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Christopher was born in El Segundo, California. Christopher parents are Walt and Billie McCandless.
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Christopher graduated from Wilbert Tucker Woodson High School in Virginia. That summer he traveled through out the country. He returned home only two days before he started college. Christopher was a very educated man he who had a very unique way of looking at things.
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Shortly after he graduated he donated $25,000 from his savings to OXFAM an organazation that was dedicated to fighting hunger.
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Christopher's car had been destroyed by a flash flood. So he took this as an opportunity to rid himself of all unnecessary belongings. He buried his deer-hunting rifle, striped his car of its Virginia plates. Then burned all one hundred twenty-three dollars in his wallet.
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McCandless appears at Wayne Westerberg's grain elevator in Carthage, South Dakota, ready to work. He plans on staying until April 15, when he will buy new gear and travel to Alaska.
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Christopher canoes on the Colorado River,and many other bodies of water. In January he abandons the canoe due to weather conditions. Christopher had not spoken to or seen another human in thirty-six days.
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Christopher stopped keeping a journal when he left Las Vegas, so not much is known about this part of his life.
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In Bullhead he worked at a Mcdonalds. This is possibly the longest he has ever stayed in one place.
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The Slabs were located in Niland, California. There he sold books for Jan and Bob.
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When he entered Las Vegas he had no money or ID. There he worked at an Italian restaurant.
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Christopher lived with Ron. He taught him how to do leather working. Christopher made a belt that told a story with pictures of his journeys. Christopher ended up living with Ron for a while. Before Chris left Ronald asked him if he could adopt Chris since his wife and only child were killed by a drunk driver, and Ronald was the only member of his family left, and didn't want his families name to end.
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Christopher had exactly one thousand dollars in his boot. He left his journal with Wayne Westenberg for safekeeping. While he was hugging every one good bye he started crying he probably realized that he may not see them again.
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Christopher had gotten a ride with a man by the name of Gaylord Stuckey. The car ride took three days. Christopher spends three days in town preparing for the long hike to the bus.
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Christopher would walk to the "magic" bus where he stayed. This bus had been abandoned it belonged to the city of Fairbanks, Alaska. The bus is still there many people visit the bus in honor of Christopher.
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He must cross the Teklanika River to get to town. Christopher can not leave the wild because the Teklanika River has swelled almost five times its original size and has become violent and uncrossable. So he goes back to the bus.
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Christopher parished for a number of reasons. He died because of starvation. He also died because of a fungus that was growing on a plant that he was eating at the time. His body was recovered nineteen days after he died. Christopher was only twenty four when he died. Christopher spent about one hundred thirteen days in the wild.
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Christopher died in Fairbanks, Alaska. His corpse only weighed seventy-seven pounds.
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Carine and her brother were extremly close. She was devastated when she heard that he had passed.
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Ron picks up two hitchhikers. During the car ride he tells them about Christopher one of them then informs him that his friend is dead.
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They leave a bronze plaque at the bus in his honor.
