McCandless was unlike Waterman in that he was mentally stable. Wayne Westerberg was a grain elevator owner who lived in Carthage, South Dakota. Away from Who is Waterman in into the wild? TheBestNotes.com. He was a very talented young climber with a troubled relationship with his father, a tragic personal life, and a very eccentric personality. Rosellinis goal was to see if it was possible to be independent of modern technology. Ruess is never found. a relationship and spent a lot of time together. Gene Rosellini - Rosellini serves as a comparison to McCandless for Krakauer. Kerr reports that Waterman told him he had 14 days of food (consisting of powdered milk, honey, sugar and flour), a bivi sack, snowmobile suit, no tent or sleeping bag, VB boots, a red plastic sled, snowshoes, blue pants and a blue jacket. How did Jim Gallien find out about McCandless death? John Waterman - Another adventurer Krakauer considers is John Mallon Waterman. John Waterman was severely traumatized and obviously mentally ill. Chris was neither of those things. He was then never seen again. What happened Everett Ruess? Why does Krakauer believe that Chris did not bring a map? He then called the state troopers to find out. Each character also had different ways they died. return todayStr to South Dakota, where Wayne Westerberg had a job waiting for him-- Frantz Chris McCandless passed away before he had a chance to return to civilization. I think that compared to Waterman and Mcunn Chris is completly different, Waterman was an . 3 What was the assumed cause of John Waterman death? Denali with limited supplies, leading to his demise, Chris heads off into Alaska when winter is approaching, with next to nothing. As a child Waterman's father took him climbing mountains. Frantz was sad, but insisted on driving Ruess and Chris are unbelievably similar in a variety of ways.