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McCandless was thrilled to be on his way north, and he was relieved as well - relieved that he had evaded the impending threat of human intimacy, of friendship, and all the messy emotional baggage that comes with it..."
-
Into The Wild, Jon Krakauer
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Josh, 18, 140295.
"TWO YEARS HE WALKS THE EARTH. NO PHONE, NO POOL, NO PETS, NO
CIGARETTES. ULTIMATE FREEDOM. AN EXTREMIST. AN AESTHETIC VOYAGER
WHOSE HOME IS THE ROAD. ESCAPED FROM ATLANTA. THOU SHALT
NOT RETURN, 'CAUSE "THE WEST IS THE BEST." AND NOW AFTER TWO
RAMBLING YEARS COMES THE FINAL AND GREATEST ADVENTURE. THE
CLIMACTIC BATTLE TO KILL THE FALSE BEING WITHIN AND VICTORIOUSLY
CONCLUDE THE SPIRITUAL REVOLUTION. TEN DAYS AND NIGHTS OF
FREIGHT TRAINS AND HITCHHIKING BRING HIM TO THE GREAT WHITE
NORTH. NO LONGER TO BE POISONED BY CIVILIZATION HE FLEES, AND
WALKS ALONE UPON THE LAND TO BECOME LOST IN THE WILD."
- ALEXANDER SUPERTRAMP, MAY 1992 (INTO THE WILD)