Christopher McCandless

11188359_701414807611_9098157848891462772_n.jpg Thought some of you going out the trail might like to know that the Park Service rangers now have motion activated cameras hidden along the trail to document people and wildlife traveling on the trail... Here is one picture from the camera which was r...

I don't know what brand Chris's pack is but here's a picture of it... maybe you can figure it out by looking at it.

I think the Mccandless parents had granted Jon Krakauer access to all the photos and the journal before he started writing "Into the Wild". Doesn't Krakauer acknowledge in the book that he is using the pictures and the journal to piece together the narrative? I suspect he read that line &q...

I included pictures of the mushrooms in the posting above because I thought it would help other people avoid accidentally eating them. I don't know why the pictures are no longer visible. But it is easy to find a picture of amanita muscaria and the other mushrooms mentioned on wikipedia. The picture...

Thanks, Go North. Don't think I'll be going ice fishing out there. I wonder how Google decided to name that lake "Wentitika" on google maps? That name isn't included in the Dept. of Interior "Dictionary of Alaska Place Names", the Delorme Alaska Atlas or any topographic map that ...

Where is this lake? Wikipedia says the bus is near it. Can't find it in any reference other than Wikipedia. Nearest lake on the map is unnamed and 31/2 miles away. Just wondering where it is so I can go check it out for ice fishing...thanks

The pack looks like it's still in pretty good shape in the pictures of it.

In her book she says that her parents were threatening legal action to get the pack and wallet. Did she tell you if she still has it?

Death by Mushrooms? IMG_7069 (640x359).jpg There has been much speculation about why Chris Mccandless eventually died in the bus. Jon Krakauer assigned blame to potato seeds which were photographed by Chris and mentioned in his journal. Ron Lamothe asserts that Chris simply wasn’t eating enough to s...

The guy who found the pack sent it and the wallet and money to Carine. After looking at the 20/20 video it's pretty apparent that Carine is totally estranged from her parents. So I don't think she would have given the pack to them. I think I would have used it on the hike back to the bus if I were h...

Great article, Steve. Thanks for steering me to it and the interesting website it is on- foragersharvest.com Maybe I didn't read the article carefully enough but I don't think I saw any mention of the mushrooms Chris was eating. There are clear photos of the poisonous amanita mescaria (sp?) which Ch...