Into the Wild / Stampede Trail
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Owner:
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Kletterkröte
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Released:
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Tuesday, March 1, 2022
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Origin:
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Baden-Württemberg, Germany
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(63°51'36.13"N 149°24'50.62"W)
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Into the Wild is the story of Christopher McCandless (February 12, 1968 - 18 August, 1992), who grew up in a wealthy suburb of Washington, D.C., Annandale, Virginia, and died at age 24 in a wilderness area of the state of Alaska. After graduating in 1990 from Emory University, McCandless ceased communicating with his family, gave away his savings of $25,000 to OXFAM and began travelling, later abandoning his car and burning all the money in his wallet.
In April 1992, Jim Gallien, an Alaskan, gave McCandless a ride to the Stampede Trail in Alaska. There McCandless headed down the snow-covered trail to begin an odyssey with only fifteen pounds of rice, a .22 caliber rifle, a camera, several boxes of rifle rounds, some camping gear, and a small selection of literature—including a field guide to the region's edible plants, Tana'ina Plantlore. He took no map or compass. He died some time in August, and his decomposed body was found in early September by moose hunters. McCandless's body was found inside an abandoned bus.
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