> 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

> 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.