Christopher McCandless

A friend of mine in Bettles, AK told me about this a week or so ago. Pretty interesting. Discussion of this article can also be found under the General Discussions forum "Another rescue on the Stampede...but! it wasn't necessary."

There isn't going to be a time that the trail is completely dry. You're still going to have to deal with beaver marsh crossings along w/ the Tek and Savage Rivers and not to mention the creek (Sushana River feeder creek) that follows and crosses the trail many times on the Bus side of the Tek. I wen...

This is sickening! I can't believe someone would do this.

I was doing some quote hunting today and found a wealth of awesome travel quotes. See below! The 50 Most Inspiring Travel Quotes Of All Time 1. “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness.” – Mark Twain 2. “The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” – St. ...

Les Stroud is my hero! I took one of his books, Survive!-Essential Skills and Tactics to Get You out of anywhere-ALIVE, with me the last time I visited the bus (June 2010) just in case anything happened. GREAT BOOK!!! I would recomment to anyone who is into surivival skills knowledge

One little piece of the puzzle that has never really been brought to light is the time that Chris worked at the casino in Vegas. It is sometimes quietly mentioned and quickly forgotten. If you have access to his collection of pics and ID's you will see he that he had to get licensed as a food worke...

This is an excellent question!

I guess I'd give an educated guess of Technology Cutoff Date?

I believe it's in the front of the 'Into the Wild' book!

So I remember posting most of my goods for my 2010 expedition on my blog awhile back so I figure I'd repost them on here. Just as a helpful guide for any solo hikers out there or anyone just wanting a good idea of well researched items to buy. It took me over a year and a half to prep for my journey...

ellisd wrote:for $60 i have no reason not to have that along with me when i go. thanks for showing a way on how to cross a the river more safely!

Exactly!!