Why were many of the alaskans who wrote letters about mccandless so critical of him? why were they critical of krakauer

Generally Alaskans were quite critical of Chris. They felt he was a misguided idealist at best. They thought he disrespected the area by going in with little supplies or experience. They also felt that Krakauer glorified Chris's idealism, especially when it came to surviving in the wild.

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