Walking With Wild
I now walk into the wild,
Leaving the life I once had behind.
Ten pounds of rice, and an open state of mine.
I know walk into the wild,
To find my inner self.
I have eradicated society, and burned all my wealth.
I want to find a purpose, I want to find a reason.
A reason to live, a person who I can believe in.
I now walk into the wild, the wild that is not tame.
I’m going to live off the land, and if I die,
I’m the one to blame.
Nobody is around, it’s just me, myself, and I.
Braving the Alaskan wilderness,
Now THIS is my high.
I may be ill-prepared, but when I looked at the Trail,
I just smiled.
I’m Alexander Supertramp, and I now walk into the wild.
Into The Wild is based on a true story about a top student and athlete named Christopher McCandless who graduated from Emory University, in Atlanta. It is written by author Jon Krakauer. In the novel, Christopher abandons his family, gives his life savings of $24,000 to charity, and hitchikes to Alaska to live in the wilderness. The books starts with the finding of his body in an abandoned bus, and retraces his steps during the two years that he was missing. McCandless survived for about 112 days in the Alaskan wilderness. He ate roots, berries, small game, and he also kept a journal. The novel travels along with McCandless, and his ultimate journey to death.
Jon Krakauer was born in 1954, in Massachusetts and shortly moved to Oregon and grew up there. While other boys idolized American Astronauts, Jon was inspired by fellow Oregonian, Willi Unsoeld. Willi was a family friend who sparked young Jon's interest in mountain climbing. He devoted his early adulthood to mountain climbing. Krakauer lived precariously, trying out jobs in various trades like carpentry and commercial fishing. Jon began writing magazines in 1974, when the American Alpine Club asked him to write an article on a peak in Alaska. He made a greater transition to major magazines such as Smithsonian and Architectural Digest. Krakauer says some of his best work was submitted to Outside magazine. His love of wilderness and nature shows through in his pieces and work and novels. Jon Krakauer attempted to climb Mt. Everest, but failed. He turned his journey into a full-length book.
If I were to create a belt with eight symbols that symbolized my journey thus fur and my personality, I would begin with a symbol from my baby years. Since all babies look the same, I was commonly mistaken as a boy because my name was Jordan. In fact, my sex on my birth certificate was origianlly marked "male". It took my mother three months to change it back to "female". Because of this I would put blue baby shoes on my belt.
