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Into The Wild

Christopher McCandless was an American hiker and traveler who spent a good chunk of his time in the early 90’s traveling in Alaska. McCandless found himself on the Stampede Trail with very little supplies but high hopes of embracing the wild. Apparently he believed he would survive on materials and food that Mother Nature provided. However four months later, his decomposing body, which weighted only 66 pounds, was found by hunters. Supposedly McCandless died from starvation.

Into The Wild