to discuss McCandless’s last period of work at Westerberg’s grain elevator. Chris appeared one day ready to work he did every work thrown at him. Wayne noticed that Alex lacked common sense (p. 63). Both Alex and his father were stubborn (p.64). He rebelled (p.64) over his parent's control and their way of life. However, he also mentions being very close with his little sister Carine. We also find out that Alex dies a virgin. When it was time to say goodbye they all knew something bad was going to happen. Alex leaves his journal, photo album, and leather belt with Westerberg for safekeeping (p. 68). The chapter ends with postcards sent to both Westerberg and Jan Burres stating that Alex has now walked into the wild (p.69).

Analysis: To me, it's crazy how much of a great impact Alex has on some people even though he's just a homeless hitchhiker. I feel bad for the people that meet him thought because it must have broken their hearts when they found out about his death.

#VirginLife  #TheImpact #Timetogo]]> 2021-12-16 18:21:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ravasquez101_4/x3dljwfaq7zmt9di/wish/1952396775 ravasquez101_4 https://padlet.com/ravasquez101_4/x3dljwfaq7zmt9di/wish/1961432573 Summary: 

Analysis: 

# # #]]> 2021-12-23 02:35:02 UTC https://padlet.com/ravasquez101_4/x3dljwfaq7zmt9di/wish/1961432573 ravasquez101_4 https://padlet.com/ravasquez101_4/x3dljwfaq7zmt9di/wish/1973492982 Summary: In this chapter, Krakauer opens it by describing a Southwestern canyon called Davis Gulch, a watershed in the midst of the desert. Six decades ago, twenty-year-old Everett Ruess carved (p. 89) in pen name into a rock NEMO 1934 just like how Chris wrote his name Alexander Supertramp May 1992 on his Bus. Ruess's craving (p. 91) for connection with the natural world and his experiences are amazing. He adopts a series of new names (p. 93) in multiple letters then changes it randomly. Ruess's disappearance (p. 94) is unknown but some guess he fell to his death or drowned. Like Chris, Ruess desire (p. 97) lead them both to never make it out of the wild

Analysis: I wonder what actually happened to Everett Ruess did he die or was he still out there exploring. Everett Ruess has a lot in common with Chris which is crazy because they are two strangers from different timelines with the same goal in life. To me, that's just crazy to think about because Ruess was alive 6 decades ago and was so much like Chris.

#Mystery #Anotheronebitesthedust #Longtimeago]]> 2022-01-04 04:36:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ravasquez101_4/x3dljwfaq7zmt9di/wish/1973492982 ravasquez101_4 https://padlet.com/ravasquez101_4/x3dljwfaq7zmt9di/wish/1974708107 Summary: In this chapter, Jim Gallien the same Alaskan who gave Chris his final ride to Alaska, sees a front-page newspaper (p. 99) about the boy’s death based on another story that appeared in The New York Times. Gallion calls the Anchorage Police because he thinks he knows the identity of the body. He had to convince the police that he encountered Chris on the Stampede Trail. Gallion tells the police that Chris is from South Dakota. A friend of Wayne Westerberg hears a description of Chris on a radio show. He radios Westerberg, who tunes in to the station (p. 100) and calls the Alaska State Troops. They don't trust Westerberg until he gives the troops Chris's social security number (p. 101). A homicide detective (p.101) reaches Sam McCandless, Chris's half-brother. Sam travels to Alaska to identify if the body is Chris using a picture (p. 102) and sadly finds out that his half-brother is dead. 

Analysis: Life back then must have been very rough since there were no cell phones. Also how hard it was to identify a dead body. It's crazy how so many people remembered Chris. He was able to influence so many people throughout his adventure which is really cool.

#IrisFucyu #famous #half-brothers]]> 2022-01-04 17:16:33 UTC https://padlet.com/ravasquez101_4/x3dljwfaq7zmt9di/wish/1974708107 ravasquez101_4 https://padlet.com/ravasquez101_4/x3dljwfaq7zmt9di/wish/1977013857 Summary: In this chapter, we are introduced to Samuel Walt McCandless Chris's father. He works with satellites and even has a top secret clearance with the department of defense. Walt was a man who projected authority (p. 104). He married young and was financially successful, but his relationship with his first wife and family fell apart. Walt then met Billie McCandless, Christopher’s mother. Fights between his parents led Chris and his little sister, Carine to bond even closer. They both were musical children. Growing up Chris was a very talented kid that had many gifts (p. 106). He loved running cross country and showed extreme determination to succeed in every task he undertook. Chris was a high achiever (p. 109) but he was so independent that he hated following rules he always wanted to do things his way. When faced with a challenge Chris would always take it head-on (p. 111). After Chris graduates he decide to drive his car on many transcontinental adventures (p. 116) but this is the trip where he discovered that would turn away from his parents and will fill his relationship with anger, misunderstandings, and sorrow.

Analysis: I want to know what made Chris want to leave Walt and Billie so bad because Chris was so successful where he was. I also want to know what happens to his little sister Carine. I find it funny that he quit music just because his sister was a little better than him, that sounds like something I would do.

#Succeeder #Achiever #Powerhouse]]> 2022-01-05 17:48:13 UTC https://padlet.com/ravasquez101_4/x3dljwfaq7zmt9di/wish/1977013857 ravasquez101_4 https://padlet.com/ravasquez101_4/x3dljwfaq7zmt9di/wish/1980015302 Summary: In this chapter, we dive into the backstory on why Chris left his home and the reason for hating his parents mainly his father. It begins with Chris telling his dad even though they had problems Chris really respected (p. 118) him as a father. Chris takes an extended trip through the American West. He returns from the trip dehydrated and very thin. It turns out that Chris that got lost in the Mojave Desert and nearly died. Chris was stated to be good at almost everything he ever tried which made him supremely overconfident (p. 118). He begins college at Emory University in Atlanta.  He works for the student newspaper and makes high grades. He begins to unravel, however, becoming anti-social. The reason for Chris becoming anti-social is because, during his trip, he had discovered that his father had maintained a relationship with his first wife and his other children, heading two households. Chris saw this as his whole childhood being all lies (p. 121). After his graduation, he didn't contact anyone in his family including his sister. His parents were very worried and very emotional (p. 124). In July 1992 Billie had a dream with Chris yelling "Mom, help me(p. 126)!".

Analysis: I feel so bad for Chris he was never able to confront his father about his double life. Walt is a horrible person all he causes was pain within the families he had which I find disgusting. At first, I thought Walt was a good and amazing person just strict but it turns out that he is a horrible man cheating on his wife and making another family.

#Pimp #SideChick #Doublelife]]> 2022-01-07 04:55:48 UTC https://padlet.com/ravasquez101_4/x3dljwfaq7zmt9di/wish/1980015302 ravasquez101_4 https://padlet.com/ravasquez101_4/x3dljwfaq7zmt9di/wish/1980729784 Summary: In this chapter, we focus on the pain Carine McCandless feels over her brother's death. She begins to describe her extraordinarily close relationship with Chris. She describes Chris's love for the family dog, she says that if Buckley was with him then it might have been different. Though Chris was wreckless with his life he would never put Buckley in danger (p. 128). Just like Chris, Carine is very energetic (p. 129) and is a high achiever. Ten months after Chris was discovered Carine still grieves (p. 129) and can't get through a day without crying. When Carine found out about Chris's death by Fish she told him no and started screaming. She takes the loss of her brother hard by losing her appetite (p. 131) and ten pounds. In the end, Billie is looking back at photos and breaks down (p. 132) saying "I just don't understand why he had to take those kinds of chances".

Analysis: This was a sad chapter because Carine loved her brother Chris with all her heart. She was so heartbroken once she found out about his death. She really cared for him even though he just left her. The death of Chris probably affected her the most because they had so many things in common. Chris's death caused so much pain for the McCandless's especially his mother Billie. 

#Heartbreaking #Regrets #Sisterlylove]]> 2022-01-07 15:42:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ravasquez101_4/x3dljwfaq7zmt9di/wish/1980729784 ravasquez101_4 https://padlet.com/ravasquez101_4/x3dljwfaq7zmt9di/wish/1985281390 Summary: In this chapter, Jon Krakauer discusses how he thinks that Chris McCandless wasn't suicidal and that his death was unplanned (p. 134) based on his own personal experience. Krakauer spent most of his life mountain climbing (p. 134). It begins with him telling his own story of his Alaska adventure. At the age of 23, Krakauer decides to summit an extremely difficult peak called the Devil's Thumb in Alaska all alone (p. 135). Strangers drive him to the edge of a glacier called the Stikine Ice Pack and he begins his climb. He arrives at the edge of the Devil's Thumb three days later. He nearly dies by falling through a crevasse before he makes it onto a glacier plateau to camp. He pays a bush pilot to drop off supplies at the foot of the Thumb. He made it to the drop but the plane never came. Krakauer was so scared that he would die of starvation but the pilot finally saw him and dropped the supplies. When climbing, the thoughts of his day-to-day existence have been temporarily forgotten (p. 143). After climbing almost seven hundred feet using only his ice ax and crampons when Krakauer reached three hundred feet there was no more ice there was only rock. In the end, he had to descend back down (p. 144) the face. 

Analysis: Krakauer did all that hard and mental work just to find out that he couldn't reach the top because of the rocks on the mountains. That must of been so frustrating to have to go down the mountain knowing that you were almost to the top. I would have been so mad.

#Justdoit #FaliureSucks #Couldn'tdoit]]> 2022-01-11 04:51:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ravasquez101_4/x3dljwfaq7zmt9di/wish/1985281390 ravasquez101_4 https://padlet.com/ravasquez101_4/x3dljwfaq7zmt9di/wish/1986611047 Summary: In this chapter, when Krakauer made it down the mountain he stayed in his tent for 3 days because of the weather. He was deciding on whether or not to stay and try the mountain again or just head back to the coast. But the thought of him returning to Boulders in defeat (p. 146) wasn't so appealing to him. He decides to smoke a joint he turned around to see that the match he used for the stove caught his tent on fire and the tent belonged to his father. Krakauer's father was volatile (p. 147) he also had quite a temper and lots of expectations for his son. He wanted him to be a doctor or at least a lawyer when Krakauer was a teen he started to rebel. Their relationship started to crumble after Krakauer learned some family secrets and wasn't able to forgive his father for some time. His father fell into madness (p. 149), he had polio, and 30 years after he got it symptoms started showing up. He was wounded up in a mental asylum after trying to commit suicide in front of Krakauer. He tries climbing the mountain again but this time only makes it 120 feet before turning around. The weather got worse and he couldn't find the base camp so he just wrapped himself in his bivvy bag. Krakauer was never able to think that he was in any danger. He decides to climb the south side and he finally makes it to the top (p. 153) of the mountain. After making it to the top he stays for a little and climbs back down. When telling the locals nobody really cared that he climbed Devil's Thumb. He realized that mountains weren't able to fix his problems. Krakauer and McCandless have many things in common but Krakauer believed that the only reason he came back from Alaska was down to just chance. He realizes his hubris (p. 155) pushed him to his limits to achieve his goal.

Analysis: I felt that Krakauer was expecting all his problems to vanish and everyone to be so impressed by what he accomplished but sadly no one seemed to care. This must have left him heartbroken to hear that no one cared for what he did because it was such a big goal for him and he was so excited to tell people about making it to the top of Devil's Thump. 

#Accomplished #Whocares #Somethingsneverchang. ]]> 2022-01-11 17:42:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ravasquez101_4/x3dljwfaq7zmt9di/wish/1986611047 ravasquez101_4 https://padlet.com/ravasquez101_4/x3dljwfaq7zmt9di/wish/1989747726 Summary: In this chapter, our author Jon Krakauer jumps back into the tale of Chris McCandless. The chapter begins with Chris starting his journey to Alaska from Carthage. He met a man named Gaylord Stuckey and he was delivering an RV to Fairbanks exactly where Chris was going. Stuckey wasn't able to give hitchhikers a ride but after talking to McCandless he decided to take him halfway then he wound up taking him all the way to Fairbanks it was a 3-day drive. Stuckey and Chris talked about why Chris intended to spend the summer alone in the bush and he says the reason was to get away from civilization (p. 159) and wanting to prove to himself that he could do it. Stuckey dropped Chris off at the university at 5:30 pm. Chris visits the university and buys a book about edible plants. He also purchases a gun. Later, Stuckey searches for McCandless in the hopes of finding him again, but he is nowhere to be found. Chris is then picked up by Jim Gallien who drops him off at the Stampede Trail. He was at long last, about to be alone in the Alaska wilderness (p. 162). When adventuring he finds bus number 142 in his journal he calls it "magic bus day" and he decides to make that his base camp (p. 165). Over his first week, he had a lot of trouble hunting only managing to catch a goose and then a small squirrel four days later. He found plenty of plants and berries to eat. Chris wasn't so far from civilization as he thought if he got a map he would have known. He got way better at hunting on June 9th, he managed to kill a "MOOSE"! Over the days he worked hard trying to slaughter the animal before the meat rotted. The carcass ended up being infected with maggots and had to leave most of it for the wolves. In early July he decided to head back to civilization. He reached the Teklanica River and what was a knee-deep creek in winter was now a full-blown river. He settled on the most prudent (p. 171) course. He turned around and started walking back to the bush. 

Analysis: I feel so bad for Chris because little did he know he wasn't that far from civilization. He maybe could have been alive today if only if brought a map with him because then he would have known what is around him. He also should have done a little more research and more supplies with him.

#Thewild #Badswimmer #Gottagoback]]> 2022-01-13 06:52:06 UTC https://padlet.com/ravasquez101_4/x3dljwfaq7zmt9di/wish/1989747726 ravasquez101_4 https://padlet.com/ravasquez101_4/x3dljwfaq7zmt9di/wish/1990906689 Summary: In this chapter, a year and a week after Chris decided to return to the bus Krakauer is standing at the Teklanika River. Unlike Chris, he travels with three companions and uses a topographic map (p. 174). They use the map to locate a large aluminum basket strung across the river. We learn that the infrastructure left behind by a hydrological survey team, allows people to easily cross the river. If Chris would have brought a map he could have found this and gotten to civilization. As the four hikers progress, Krakauer admits that he is glad he has people with him. They reach McCandless’s bus and are struck by the bones of all the animals he shot, which are still scattered around it. People thought Chris was incompetent (p. 177) because the first people to find Chris's body thought it was a caribou skeleton but in fact, was absolutely a moose. Inside the bus, they see the mattress Chris died on. There were also many possessions and supplies that once belonged to McCandless. Krakauer compares Chris with Sir John Franklin because they both were perceived to have lacked a requisite humility (p. 181). Chris tried to live entirely off the country without bothering to master beforehand the full repertoire of crucial skills (p. 182). Roman believes that Chris was driven by his passions (p.186) and the longings of his youth. Krakauer and two others stay up late drinking and attempting to determine what kind of person McCandless was. Then they fall asleep.

Analysis: That must of felt so weird to travel and then camp where Chris McCandless died. So much could have happened if only Chris brought a map with him, he could possibly still be alive right now if he had it on him. I think Chris should have planned a little more for one bringing a map and bringing more supplies with him. 

#GotMap? #CaribouorMoose #Unprepared]]> 2022-01-13 17:48:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ravasquez101_4/x3dljwfaq7zmt9di/wish/1990906689 ravasquez101_4 https://padlet.com/ravasquez101_4/x3dljwfaq7zmt9di/wish/1996482912 Summary: In this chapter, Chris comes back from failing to cross the Teklanika River. He went back to hunting and gathering berries. He leaves an enthusiastic note beside a passage saying that happiness (p. 189) is only real when shared with other people. In Chris's diary, it suggests that he was planning on going back to society. Krakauer spent a lot of time researching what led to the death of Chris. Krakauer knows that Chris got poisoned (p. 192) but some type of plant or seed but he just doesn't know which one. He finally comes to a conclusion, he is convinced that Chris ate moldy wild potato seeds it wasn't the seeds that got Chris sick but the mold on the seeds. The mold causes your body to not produce energy from food so no matter how much you eat you starve. After getting sick Chris was way too weak (p. 195) to hunt or hike out of the area which made his situation worse. On his hundredth day in the wild, Chris writes a note saying that he knows that he is going to die. If Chris had a map he would have seen a park services cabin six miles south even closer at four miles was two private cabins with food. But sadly that might not save him because everything was trashed and the food destroyed it wasn't a bear but a human. The sad irony (p. 196) of knowing how close Chris was to safety is so heart-breaking. Krakauer states that starvation is a terrible thing the body consumes itself hallucinations and convulsions can occur as well as skin discoloration but at the brink of death all the pain dissolves and calm takes over. On the back of a page from Louis L'amour's memoir, Chris writes a goodbye message claiming that he has had a happy life. In his last picture, Krakauer describes the peace (p. 199) in McCandless’s eyes in the last photograph he took of himself.

Analysis: Starvation has to be one of the scariest deaths because I can't even go an hour without eating something. Before reading this book I thought Chris McCandless was stupid and dumb nothings changed but I really respect him for living his dream and his dedication. It's sad the way he died I wish he died a happier death but instead he was all alone.

#RIPCJM #Hungry? #Resteasychamp]]> 2022-01-17 19:22:42 UTC https://padlet.com/ravasquez101_4/x3dljwfaq7zmt9di/wish/1996482912 ravasquez101_4 https://padlet.com/ravasquez101_4/x3dljwfaq7zmt9di/wish/1998531909 Summary: Ten months after Chris's death Krakauer, Walt, and Billie fly out to the bus by helicopter. It took them fifteen minutes of flight which took Chris four days to walk to make it to bus 142. Once they get there the helicopter lands and then drops them off and takes off again. Billy says how much the area looks like where she grew up and that Chris must have loved it. Walt is grumpy and has a lot of reasons to dislike Alaska but he admits it has a certain beauty (p. 202). Billy enters the bus and sits on the mattress looking around at Chris's possessions. She walks around with a painful (p. 202) smile. She says that he must have been very brave (p. 202) not to do himself in. For two hours they walk in and outside of the bus. Walton installs a memorial plaque inside of the door. Walt is grateful (p. 203) for visiting the bus that Chris died in because he states that it gave him a slightly better understanding of why Chris came into the wild. Walt also says how it's going to be a hard day every day for the rest of her life. The helicopter returns, they enter it and when leaving the bus it grows smaller and smaller, and then it's gone (p. 203).

Analysis: Chris McCandkless's death affected so many people but the people it affected the most was his loving family. It is sad to hear how they all reacted to seeing the things that belonged to Chris. Seeing his family painfully looking through the interior of the bus was so depressing because they knew that the bus is where their son died. The part that got me the most was Billie talking about how hard every day for the rest of his life is going to be without his son. 

#Bus142gonelikeCMJ #Outofthewild #TheEnd]]> 2022-01-18 17:19:32 UTC https://padlet.com/ravasquez101_4/x3dljwfaq7zmt9di/wish/1998531909 ravasquez101_4 https://padlet.com/ravasquez101_4/x3dljwfaq7zmt9di/wish/2001031714 In August 1992, Christopher McCandless died in an abandoned bus in Alaska. He was there alone for 113 days living off of squirrels, birds, roots, and seeds. Then hunters would find his body weeks later. Alaska state coroners declared starvation as the cause of death. But Krakauer was pondering the question of his death and found out that in McCandless's diary he got extremely weak due to potato seeds (para. 4). Krakauer originally thought it was due to beta-ODAP that causes gradual weakening and paralysis. After sending the Eskimo potato plants off to a lab to be studied, Krakauer was able to find out that the toxic compound was L-cancanine (para. 9). This compound wreaks havoc (para. 10) it screws up your ability to metabolize, so you essentially starve. The debates about how this young man died will likely continue. But Krakauer's research confirms (para. 18) the presence of this toxin in the plant. Krakauer states that if he hadn't been weakened by the seeds, he's confident that McCandless would have survived (para. 20).

Analysis: I wonder what got Krakauer to spend so much time researching the cause of McCandless's death? Krakauer thinks McCandless would have survived if he didn't eat the seeds but in my opinion, I think McCandless still would have died a lonely and depressing death. 

#UnsolvedMystery #Don'teatseeds #Toxic]]> 2022-01-19 17:30:47 UTC https://padlet.com/ravasquez101_4/x3dljwfaq7zmt9di/wish/2001031714 ravasquez101_4 https://padlet.com/ravasquez101_4/x3dljwfaq7zmt9di/wish/2003398954 As a kid, I would always be in a sport but the sport that really changed me was wrestling. Growing up I would be on and off with wrestling but when entering high school freshman year wrestling became addicting and a priority. Wrestling runs in my blood everyone in my family has done it and they ended up being extremely good but due to accidents, they were never able to achieve what I want so bad. My goal is to be the best in what I do and in order to prove that I’m going to be a state champ. 

This is an extremely hard and difficult goal. In order for me to achieve this goal is all dedication, the quality of being committed to a purpose. I'm always putting in extra work so that I could be ready for state and wrestle the high-ranked kids. Right now I am ranked 23rd last week I was 20 but I did really bad at a tournament. I had to wrestle 8th and 11th in the state but I sadly lost by the decision which motivates me even more to wrestle and train harder. It is almost time to make my goal a reality, I am still working on things in wrestling to improve but I am excited to be wrestling.

#Wrassling #Top25 #Toughestsport]]> 2022-01-20 17:16:07 UTC https://padlet.com/ravasquez101_4/x3dljwfaq7zmt9di/wish/2003398954 ravasquez101_4 https://padlet.com/ravasquez101_4/x3dljwfaq7zmt9di/wish/2005446109 Throughout the book there were moments where I really thought to myself, dang Chris what are you doing and some moments when I admired his dedication. He would make some dumb and risky decisions which led me to hate him most of the time. But there were times when I thought Chris was respectable and admiring from certain decisions he took throughout his amazing journey. 

The GOOD: I loved how Chris was able to live his own life, he didn't let anyone interfere with him meeting his goal of making it to Alaska and living off the land. I found that admirable because so many people told him that it was a horrible idea but he didn't care he wanted to find out himself and his dedication got him where he wanted. Another thing he did was donate all his money and belongings to charity. Chris was extraordinarily talented. He excelled in almost anything he attempted and let nothing stand in his way. During Chris's year and a half adventure around the Western United States, he showed all of the qualities of a hero.

The BAD: There were many things I didn't like about Chris McCandless. I hated how Chris couldn't let go of mistakes that his parents made in the past and for this reason, he just stopped talking to them. He didn't even try reaching out or writing to them because he never resolved this conflict between him and his parents. He held a grudge against them and instead of confronting them about it, he ran away. It was dumb that he thought that he could cleanse himself by running away as far as possible. He could have found peace in addressing his parent's mistakes and accepting them for who they are now. 

In the end, I admire what Chris was trying to accomplish, but he did make some actions where I just wanted to punch him in the face. Chris was able to do so many good things throughout his adventure which I find truly amazing. I believe Chris McCandless inspires the adventurous side of us all by reminding us that we can change our lives tomorrow.

#RIPCJM #GodatHitchhiking #Legendsneverdie]]> 2022-01-21 17:10:49 UTC https://padlet.com/ravasquez101_4/x3dljwfaq7zmt9di/wish/2005446109