<P> Christopher Johnson McCandless ( / məˈkændlɪs / ; February 12 , 1968 -- c . August 1992 ) was an American hiker and itinerant traveler , who also went by the name `` Alexander Supertramp '' . After graduating from college in 1990 , McCandless traveled across the North American continent and eventually hitchhiked to Alaska in April 1992 . There , he set out along an old mining road known as the Stampede Trail , with minimal supplies , hoping to live simply off the land . In September , McCandless ' decomposing body , weighing only 30 kilograms ( 66 lb ) , was found by a hunter in a converted bus , Fairbanks Bus 142 , used as a backcountry shelter along the Stampede Trail , on the eastern bank of the Sushana River . His cause of death was officially ruled to be starvation , although the exact cause remains the subject of some debate . </P>
<P> Christopher Johnson McCandless ( / məˈkændlɪs / ; February 12 , 1968 -- c . August 1992 ) was an American hiker and itinerant traveler , who also went by the name `` Alexander Supertramp '' . After graduating from college in 1990 , McCandless traveled across the North American continent and eventually hitchhiked to Alaska in April 1992 . There , he set out along an old mining road known as the Stampede Trail , with minimal supplies , hoping to live simply off the land . In September , McCandless ' decomposing body , weighing only 30 kilograms ( 66 lb ) , was found by a hunter in a converted bus , Fairbanks Bus 142 , used as a backcountry shelter along the Stampede Trail , on the eastern bank of the Sushana River . His cause of death was officially ruled to be starvation , although the exact cause remains the subject of some debate . </P>
where did the guy from into the wild die
where did the guy from into the wild die
starvation
starvation