McCandless follows a trail called the Stampede Trail, which was blazed in the 1930s by a legendary Alaska miner. Jim convinces Alex to take his boots and some sandwiches his wife made for him, then he takes a picture for Alex at the trail head and leaves him there on April 28, 1992. He also tells Jim that he doesn’t have a hunting license, and no one knows where he is going-he hasn’t spoken to anyone in his family for nearly two years. He even offers to take Alex to Anchorage to buy him some better gear, but Alex says he’ll be fine with what he has. Jim does his best to dissuade Alex-the hunting isn’t good there, the grizzlies are fierce-but Alex won’t budge. Jim is concerned, because he notices that Alex’s pack seems awfully light and he lacks a lot of essential tools, especially for the season, but he is at least a little reassured by Alex’s sane demeanor and intelligent questions.Īlex tells Jim that he plans to go to the end of a little known path that peters out into the wilderness north of Mt. Alex tells Jim that he is heading to Denali, where he plans to hike into the wilderness and live off of the land for a few months. The hitchhiker introduces himself as Alex. Jim Gallien sees a young man hitchhiking four miles outside of Fairbanks, and he picks him up.
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