Anyone who likes this book has not read it. Krakauer spends more time whining about his troubled relationship with his own father, and complaining that Jack London was an overweight city slicker, than he does addressing the story of a young man who was extremely interesting. If you have seen the episode of Millenium about this, or saw it on 48 Hours, you will have gained more insight than Krakauer's incessant whining. To put it into perspective, when I saw the book, my wife (who had read the book) said I would be very disappointed. I was more than disappointed. The book is a complete waste of time to anyone but Krakauer's overtaxed therapist.