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> Even worse, you go by yourself. This. A lone human is many, many times more vulnerable than even a couple. There is a reason why we tend to stick together.
by foxylad 13y ago
> Even worse, you go by yourself.
This. A lone human is many, many times more vulnerable than even a couple. There is a reason why we tend to stick together.
In this particular case, the article seems to be trying to exonerate McCandless because the poison that killed him was unknown at the time. But if he'd gone with someone else, or even organised someone to drop in occasionally, he'd have survived. His loner instinct made his death almost inevitable, dumbass or no.
Interesting aside: given the high price of loner genes, we still have loners. Evolution is an amazing process.
- _mulder_ 13y agoIt seems you've failed to understand why Chris McCandless went to Alaska in the first place. I'll give you a clue, it wasn't because of it's bustling social scene. What about Dick Proenneke [0], another notable 'Alaska Loner'. He spent 30 years living 'Alone in the Wilderness'. Albeit in the relative safety of a cabin he'd built and he did have semi-frequency supply drops. [0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Proenneke http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Proenneke