Fabulous long read on hikers that follow the trail of Into the Wild

Chris McCandless (Credit: CJM Foundation /ChristopherMcCandless.info / Back to the Wild) Raised in Virginia, Christopher Johnson McCandless began his long journey to Alaska in the summer of 1990, shortly after his graduation from Emory University. He donated the remaining contents of his college fund to Oxfam, packed his Datsun and headed west – without telling anyone his plans.