He declined an acquaintance's offer to buy him sturdier clothing and better supplies. 22 caliber rifle, several boxes of rifle rounds, a camera, and a small selection of reading material-including a field guide to the region's edible plants, Tana'ina Plantlore. There he headed down the snow-covered trail to begin an odyssey with only 10 pounds (4500 g) of rice, a. On April 28, 1992, McCandless hitchhiked to the Stampede Trail in Alaska. After graduating in May 1990 with high grades from Emory University, McCandless ceased communicating with his family, gave away his college fund of $24,500 to Oxfam, and began traveling across the Western United States, later abandoning his 1982 Datsun B210 after a flash flood. The whole unfortunate event in Chris’s life 22 years ago is about Chris and his dreams - not a spiteful, hyped up, attention-getting story about his family.Further information: Christopher McCandlessĬhristopher Johnson McCandless grew up in suburban Annandale, Virginia. Walt and Billie McCandless have made one comment about their daughter’s book on an ABC '20/20' segment: “After a brief review of its contents and intention, we concluded that this fictionalized writing has absolutely nothing to do with our beloved son, Chris, or his character. Krakauer wrote the foreword to McCandless’ book, saying that he “shared Carine’s desire to avoid causing undue pain to Walt, Billie, and Carine’s siblings from Walt’s first marriage.” In her book, Carine McCandless said that she told Jon Krakauer, author of “Into the Wild,” about her family environment, but asked him to please not talk about it in the book, Outside said. McCandless doesn’t spare her mother, either, writing that although she was a victim of Walt McCandless, she was also cruel and belittled the children. Outside magazine said McCandless’ book reveals a toxic home environment, enhanced by their father’s drinking, rages, and beatings. and I really felt and learned that I was doing a disservice to Chris and all those people 'cause the greatest inspiration comes from truth.'

'I really watered down those answers for a long time. why Chris left the way he did and why he felt the need to push himself to such extremes,' McCandless told ABC News. 'Frankly I was asked every time I met with a group of people. McCandless is known for leaving civilization and hiking to Alaska, where he starved to death in a bus located nearly 30 miles from the closest town.Ĭarine McCandless wrote “The Wild Truth,” a new memoir that talks about her life, and also about what living in their family was like for the children of Walt and Billie McCandless. Christopher McCandless set off on his journey that resulted in the best-selling book 'Into the Wild' partly as a result of what his sister calls a dysfunctional and traumatic childhood in her recently released book, 'The Wild Truth.'

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