![]() ![]() In September, his decomposing body, weighing only 67 pounds (30 kg), was found inside the bus by a hunter. On the eastern bank of the Sushana River, McCandless found an abandoned bus, Fairbanks Bus 142, which he used as a makeshift shelter until his death. There, he entered the Alaskan bush with minimal supplies, hoping to live simply off the land. McCandless is the subject of Into the Wild, a nonfiction book by Jon Krakauer that was later made into a full-length feature film.Īfter graduating from Emory University in Georgia in 1990, McCandless traveled across North America and eventually hitchhiked to Alaska in April 1992. August 1992), also known by his pseudonym " Alexander Supertramp", was an American adventurer who sought an increasingly nomadic lifestyle as he grew up. ![]() Starvation, possibly brought on by poisoning Ĭhristopher Johnson McCandless ( / m ə ˈ k æ n d l ɪ s/ Febru – c. ![]()
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