During the last days of Chris' preparation, he gathered the few things that he felt he needed. First, Stuckey had bought Chris a big bag of rice, Chris then went to a library and picked up a book called Tanaina Plantlore/Dena'ina K'et'una: An Ethnobotany of the Dena'ina Indians of Southcentral Alaska by Priscilla Russell Kari, and finally purchased a semiautomatic .22-caliber Remington with a 4-x-20 scope and a plastic stock (page 158-161).
Some personal philosophies that Chris uncovered during his journey are 1. winter, not summer, is the preferred season for traveling overland through the bush. 2. learn to accept your errors no matter how great they may be. 3. circumstance has no value. it is how one relates to a situation that has value. 4. The Great Holiness of FOOD, the Vital Heat. 5. Positivism, the Insurpassable Joy of the Life Aesthetic. 6. Absolute Truth and Honesty. 7.Independence. 8. Finality-Stability-Consistancy. 9. The only way to be truly happy is to live for someone else, like a mate and children.
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