Alex and Jim

"...When that didn't work I tried to scare him with bear stories..." (Krakauer 6).

Travel advice.

I see why Jim was trying so hard to try to convince Alex of the dangers of his journey, but was it really his place to try to convince him to abandon it all together? a lot of us already know how the story of Alex Supertramp ends, but it is the story that placed his legacy on this world. With this Jim had just met Alex, even though he seemed to be just genuinely caring for Alex it was not his place to be telling him that what he was doing was foolhardy. Alex has had his mind set on this journey for quite some time and do not think he would be easily persuaded by a stranger. like I said earlier, this was the hallmark for his legacy. where it began and ended. I feel that is why he did this all in the first place. in hopes that the world would somehow be known of his efforts on escape and isolation to lead a better life then the one he had. to show that it was possible to be happy without society that with the freedom of grip of society, a person comes to realize who they are and who they were meant to be. Alex was meant to be this. A doer of the dreamed.