McCandless perished sometime around the week of August 18, 1992, after surviving for 113 days. He declined an acquaintance's offer to buy him sturdier clothing and better supplies. 22 caliber rifle, several boxes of rifle rounds, a camera, and a small selection of reading material-including a field guide to the region's edible plants, Tana'ina Plantlore. There he headed down the snow-covered trail to begin an odyssey with only 10 pounds (4500 g) of rice, a. On April 28, 1992, McCandless hitchhiked to the Stampede Trail in Alaska. After graduating in May 1990 with high grades from Emory University, McCandless ceased communicating with his family, gave away his college fund of $24,500 to Oxfam, and began traveling across the Western United States, later abandoning his 1982 Datsun B210 after a flash flood. Further information: Christopher McCandlessĬhristopher Johnson McCandless grew up in suburban Annandale, Virginia.
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