tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745702.post5616125168293191309..comments2023-05-04T02:40:38.470-07:00Comments on Renzntzman: BooklistWhat Would Jesus Glue?http://www.blogger.com/profile/13204254609006281005noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6745702.post-5164418639989858182009-07-06T02:06:10.876-07:002009-07-06T02:06:10.876-07:00You don't want to know what most Alaskans thin...You don't want to know what most Alaskans think of Chris from 'Into the Wild'... <br />The 'surviving off the land' mystique that attracts guys like him (unprepared, unwilling to believe how dangerous it is, with romantic notions) get us fairly frustrated/angry. Outsiders who come up and expect to be able to survive in the Alaskan wilderness without prep, research or the right gear, and have some romantic image of Jack London or Jack Kerouac... <br />Let's just say we tend to think they get what they deserve when they die. And that's actually a VERY kind way of saying what some people up here would say.<br />Alaska's beautiful, but deadly. <br />I'm all for leaving everything and going on the road, and living off the land. (Amazing how much that notion attracts me. One of the things I'll say to Jake when I'm feeling overwhelmed is 'Okay, I'm done. Let's go join the circus.' And he knows I'm only half joking...) <br />Anyway, yeah. I still have those old Grizzly Adams, Michael Landon movies in my head from the 70's. The living off the land, going back to nature ones... <br />Just please. Not in Alaska. Go somewhere where people can maybe find you if you get lost. Even if you've got a vague idea where the person might be, searching for somebody in Alaska is like trying to find one person in the middle of Utah, Nevada, New Mexico and Arizona. <br />Okay. That's enough. I need to stop now. ;)beccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02655632527260925099noreply@blogger.com