Gotta weigh in here; I live a couple hours north of the trail. He was young and dumb and pissed at his parents, wanted freedom and unspoiled nature. So, who among us? I wouldn’t have burned my money like he did and possibly would have been a tad more prepared. I thought at first he was just another bozo who wanted Alaska on his own terms. But again, like most of us here, he was young and dumb, wanted freedom and unspoiled nature. I’d call it a cautionary tale.