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> [ But \[Everett\] and McCandless, at least they tried to follow their dream. That’s what was great about them. They tried. Not many… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-krakauer/but-everett-and-mccandless-at-least-they-tried-to-follow-their-dream/)

[Jon Krakauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-krakauer/)

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> [That's what was great about him. He tried. Not many do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-krakauer/that-s-what-was-great-about-him-he-tried-not-many-do/)

[Jon Krakauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-krakauer/)

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> [Sometimes he tried too hard to make sense of the world, to figure out why people were bad to each other so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-krakauer/sometimes-he-tried-too-hard-to-make-sense-of-the-world-to-figure-out/)

[Jon Krakauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-krakauer/)

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## Other authors on Tried

## More by Jon Krakauer

> [Early on a difficult climb, especially a solo climb, you’re hyper-aware of the abyss pulling at your back, constantly feeling its call, its immense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-krakauer/early-on-a-difficult-climb-especially-a-solo-climb-you-re-hyper-aware/)

[Jon Krakauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-krakauer/)

> [“Climbing mattered. The danger bathed the world in a halogen glow that caused everything—the sweep of the rock, the orange and yellow lichens, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-krakauer/climbing-mattered-the-danger-bathed-the-world-in-a-halogen-glow-that/)

[Jon Krakauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-krakauer/)

> [“It is easy, when you are young, to believe that what you desire is no less than what you deserve, to assume that if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-krakauer/it-is-easy-when-you-are-young-to-believe-that-what-you-desire-is-no/)

[Jon Krakauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-krakauer/)

> [He read a lot. He used a lot of big words. I think maybe part of what got him into trouble was that he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-krakauer/he-read-a-lot-he-used-a-lot-of-big-words-i-think-maybe-part-of-what/)

[Jon Krakauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-krakauer/)

> [ But \[Everett\] and McCandless, at least they tried to follow their dream. That’s what was great about them. They tried. Not many do. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-krakauer/but-everett-and-mccandless-at-least-they-tried-to-follow-their-dream/)

[Jon Krakauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-krakauer/)

> [“he was ready, perhaps, to shed a little of the armor he wore around his heart, that upon returning to civilization, he intended to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-krakauer/he-was-ready-perhaps-to-shed-a-little-of-the-armor-he-wore-around-his/)

[Jon Krakauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-krakauer/)

> [ “Continually question climbing pursuits. Do they draw one back to the climbing community? Or do they lead along the \[inner-directed\] path? This questioning generates… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-krakauer/continually-question-climbing-pursuits-do-they-draw-one-back-to-the/)

[Jon Krakauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-krakauer/)

> [“The boy unmasked the gaping void in Franz's life even as he helped fill it.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-krakauer/the-boy-unmasked-the-gaping-void-in-franz-s-life-even-as-he-helped/)

[Jon Krakauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-krakauer/)

> [“Unlike Muir and Thoreau, McCandless went into the wilderness not primarily to ponder nature or the world at large but, rather, to explore the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-krakauer/unlike-muir-and-thoreau-mccandless-went-into-the-wilderness-not/)

[Jon Krakauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-krakauer/)

> [I'm intrigued by fanatics - people who are seduced by the promise, or the illusion, of the absolute.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-krakauer/i-m-intrigued-by-fanatics-people-who-are-seduced-by-the-promise-or/)

[Jon Krakauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-krakauer/)

> [You are wrong if you think Joy emanates only or principally from human relationships. God has placed it all around us. It is in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-krakauer/you-are-wrong-if-you-think-joy-emanates-only-or-principally-from/)

[Jon Krakauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-krakauer/)

> [I mean, how can you not be a feminist if you have a brain in your head? If you’re not a feminist, then you’re…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-krakauer/i-mean-how-can-you-not-be-a-feminist-if-you-have-a-brain-in-your-head/)

[Jon Krakauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-krakauer/)

> [“...I quickly came to understand that climbing Everest was primarily about enduring pain. And in subjecting ourselves to week after week of toil, tedium,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-krakauer/i-quickly-came-to-understand-that-climbing-everest-was-primarily/)

[Jon Krakauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-krakauer/)

> [“going to have to be real careful not to accept any gifts from them in the future because they will think they have bought…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-krakauer/going-to-have-to-be-real-careful-not-to-accept-any-gifts-from-them-in/)

[Jon Krakauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-krakauer/)

> [“He must have been very brave and very strong, at the end, not to do himself in.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-krakauer/he-must-have-been-very-brave-and-very-strong-at-the-end-not-to-do/)

[Jon Krakauer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-krakauer/)

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