I've noticed over the years how empowering Chris's story is and I've seen incredible reactions. To empower others that face tough circumstances and specifically domestic violence. You know I wrote this book because I wanted to honor Chris and to share my story and that of my surviving siblings. Twenty years after Chris's death you decide to tell the underbelly of his story.
However to truly appreciate Carine's book, Into the Wild is required reading prior. If you would like to read Carine's new book "The Wild Truth"… Or if you haven't read Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild, both are well worth your time. The following is a candid interview with Carine McCandless, sister of Chris McCandless. While it was indeed Chris' unhappy home life that drove him into the wild, perhaps what is more important about this story is the pofound impact it has had on myself and countless others. We talked at length over the course of two days. We reached out to Carine and she happily agreed to sit down and chat with us for a while. I didn't want his journey to be fueled by a broken family I wanted it to be about his thirst for adventure. Initially I was worried this would alter my opinion of Chris McCandless. The allegations in "The Wild Truth” paints a picture of Carine and Chris's childhood filled with domestic and verbal abuse, denial, deceit and an inability of their parents to comprehend why Chris would "divorce them out of his life…" (as he wrote in a letter to Carine). When we got wind that his sister, best friend and confidant, Carine was penning a book that promised more information about Chris' story I could not wait to read it. What makes his story appealing was his willingness to forego the comforts of society and the shackles of a paycheck for the silence and solitude that only wilderness adventure can provide. I remember to this day, thinking as everyone bashed his character, his planning etc.… You are missing the point… he paid the price for his mistakes…. The Park Rangers and locals alike called him 'an idiot from the lower 48' who was not ready for the harsh environments of the bush country. What we discovered upon our arrival is Chris McCandless was not a well-liked individual in the interior of the last frontier. Having read Into the Wild, several times it played a heavy factor in our choice to go work in Denali for the summer. I can tell you from personal experience when myself and a friend made the trek, we were enamored by the story and simply hell bent on making it there. Hundreds of people have made the arduous hike back to the abandoned Fairbanks 142 Bus just outside of Denali National Park. Millions of people have read the book and if you’re reading this right now… you likely have as well. More than twenty years after his death, Chris's story continues to inspire generations. The book is required reading on many high school and college campuses across the country. Since then, he has become a literary icon. In April 1992 Christopher McCandless walked "Into the Wild." He was immortalized by Jon Krakauer's 1996 book of the same title.
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