Christopher Johnson “Chris” McCandless (February 12, 1968 – August 1992) was an American hiker and itinerant traveler.
After graduating from college in 1990, McCandless traveled the United States, eventually hitchhiking to Alaska in April 1992. 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, McCandless’ decomposing body weighing only 30 kilograms (66 lb) was found by hunters in a converted bus 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 although the exact cause remains the subject of some debate.
I want to thank Jeremy for sending this to me. Jeremy writes “This is an interview with a hunting guide about the Chris McCandless story that Into the Wild was about. Check out what this guy says about some of the cabins being ransacked. Very odd!”
