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Have any of you guys read this book? Its a story about this dude threw away his wallet and gives away his savings of 24000 to hitchike to alakala. Its based from a true story. Just wondering I just finshed it and loved it highlyyyy recomneded.

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i dont read but watch the movie...and already do like him,but only travel to island(but still in my country..

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I read it right before I saw the movie. Great read! Jon Krakauer knocked the bottom out of this one, for sure.

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Never read the book or watched the movie but ill definitely check it out

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I've yet to read the book. . . Only because I've been up to where the guy got lost and starved. . . Going into the woods in Alaska unprepared is like skydiving without a chute. . . I don't want to be negative but c'mon. . .

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That's why it was so interesting to me, because it was something a logical person wouldn't do. This guy wasn't dumb by any means, he was actually quite intelligent. He just had an impulse and he ran with it. I do it all the time, on a much smaller scale, but I know how it feels. I'll get a bug in me and just hop on the bike and ride as far as I can until night fall. I stop at a bar, intermingle with some of the locals (always interesting), get a hotel for the night and then head home in the morning. I sometimes make 2-3 day trips out of it, usually buying supplies along the way (toothbrush, etc).

You should definately take a sweep over that book, he was actually doing quite well surviving on his own. No one is going to disagree with you that it was generally a pretty bad final move, but as is the case many times, the trip that got him there is where the real interest lies.

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I see, thank you for that. I had thought that it was just a recount of his misadventure in a bus, while starving to death. . .

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I haven't read the book.... yet. I hadn't even heard of it until I happened across the movie on Sky only quite recently.

I really enjoyed the film. The tragedy you always know is coming but it doesn't make it any less beautiful. Like Welby said, it's all about the journey. The soundtrack is totally excellent too

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Thought it was agreat book. Better then the movie.

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inspiring my backpacker trip last year, went to beautiful island called Sempu island (a lil pic) great movie but unfortunately that guy was found dead

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Yeah, it was a great story of inspiration.

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I read the book a few years ago and saw the movie 2 or 3 times. I like it, I could only imagine doing something like that but with out the ending.