Execution Stereoviews

[Craig Hipkins]

When one considers the time that they spent in isolation on board the Montauk, along with the scant provisions allotted to them it is a wonder that they survived at all to be executed. Also, diet has a lot to do with weight control as many people know! A person can eat what appears to be a substantial amount of food and still starve to death if they are not getting the correct vitamins and minerals that their bodies need. One only has to look back at conditions on board sailing vessels before the 19th century to see this.

A more recent example would be the case of Chris McCandless. He was a young man that attempted to live a solitary (Thoreau-like) life in the remote Alaska wilderness. His body was found weighing no more than 85 or 90 pounds by hikers some months after he had entered the wilderness. He had starved to death even though there was evidence that he had shot and killed game. Apparently he ate a certain type of berry that was toxic to his system. His story was told by Jon Krakauer in his book "Into the wild." I believe that they made a movie about it a few years back but I have not seen it.

Craig