"McCandless’s personality was puzzling in its complexity. He was intensely private but could be convivial and gregarious in the extreme. And despite his overdeveloped social conscience, he was no tight-lipped, perpetually grim do-gooder who frowned on fun. To the contrary, he enjoyed tipping a glass now and then and was an incorrigible ham. (115)"

• Krakauer saw McCandless as a very interesting and extreme and had a great conscience but even though he was all of those he still enjoyed taking time to have fun and enjoy himself.