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| Christopher Johnson McCandless was an American wanderer who hiked into the Alaskan wilderness with little food and equipment, hoping to live a period of solitude. Almost four months later, he died of starvation near Denali National Park and... |
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![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=98025&author=McCandless"e=%E2%80%9CSo+many+people+live+within+unhappy+circumstances+and+yet+will+not+take+the+initiative+to+change+their+situation+because+they+are+conditioned+to+a+life+of+security%2C+conformity%2C+and+conservatism%2C+all+of+which+may+appear+to+give+one+peace+of+mind%2C+but+in+reality+nothing+is+more+dangerous+to+the+adventurous+spirit+within+a+man+than+a+secure+future.+The+very+basic+core+of+a+man%E2%80%99s+living+spirit+is+his+passion+for+adventure.+The+joy+of+life+comes+from+our+encounters+with+new+experiences%2C+and+hence+there+is+no+greater+joy+than+to+have+an+endlessly+changing+horizon%2C+for+each+day+to+have+a+new+and+different+sun.%E2%80%9D&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2Fimages_web%2Fauthor_no_icon.png){kind=link}
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![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=98037&author=McCandless"e=%22Greetings+from+Fairbanks%21This+is+the+last+you+shall+hear+from+me+Wayne.+Arrived+here+2+days+ago.+It+was+very+difficult+to+catch+rides+in+the+Yukon+Territory.+But+I+finally+got+here.+Please+return+all+mail+I+receive+to+the+sender.+It+might+be+a+very+long+time+before+I+return+South.+If+this+adventure+proves+fatal+and+you+don%27t+ever+hear+from+me+again%2C+I+want+you+to+know+your+a+great+man.+I+now+walk+into+the+wild.+Might+be+a+very+long+time+before+I+return+South...+I+now+walk+into+the+wild.%22%0A&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2Fimages_web%2Fauthor_no_icon.png){kind=link}
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![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=98024&author=McCandless"e=Two+years+he+walks+the+earth.+No+phone%2C+no+pool%2C+no+pets%2C+no+cigarettes.+Ultimate+freedom.+An+extremist.+An+aesthetic+voyager+whose+home+is+the+road.+Escaped+from+Atlanta.+Thou+shalt+not+return%2C+%27cause+%22the+West+is+the+best.%22+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+pilgrimage.+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%2C+and+walks+alone+upon+the+land+to+become+lost+in+the+wild.%22&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2Fimages_web%2Fauthor_no_icon.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=98026&author=McCandless"e=%22My+days+were+more+exciting+when+I+was+penniless+and+had+to+forage+around+for+my+next+meal%2C+I%27ve+decided+that+I%27m+going+to+live+this+life+for+some+time+to+come.+The+freedom+and+simple+beauty+of+it+is+just+too+good+to+pass+up.+One+day+I%27ll+get+back+to+you%2C+Wayne%2C+and+repay+some+of+your+kindness.%22&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2Fimages_web%2Fauthor_no_icon.png){kind=link}
![Powerpoint](http://www.iwise.com/downloadPPT.php?quote_id=98027&author=McCandless"e=%22But+you%27re+wrong+if+you+think+that+the+joy+of+life+comes+principally+from+human+relationships.+God%27s+placed+it+all+around+us%2C+it%27s+in+everything%2C+anything+we+can+experience.+People+just+need+to+change+the+way+they+look+at+those+things.%22&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.iwise.com%2Fimages_web%2Fauthor_no_icon.png){kind=link}
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