Christopher McCandless

Because the other options were worse. Take a look at a Topo map for the area. The terrain is aweful going north or south along the Tek. Steep hills covered in tussock, along with swamp. Waiting for the river level to drop would be the safest bet. Maybe a super risky float down the river would be the...

I know this may be a year too late, but there are no bears in october. They are all hibernating. This would be the worst and by worst I mean epically worst time to go. There is a ton of snow, but most of the water wont be frozen. So worst of both winter and summer. By November almost everything (alm...

There was a cable bridge. Locals took it down years ago because it was in disrepair. The posts are still visible a touch downstream from the trail/river junction by the hydometer station. There has been much talk of placing a bridge, but there is strong local opposition. Many Healy residents have th...