Over the weekend i watched a television show called Solo Lost At Sea on the National Geographic Channel. as i started watching the program i was able to connect the show to Grizzly Man and Into the Wild. the show was about a man named Andrew McAuley who craved adventure. he rock climbed in deserts, climbed mountains, but one of his biggest passions was kayaking. his big plan was to kayake from tasmania to new zealand by going across the tasman sea. not only would he be at sea for over a month to reach his destination but the tasman sea is a very dangerous and trecherous. at times during storms waves can get as high as 39 feet. he knew there was a huge possiblity that he could die while trying to complete this task and yet he went ahead with it,leaving his wife and young son to nervously wait for andrews arrival at the end of his trip. ultimitely the andrew died about 75 kilometers away from land. i felt that this connected to Grizzley Man and Into The Wild in the sense that all of the main characters left people they loved in order to do what they loved, which was dangerous. they knew they had a possiblity of dying but they had a passion. they went into dangerous situations and ended up dying. some people called timothy treadwell "crazy" but this is where i disagree with a connection to andrew. i feel that he was not crazy but instead selfish, i dont feel bad for him dying, i feel bad that he left his son to grow up without a father and a wife that cant sleep at night because she is tramatized from the situation.
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