I understand where you are coming from.<p>&gt;<i>he was intentionally not optimizing for survival</i><p>That&#x27;s a good way to say it. In all honesty - when I optimize for survival I actually find life too boring, easy and mundane. I want more excitement and adventure than that, so I understand why Chris did what he did.<p>&gt;<i>who made bad decision after bad decision.</i><p>It&#x27;s very easy to armchair quaterback. Have you hiked into the middle of nowhere in Alaska and tried to survive? Have you hunted your own food? Have you struggled to cross glacier-melt rivers?<p>I have, and a lot more. I&#x27;ve seen friends go underwater at -35C 100km from anywhere, had snowmobiles not start at -50C well over 200km from anywhere, had severe hypothermia where I thought I was hot, lost feeling in my fingers for hours, jumped up and down on the spot for hours in an attempt to warm up, etc. etc.) Anyone that does as well as Chris did is not an idiot.<p>Most people wouldn&#x27;t last a week, let alone 3 months.