Chris Mcandless was a young man, who decided to give up his life savings and head off to travel throughout the US, and especially Alaska, to live off the land. He met many friends during his journey, some he shared a few hours time with, and some he spent a few days with. One of these people was a James Gallien, who drove him into Alaska. Gallien was concerned that Chris's gear seemed excessively trivial for the harsh conditions that he would face on the Alaskan trails. He said that there was "no talking" Chris out of plunging into the wilderness and that Chris couldn't wait to get started.

To some people McCandless might even seem a little spoiled as he had been raised in the comfortable, upper-middle-class town of Annandale, Virginia. His father, Walt, was an aerospace engineer ran a small and very prosperous consulting firm with his mother, Billie. There were eight children in the extended family: Chris; a younger sister, Carine, with whom Chris was extremely close; and six older half-siblings from his fathers first marriage.

Some of you know of him through the telling of his story in the Jon Krakauer bestseller "Into the Wild." His story will also soon be a feature film, directed by Sean Penn. After a long, philosophical journey from Virginia to Alaska, he died from starvation (or poisoning depending on who you talk to) in an old Fairbanks City Transit Bus about 25 miles off the Parks Highway just outside Healy, Alaska.

For those of you who don't know the name Christopher McCandless, a.k.a. Alexander Supertramp (a nickname Chris gave himself).