The critics that wrote about Chris, didn’t understand his ways of life, and only took what they wanted to criticize about him. Many of the critics state that Chris was a foolish man that was unprepared for his trip. They would say how he deserved this for leaving his family and going off on his own. What they do not say is that Chris had a reason for taking this trip. They did not look into his past life, they just heard of other people doing this and decided that Chris just like the other travelers took off and left their family. Krakauer wrote this biography to show that he was not like other men. When he recalled his own past of taking a trip, he related more than anything to Chris. The media didn’t want to accept that he had a reason,