Jon Krakauer's Into the Wild is based on a true story about a young man from Virginia who decided to hitch hike all the way to Alaska, with no means of contact between him and his family. After getting to Alaska, Chris McCandless decided to go traveling through the barren wilderness of America's 50th state with nothing but a rifle, a camera, and some reading material, which included a journal. McCandless' body ended up being discovered about two years later, in an abandoned bus, and that's where the story begins.
The entire novel is Krakauer's take on what he thinks happened to Chris during his time in the wild. Join me as I embark on this journey with Mr. McCandless, and find out what it really takes to survive in the wild.
