Alexander Supertramp was the alias of Chris McCandless, a kid from Virginia who donated every penny he had to charity and took off to hitchhike across the US in 1990. His ultimate goal was to travel to Alaska and live for a time in the wilderness to "find himself." He had minimal supplies and no experience whatsoever.
After hiking along the snow-covered Stampede Trail, McCandless found an abandoned bus used as a hunting shelter. He (incorrectly) assumed that he could live off the land indefinitely by hunting and gathering. In July, after living in the bus for three months, he decided to leave, but found the trail back blocked by the Teklanika River, which was then considerably higher and swifter than when he crossed in April. Injured and with no food, McCandless starved to death. His body weighted 67 pounds when it was found two weeks later.
The story of Chris McCandless's "Alaskan odyssey" was turned into a book and later, a movie. People tend to romanticize the events that took place, claiming that McCandless was a pioneer, a free thinker, or someone who wildly rebelled against society. In all actuality, he was a stupid kid who wound up inadvertently killing himself.
Alexander Supertramp was the alias of Chris McCandless, a kid from Virginia who donated every penny he had to charity and took off to hitchhike across the US in 1990. His ultimate goal was to travel to Alaska and live for a time in the wilderness to "find himself." He had minimal supplies and no experience whatsoever.
After hiking along the snow-covered Stampede Trail, McCandless found an abandoned bus used as a hunting shelter. He (incorrectly) assumed that he could live off the land indefinitely by hunting and gathering. In July, after living in the bus for three months, he decided to leave, but found the trail back blocked by the Teklanika River, which was then considerably higher and swifter than when he crossed in April. Injured and with no food, McCandless starved to death. His body weighted 67 pounds when it was found two weeks later.
The story of Chris McCandless's "Alaskan odyssey" was turned into a book and later, a movie. People tend to romanticize the events that took place, claiming that McCandless was a pioneer, a free thinker, or someone who wildly rebelled against society. In all actuality, he was a stupid kid who wound up inadvertently killing himself.