Into the Wild
What happens to John Waterman?
The story of John Waterman
The story of John Waterman
John Waterman is a very talented young climber from the suburbs of D.C., whose drive to climb dangerous slopes intensifies as he loses his mind, and who eventually embarks on a suicidal assent of Denali, and is never heard from again.
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