Transcendentalists





Chris McCandless was the subject of the book, [|**Into the Wild**], by Jon Krakauer, after his 1992 death in the Alaska wilderness. Chris hitchhiked throughout the American West in the early 90's, logging thousands of miles and befriending many. His restless angst during the jaded Bush era caused readers to question his- and their own- motives.

In a letter written to a friend hehad made while hitchhiking: "So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more dangerous to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greather joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun."