#ron franz

[fuckyeah-into-the-wild]

Into the Wild - Ron climbing mountain scene

[pier-ak]

(...) Ron, j'ai vraiment apprécié l'aide que tu m'as apportée et le temps que nous avons passé ensemble. J'espère que tu ne seras pas trop déprimé par notre séparation. Il peut s'écouler beaucoup de temps avant que nous nous revoyions. Mais si je sors en un seul morceau de ce pari en Alaska, tu auras de mes nouvelles. J'aimerais te redonner ce conseil encore une fois : je pense vraiment que tu devrais changer de style de vie et te mettre à faire courageusement des choses que tu n'aurais jamais pensé faire, ou que tu as trop hésité à essayer. Il y a tant de gens qui ne sont pas heureux et qui, pourtant, ne prendront pas l'initiative de changer leur situation parce qu'ils sont conditionnés à vivre dans la sécurité, le conformisme, et le conservatisme, toutes choses qui semblent apporter la paix de l'esprit, mais rien n'est plus nuisible à l'esprit aventureux d'un homme qu'un avenir assuré. Le noyau central de l'esprit vivant d'un homme, c'est sa passion pour l'aventure. La joie de vivre vient de nos expériences nouvelles et dont il n'y a pas de plus grande joie qu'un horizon éternellement changeant, qu'un soleil chaque jour nouveau et différent. Si tu veux obtenir plus de la vie, Ron, il faut perdre ton inclination à la sécurité monotone et adopter un mode de vie désordonné qui dans un premier temps te paraîtra insensé. Mais une fois que tu seras habitué à une telle vie, tu verras sa véritable signification et son incroyable beauté. En bref, Ron, quitte Salton City et prends la route. (...)

[Lettre de Christopher McCandless à Ronald Franz, Avril 1992]

[fuckyeah-into-the-wild]

Do you have any idea what happened to Ron franz? I read that he started drinking again and became an atheist when he heard of Chris's death. Did he ever get better or did he become an alcoholic again? Does anyone know?

Quote from the book:

“When Alex left for Alaska,“ Franz remembers, "I prayed. I asked God to keep his finger on the shoulder of that one; I told him that boy was special. But he let Alex die. So on December 26, when I learned what happened, I renounced the Lord. I withdrew my church membership and became an atheist. I decided I couldn’t believe in a God who would let something that terrible happen to a boy like Alex. After I dropped off the hitchhikers,” Franz continues,“ I turned my van around, drove back to the store, and bought a bottle of whiskey. And then I went out into the desert and drank it. I wasn’t used to drinking, so it made me real sick. Hoped it’d kill me, but it didn’t. Just made me real, real sick.”

[fuckyeah-into-the-wild]

Ron, I really hope that as soon as you can you will get out of Salton City, put a little camper on the back of your pickup, and start seeing some of the great work that God has done here in the American West. You will see things and meet people and there is much to learn from them. And you must do it economy style, no motels, do your own cooking, as a general rule spend as little as possible and you will enjoy it much more immensely. I hope that the next time I see you, you will be a new man with a vast array of new adventures and experiences behind you. Don't hesitate or allow yourself to make excuses. Just get out and do it. You will be very, very glad that you did.

Christopher McCandless in a letter to Ron Franz.

[paperaviaries-blog]

You are wrong if you think Joy emanates only or principally from human relationships. God had placed it all around us. It is in everything and anything we might experience. We just have to have the courage to turn against our habitual lifestyle and engage in unconventional living.

Christopher McCandless

[fuckyeah-into-the-wild]

When I heard his voice, it was like sunshine after a month of rain.

Ron Franz on receiving a call from Chris - Into The Wild

[silvertongueandthebirds]

The very core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure.

to Ron Franz, Into the Wild, Jon Krakauer

[jordanschh]

Chris & Ron Franz.