Blog post #2

Gene Rosellini was a man of an adventurous heart, much like Chris McCandless. Although Gene Rosellini and Chris McCandless never crossed paths they lived with similar views of life and adventure. Before going "into the wild" both of these men came from exceptional athlete and brilliant scholar backgrounds, they exceeded the requirements for learning, but both weren’t interested in learning what was considered proper. Gene Rosellini accumulated credits without earning a degree, and Chris had a donated his college funds to charity in hopes to learn on his exploration. He was very book smart and related his life to many classics in American culture. Both men found modern society less then idealistic and left their families in the dark as to why they were left behind and unaware of the travelers whereabouts.

I believe Chris was influenced by Gene Rosellini in the fact that both men went into the wild to live of the natural resources given by the earth, they adventured away from home with the basic necessities to last them until they could provide for themselves. Gene believed humans had developed into progressively inferior beings and he often wondered if it was possible to be independent of modern technology. They both wanted an escape from reality.