Did Chris destroy those cabins?
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Jon Krakauer: Into the Wild
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Did Chris destroy those cabins? A: I remain fairly certain that McCandless had nothing to do with the destruction of any of those cabins. My extensive research convinced me that McCandless never walked very far upstream along the Sushana River from the bus (i.e., toward the cabins). His photos clearly indicate that when he roamed from the bus, he went downstream (north, I didn’t mention it in the book, but more than one knowledgeable local thinks a bear was in fact responsible for the damage. |
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