These two men were both on the same page when they published these statements.  Tolstoy's excerpt is a piece about him or a character he wrote about wanting to live a dangerous and unexpected life and stray from the ordinary.  Stegner goes into almost describing why one might one that by pointing out the natural desires man crave.
  I agree what these men have to say.  Tolstoy wants to get away from the ordinary life and be free and wild.  This seems like the right way to live.  I also see where Stegner gets the information he writes about towards human beings.  I fell that same craving for excitement and freedom.
  I think McCandless definitely got his ideas of travelling from these authors.  He favored these types of writers the most and made their words his life.