User talk:Belairjeff

having never edited a Wikipedia entry before, i'm assuming this is the "talk" page where i'm supposed to cite any changes i make?

if so, i deleted "adventurer" after "American" in the Christopher McCandless entry as i believe that using the word "adventurer" takes liberties with the true meaning behind the word. McCandless went on one hike into Alaska and was ill-prepared for it. Experts have agreed on this. He didn't even have a compass. It was one trip and he died. That - is not an adventurer - and it makes a mockery of true American adventurers - various astronauts in our space program, Lewis & Clark, Daniel Boone, Davy Crockett, etc.

additionally i changed "hiked" to "ventured" as it cumbersome using the word "hike" twice in the same sentence.