Into the wild did everett ruess and chris mccandless go into the wilderness for the same reason

I actually had to read this during the summer of my Sophomore year and now I am about to graduate High School, so I know this story very well actually. The answer is yes they did go into the wilderness for the same reason. They pretty much followed the same trail and everything, so both of their trips were parallel to each other.

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