Chris McCandless

I was born February 12th, 1968 in Washington, D.C. I grew up in Annandale, VA. MY father, Walt McCandless, worked for NASA as an antennae specialist. MY mother, Wilhelmina "Billie" Johnson was my father's secretary and later helped Walt establish and run a successful consulting company."In April 1992 I, a young man from a well-to-do family, hitchhiked to Alaska and walked alone into the wilderness north of Mt. McKinley. My name is Christopher Johnson McCandless. I had given $25,000 in savings to charity, abandoned my car and most of my possessions, burned all my cash in my wallet, and invented a new life for myself....