02-26-2006, 08:43 PM
BGnR, thank you 
& yes, it was made quite clear that his girlfriend wasn't a "city girl" who had no wilderness experience. She was, from what they indicated, quite familiar with bears & knew the danger.
Newton, yes, his friends & family did discuss the problems he had. My basic conclusion of it was that he traded one addiction for another. Timothy credited the bears & the Alaskan wilderness with cleaning up his life & getting him away from drugs & alcohol.
Unfortunately, I really do think that he just traded addictions. He became addicted to the high he got from being out there, in the wilderness, with the bears.
As for his girlfriend, see the second paragraph in this post. It sounds as if she knew what she was getting into.
I'd love to read more information about this guy, his girlfriend & what happened in order to get more of an unbiased account. I felt that the documentary was trying to be as unbiased as possible. Like I said, they certainly didn't gloss over his problems. I never felt like they were trying to make him into a hero.
It was just a really incredible documentary all around. It never seemed one-sided. It didn't seem to vilify him, nor did it try to turn him into a hero.
& yes, it was made quite clear that his girlfriend wasn't a "city girl" who had no wilderness experience. She was, from what they indicated, quite familiar with bears & knew the danger.
Newton, yes, his friends & family did discuss the problems he had. My basic conclusion of it was that he traded one addiction for another. Timothy credited the bears & the Alaskan wilderness with cleaning up his life & getting him away from drugs & alcohol.
Unfortunately, I really do think that he just traded addictions. He became addicted to the high he got from being out there, in the wilderness, with the bears.
As for his girlfriend, see the second paragraph in this post. It sounds as if she knew what she was getting into.
I'd love to read more information about this guy, his girlfriend & what happened in order to get more of an unbiased account. I felt that the documentary was trying to be as unbiased as possible. Like I said, they certainly didn't gloss over his problems. I never felt like they were trying to make him into a hero.
It was just a really incredible documentary all around. It never seemed one-sided. It didn't seem to vilify him, nor did it try to turn him into a hero.