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I guess, but as a kid, I practically lived in the thick woods around our house. As a boy, it was awesome to live in a place where carrying a khukuri (or small

• kerkeslager 6y ago
  > I guess, but as a kid, I practically lived in the thick woods around our house. You were just enjoying nature and going back to the safety of civilization at night. McCandless was trying to break his dependence on civilization entirely. There's nothing wrong with what you were doing, I do it myself. But it's not the same thing.
• starpilot 6y ago
  I lived like that growing up in Virginia. Mid-Atlantic has many areas like this. Minus the Nepali souvenirs though.
  • scruple 6y ago
    And I had the same experience growing up in rural southeastern Ohio. Bushwhacking, spending a lot of time in and near rivers and streams, walking the fields, hunting small game. The specific place where I grew up has largely lost most of this, minus the water. I wonder if other places have lost pieces of it, too.