Karen, I agreed with you, McCandless was not mentally ill in the truest sense of the word. He was incredibly naïve in his approach and careless in his preparation. That is why he is often put down, he represent everything on how NOT to do things in Alaska.

Even with his death (McCandless), there were enough conjectures floating around to sink the Titanic. Doing the same here meant no disrespect toward late Mr. Dial. What if this blog was totally empty and no one care on the fate of late Mr. Dial. How depressing is that?

I hope you are some sort of personal friend to the family, Karen.