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Christopher Mc. Candless - Wikipedia. Christopher Mc. Candless.

Self- portrait of Mc. Candless on the Stampede Trail, found undeveloped in his camera after his death. Born. Christopher Johnson Mc. Candless(1. 96. 8- 0. February 1. 2, 1.

El Segundo, California, U. S. Disappeared. April 2. Diedc. August 1. 99. Stampede Trail, Alaska, U. S. Cause of death.

Starvation, possibly brought on by poisoning. Body discovered. September 6, 1. Other names. Chris Mc.

Candless. Alexander Supertramp. Education. Wilbert Tucker Woodson High School.

Alma mater. Emory University. Christopher Johnson "Chris" Mc.

Candless (; February 1. August 1. 99. 2) was an American hiker and itinerant traveler, who also went by the name "Alexander Supertramp". After graduating from college in 1. Mc. Candless traveled across the North American continent, and eventually hitchhiked to Alaska in April 1. There, he set out along an old mining road known as the Stampede Trail, with minimal supplies, hoping to live simply off the land. Almost four months later, Mc. Candless' decomposing body, weighing only 3.

Fairbanks Bus 1. 42, used as a backcountry shelter along the Stampede Trail, on the eastern bank of the Sushana River. His cause of death was officially ruled to be starvation,[2][3] although the exact cause remains the subject of some debate.[4][5][6][7]In January 1. Jon Krakauer published Mc. Candless' story in that month's issue of Outside magazine. He had been assigned the story and had written it under a tight deadline.[8] Inspired by the details of Mc.

Candless' story, Krakauer wrote and published the more extensive biographical book Into the Wild (1. Watch Lantana Online Full Movie. Mc. Candless' travels. The book was subsequently adapted into a 2. Sean Penn, with Emile Hirsch portraying Mc.

Candless. That same year, Mc. Candless' story also became the subject of Ron Lamothe's documentary The Call of the Wild (2. Early life[edit]Christopher Johnson Mc. Candless was born in El Segundo, California.

He was the first child of Wilhelmina "Billie" Mc. Candless (née Johnson) and Walter "Walt" Mc. Candless. The couple subsequently had one more child, a daughter named Carine.

Mc. Candless also had six half- siblings from Walt Mc. Candless' first marriage, who lived with their mother in California. Author Jon Krakauer later speculated that Walt's transition between these two marriages may have deeply affected and profoundly shaped Mc. Candless' world- view.[9]In 1. Washington, D. C., and settled in suburban Annandale, Virginia, when Mc. Candless' father was hired as an antenna specialist for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA); Mc. Candless' mother worked as a secretary at Hughes Aircraft.

The couple went on to establish a successful consultancy business out of their home, specializing in Walt's area of expertise. Mc. Candless graduated from W. T. Woodson High School in Fairfax, Virginia, in 1.

He excelled academically, although a number of teachers and fellow students observed that he "marched to the beat of a different drummer." Mc. Candless also served as captain of the cross- country team, where he would urge teammates to treat running as a spiritual exercise in which they were "running against the forces of darkness .. In the summer of 1. Mc. Candless traveled to Southern California and reconnected with distant relatives and friends. Watch Gozu Online IMDB on this page. It was during this journey he learned that his father had not yet divorced his first wife when Mc. Candless and his sister Carine were born, and had apparently maintained somewhat of a double life before the move to Virginia.

It is speculated that this discovery had a profound impact on the younger Mc. Candless.[1. 2]Mc. Candless graduated from Emory University in May 1. After graduating, Mc. Candless donated most of his savings to charity and adopted a vagabond lifestyle, working when necessary as a restaurant food preparer and farm hand.[1. An avid outdoorsman, Mc. Watch Chasing Birds Online Facebook.

Candless completed several lengthy wilderness hiking trips and paddled a canoe down a portion of the Colorado River before hitchhiking to Alaska, in April 1. Travels[edit]By the end of summer in 1. Mc. Candless had driven his Datsun through Arizona, California, and South Dakota, where he worked at a grain elevator in Carthage.

A flash flood disabled his car, at which point he removed its license plates, took what he could carry, and kept moving on foot. His car was later found, repaired, and put into service as an undercover vehicle for the local police department.[1. In April 1. 99. 2, Mc.

Candless hitchhiked from Carthage, South Dakota, to Fairbanks, Alaska. As noted by Krakauer, Mc. Candless was last seen alive at the head of the Stampede Trail on April 2. Jim Gallien. Gallien had given Mc. Candless a ride from Fairbanks to the start of the rugged track just outside the small town of Healy. Gallien later said he had been seriously concerned about the safety of Mc.

Candless (who introduced himself as "Alex"), after noticing Mc. Candless' light pack, minimal equipment, meager rations, and obvious lack of experience. Gallien said he'd had deep doubts about "Alex"'s ability to survive the harsh and unforgiving Alaskan bush.[citation needed]Gallien repeatedly tried to persuade Mc. Candless to defer the trip, at one point offering to detour to Anchorage, and buy him suitable equipment and supplies.

However, Mc. Candless ignored Gallien's persistent warnings and refused his offers of assistance (though Mc. Candless did accept a pair of Wellington boots, two sandwiches, and a packet of corn chips from Gallien).

Gallien dropped Mc. Candless off believing Mc. Candless would head back towards the highway within a few days as hunger set in.[9]After hiking along the snow- covered Stampede Trail, Mc.

Candless came upon an abandoned bus (about 2. Healy at 6. 3° 5. N, 1. 49° 4. 6′ 8. W), alongside an overgrown section of the trail near Denali National Park. Mc. Candless, according to Into the Wild, attempted to continue "heading west until I hit the Bering Sea." However, he was deterred by the thick Alaskan bush and returned to the bus, where he set up camp and attempted to live off the land. He had 4. 5 kilograms (9.

Remington semi- automatic rifle with 4. LRhollowpoint ammunition, a number of books, including one on local plant life, some personal effects, and a few items of camping equipment. Self- portrait photographs and journal entries indicate he foraged for edible plants and hunted game.

Mc. Candless hunted porcupines, squirrels, and birds, such as ptarmigans and Canada geese. On June 9, 1. 99.