Chris lived in the wild, trying to imitate his hereos(Jack London, John Haies). His heores toook very dangerous steps in the wild. Chris's heroes did live more succesfully in the wild then Chris did because they survived. The big diffference between these people is, that the knowleged they possed before living in the wild. CHris read books on it, while these people lived by it daily, until they took a huge leap into the wild. To say that they the heores stayed away from the dangerous side of the wild, is just obsered. That would be saying that there is a safe side in the wild. I do not think however the heroes would of stayed out there till they died of starvastion like Chris did. They could of been killed other ways, or got hurt not been able to travel out like Chris. I honestly do not know enough on this subject to say any other claims.