15. The Escape
Even though Christopher didn’t initially plan to live in the woods long term (which he definitely wasn’t prepared for), he did desire to wander, get lost, and live in solitude. He didn’t want to interact with anyone. In an interview, he spoke about his first couple of days in the woods and said, “Soon I lost track of where I was. I didn’t care… I was content in the choice I had made.”
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He did know how to hunt but had no gear or weapons to hunt with. The first couple of weeks, he foraged for food like berries, but he knew he couldn’t survive on berries the rest of his life.
