In July, he tried to leave, only to find the route blocked by a melted river (tragically unfortunate as there was a hand powered tram just upstream). Although he planned to hike to the coast, the boggy terrain of summer proved too difficult and he decided instead to camp in a derelict bus. In addition, he describes at some length the grief and puzzlement of McCandless's parents, sister, and friends, particularly an aged man named _ who had befriended McCandless in the _ Desert and was very fond of him.McCandless survived for approximately 112 days in the Alaskan wilderness, foraging for edible roots and berries, shooting an assortment of game-including a_-and keeping a journal. Krakauer also relates the stories of some other young men who vanished into the wilderness, such as Everett Ruess, an artist and wanderer who went missing in the Utah desert during 1934 at age 20. He explores the similarities between McCandless's experiences and motivations and his own as a young man, recounting in detail Krakauer's own attempt to climb Devils Thumbin Alaska. Krakauer interprets d Thoreau, and perhaps McCandless's favorite riter,_. He spent time in Carthage, South Dakota laboring for months in a _owned by Wayne Westerberg before impulsively hitchhiking for Alaska. McCandless shed his real name early in his journey, adopting the moniker '_'. Lastly, Chris McCanlessРІР‚в„ў life in an Alaskan bus in the wilderness closes the story.The book begins with the discovery of McCandless's body inside an abandoned _in Alaska and retraces his travels during the two years after college graduation. ChrisРІР‚в„ў life is then depicted through several pages of his teen, college, and adult life, and how he journeys across America and even crosses the border into Mexico. It then goes into the details of how Chris got into his situation, how he hitchhiked through Alaska and finally ended up in the wilderness. The story starts off with the finding of ChrisРІР‚в„ў body by moose hunters. Into the Wild follows the life of Chris McCandless as he travels across the country. So, why would this young man break all contact with his parents, give away all his money, abandon his vehicle, and spend the next two years living as a homeless drifter? That is the question author Jon Krakauer sets out to investigate. By the time he enters the world as an independent young adult, Chris has a college degree, a loving family, a car that he loves, and some $25,000 in his savings account. Raised by a successful and self-made family in an upscale suburb near Washington, D.C., McCandless graduates with honors from Emory University. McCandless was a young man with seemingly every advantage.

Into the Wild is a true story about the life and death of Christopher McCandless.

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