Chris hated how his own parents was wanting to buy of his respect just like that by offering to get him a better transportation, it was very hurtful for him because his parents was wanting to buy him off. He had a strong attachment with his old car and he also loved his car.  "Chris's smoldering anger, it turns out, was a fueled by a discovery he'd made two summers earlier, during his cross-country wanderings". "Walt and Billie made his 'entire life seem life a fiction". These two quotes shows how the family made Chris felt about them because they tried to make everything better for him with their money and not telling him the truth. His adventure to Alaska was very dangerous because at the age of twenty-three he planned to climd the Devils Thumb and decides to go by him self. His climbing experience was really bad and painful and very scary. I think i does understand him better even not seeing him because they experienced the same thing but different situation. He tells us that because saying something is easier then doing it and proving it. Also they both kinda share the same thing like getting out of society and proving them self.