Christopher McCandless

There was another post in this forum asking a similar question, she is alive and well. In the other post she did a special documentary film for the Animal Planet channel. From what articles I have found about the friends Chris made throughout his travels, those who were so devastated by his untimely...

The essence of how they wanted to live their lives, living off the land without any of the modern comforts are exactly the same, but they differ on how they went about it. Chris seemed to take a haphazard approach in living in the wild, while Eustace took a more studious approach and self-taught him...

Just read this article, very tragic. The article mentioned Artes once carried a guide that was created by his traveling friends about hopping trains, I wonder if it had mentioned anything on trains transporting coal. The story is a sad truth of the dangers of being a railroad tramp.

Ever since watching the movie and listening to the audiobook version by Jon Krakauer. Every time I spot someone who is looks destitute but sports a backpack I cannot help wonder where that individual has been, and wonder if he has ever heard of Christopher. Maybe that's why some people are bitter at...