Once McCandless could no longer move, he could no longer gather more food. And, shortly thereafter, he died. As Jon Krakauer notes at the end of his article, Chris McCandless would now be 45.

Today the bus, which became a global symbol of restless travelers in the wake of Jon Krakauer's best-selling ... "The lure is Chris McCandless. What he represents is a totally ubiquitous wanderlust." ...

"The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun." Chris ...