Which statement or example best refutes (proves false) the notion that McCandless was "mentally disturbed?" O a
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"Like Rosellini and Waterman, McCandless was a seeker and had an impractical fascination with the harsh side of nature" (85).
"But unlike Waterman, McCandless wasn't mentally ill. And unlike McCunn, he didn't go into the bush assuming someone would
automatically appear to save [him) (85).
The examples Krakauer gives of a similar male named Waterman who "committed himself to the Anchorage Psychiatric Institute
but left after two weeks, convinced there was a conspiracythen...he launched yet another solo attempt on Denall" (79).
The example Krakauer gives of a similar male named McCunn who "neglected to arrange for the pilot to fly him back to clvilization
at summer's end" (81).
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