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Chris McCandless - a cautionary tale about trail planning and preparation (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 1 month ago by Plum@lemmy.world to c/creepywikipedia@lemmy.world

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[–] pmmeyourseedbombs@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 month ago (1 children)

He was underprepared for a life in that environment. Iirc he didn’t really prepare at all for the trip. There’s some documentaries on yt etc if you want to dive deeper. There’s also a movie which is said to be pretty good.

[–] SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world 8 points 1 month ago

Or, y'know, the book