THE DEBATE OVER WHY CHRIS MC CANDELES DIED RAGES ON

THE NEW YORKER - HOW CHRIS MC CANDLESS DIED 
by Jon Krakauer from September 2013

EXCERPT

"I’ve received thousands of letters from people who admire McCandless for his rejection of conformity and materialism in order to discover what was authentic and what was not, to test himself, to experience the raw throb of life without a safety net. But I’ve also received plenty of mail from people who think he was an idiot who came to grief because he was arrogant, woefully unprepared, mentally unbalanced, and possibly suicidal. Most of these detractors believe my book glorifies a senseless death."