Response to Week of Apr 12th Prompt

Describe the kind of things you think Chris would do if he did make it out of the wild alive? Would he contact his parents? What would he say to them? Would he get a job, go back to school?

First off, if Chris had made it out of Alaska, he would have first contacted the people he had spent the most time with during his previous travels. This would include Wayne Westerberg, Jan Burress, and Ronald Franz. Based on the assumptions that Krakauer makes, Chris may have been leaning towards returning to typical life. How long that would have lasted, no one can even assume, however, I think he would have taken a little longer to contact his parents. I also doubt that he would just show up at their house. Based on his feelings that they were always worrying about him when they shouldn't, I feel that he would abhor their reaction to his arrival. Most likely he would send his sister Carine a letter from some distant location, allowing for a slower integration into renewing contact. Therefore he would be able to deal with a preferred family member. In terms of getting a job, I suspect he would remain close to either Westerberg or Burress, whom he had worked for previously. Beyond these initial reintegrations, any other thoughts on his future would be pure speculation and, in my opinion, are not worth discussing.