11. Chris abandoned his car because the engine was flooded out and he did not have the patience to fix it.
12. The "giddy Emersonian high" that Krakauer writes about is referencing the danger and excitement that Chris thrives for. When Chris first came to Lake Mead National Recreation Area, he had ignored warnings stating that he was in a off road, driving strictly forbidden areas. This applies to transcendentalism because you are supposed to live free with your own will, obeying nobody's rules, but yourselves. Chris is applying concepts of transcendentalism by living individually and independently. Throught his journies he is discovering his true being and living it out for no one, but himself.
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