The Joy of Life

What I believe Chris is trying to say in this selection is that there are people in this world that is having an unhappy life and yet they do nothing to change that. What he is also saying is that you shouldn't waste your life by doing nothing. Seeking new experiences through life is what you should focus on. I believe that Chris is right. I mean, if I was to have an unhappy life I would do as much as possible to change that. We should enjoy our time in  life before it becomes too late.

He embraced these beliefs by expressing his love with nature. He shows how some one's passion should mainly come from adventure. That each experience that you encounter is what would bring joy to your life. Keep doing the same thing over and over again and it would get boring.

My life has been conditioned to a life of security by my parents. There are times when my parents would get overprotected and would not let go out on my own. Well, it is a good thing, but I feel like my parents should go a bit easier on the protection. If I was to meet Chris, I think what he would question about my life is if it is bothering me a lot, or if I am not happy about it. What I think he would encourage me to do it to find a solution. To probably talk to them about it.

Poems

Leather Tramp's Lament

Author: irishrebel75

Awake in the morning with dew on my boots
Without a person in sight, a day fresh and new
Lace up my boots, another day on the trail
Pack on my back, another drifter without a care
My thumbs my companion, the road is my only friend
The traveling song on my lips can see me till the end
Cars pass me by, I can see the drivers' desperation
But it matters little to me, it's the trip, not the destination
I could walk all day, with my boots keeping the beat
To the song in my heart, taking in everything I see
Where will I sleep tonight, a field or a shack?
I don't really care, cause my home is on my back

Nature

Nature is mighty
Nature is strong
Nature is usually always right
Nature is rarely ever wrong
Nature is beauty
Nature is moody
Nature is smart
Nature always has the greater part
Nature is blue
Nature is green
Nature is every color possibly seen
Nature is true
Nature is beaming
Nature is dreaming
Nature is in every place
Nature is always with grace
Nature is true
Nature is you
Nature is me
Nature will forever be free. 

Michael Carlson

On the first poem it talks about how a leather tramp usually starts his morning until night. It also talks about what occurs during his travel in the road and how they meet up with people as they pass by in their cars. This relates to how McCandless would tramp on the road, as well as how he would find food. Chris would always be searching for a spot to stay at for the night. This relates to me a little when I was in El Salvador traveling with my mom and nephew, just that I would have a place to stay at such as a hotel.

On the second poem it talks about how nature is beautiful and wonderful experience. I am pretty sure that Chris would enjoy reading this poem because Chris loves nature. Nature will forever be free just how Chris would like it to be. Without having nature, Chris would not be able to tramp around the country. This relates to me when I used to travel with my parents over the summer. I would really see how people say how nature is beautiful. I would see a family of many animals such as deers and fox. I would enjoy to visit these wonderful places, but i would not live in it.

My Story To The Wild

June 29th, 8:30 am

As I set foot on a forest near La Libertad, El Salvador, I start to wonder how my wild life is going to start. First thing first I need to figure out how I am going to store my plane ticket in a safe place to go back to USA. When I found a space to settle at , I took out a shoe box that I brought from home and placed my money, plane ticket, and my documents in it and decided to bury it underground near a coconut tree for safe keeping. After i've done that I took out my machete that my father had bought me when I was 18, and started to look for wood to make fire. While I was looking for wood I noticed this huge old tree near a river that could help me for shelter.

As I looked up to see how tall the tree was I said, "Wow! This tree is huge!" Then I noticed that the clouds were getting dark and I had a feeling it was going to rain very soon. " I better hurry up to look for wood" I said. But when i took my first step I felt a small drop in my left cheek and then out of nowhere it started to rain like a waterfall. "Darn it!" I yelled, thinking someone would here me. As I was sitting down by the tree, I would feel the peaceful noise from each drop of water and I was lucky enough to not get too wet because most of the water would hit the leaves of the gigantic tree.

As I was waiting patiently for the rain to stop I was thinking of what to do when the rain would stop. Then I remembered about my shoe box that i buried on the ground. "Oh no!" I said and i went 100 miles per hour to the location where I had buried it hoping that my money and documents did not get too wet because without it i cant go back to USA. As I dug out my shoe box, it was very, very wet. When I opened it, my passport was ruined. I opened it and the pages fell off. "Why!!!!!!" I yelled with anger. I had to think for a while to figure out what to do.

Then Something came in mind. I had family members in this country, so i decided to go to them for help. As I planned my next journey I was thinking of my lesson that I learned, which is to not be reckless and to not be in the wild with no survival skills. Then I wondered about the time and it was 1:00 pm. I decided to head to Usulutan today and hope that I would get there in at least less than 2 days.

Pipin : Involved or Not?

Is Pipin Involved In Audrey's Death??

     Twenty-eight year old professional world record free diving  Audrey Mestre dead October 12, 2002. Questions People have today is how did she die and is Pipin responsible for her death??  Who knows, but there are many evidence telling whether if Pipin is responsible for her death. What are the evidence? Please continue reading on to find out more.

 Fifty year old, Francisco Ferreras known as "Pipin"  

suffered from a horrible tragedy, Audrey Mestre dead from not making it to the surface in time from trying to break a world record at free diving. Question is, is Pipin involved in her death? Or was it just an accident. Well, I believed he is involved of her death. Evidence for this is that when he went to check if there was air in the tank that would inflate the lift bag to bring her back up, he did not check to see if there was enough pressure with a gauge. That could possibly be why that the air bag did not inflate, there was not enough air pressure. Another reason is because he did not listen to what others had told him about it being a very dangerous thing to do. Two of his members have died and he still continued to free dive knowing how dangerous it is. Now , his fiance has died and that should teach him a lesson.