Chapter 7: Question 34

In Chapter 7, we learn that Chris McCandless:

1. About seven months before Chris died, He worked hard, doing dirty, tedious jobs in Carthage.
2. When he was working for four weeks in Carthage, Westerberg said that Chris was definitely not mechanically minded.
3. It has also been noted that Chris did not have much common sense.
4. Borah (Westerberg's on-again, off-again girlfriend) says that Chris was a big eater. He never left any food on his plate.
5. Chris was a good cook. He would cook dinner for everybody at Wayne's house.
6. Shortly before he disappeared, Chris wrote a letter to his sister, Carine, in which he complained about his parents.
7. Alex told Westerberg that he wanted to get married and have a family some day. He did not take relationships lighty.
8. Carine recalls one incident where Chris got drunk and tried to bring a girl up to his bedroom and his father walked in and sent the girl home.
9. It has been noted that chastity and moral purity were qualities that McCandless thought about often.
10. Chris was very talented at playing the piano.