Christopher McCandless

That's what I would like to do as well. I live only 35 miles away from Salton City and have been there a couple times. As boring and ghost town like, the town is... it has such character. =) But i would really just love to take off for awhile... live and experience new places and meet new people. Ge...

Ironically, I live about 60 miles away from Slab City (and did not become aware of this, for some time after my developing obsession with Chris). Slab City is set in Southern California's desert near the town of Niland. This place is filled with squatters, snowbirds, and wanderers during the winter ...

For New Years this year, my friend from Colorado and I escaped to Vegas to celebrate bringing in the new number. After a long night full of inappropriate attire, inhaling alcohol, and some minor regrets... A long, boring, traffic infested ride back to the Californian Desert, did not sound the least ...

Now that is the question.... Nowadays, it's quite rare to spot a nomad on the side of the road, thumb erect, arm out straight, silently seeking a hitch. But when I do, I cant help but wonder if he's a present day Chris McCandless, or just some fellow patron without a car trying to spot a ride to a d...

Anyone want to retrace Chris' footsteps this summer?? I would love to live off the land, go on my own journey and discover my own path sometime... But first, I would like to retrace Chris' steps and visit the places he visited and maybe even meet some the people he met. Las Vegas, to Lake Mead, Salt...