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Dialogue: 0,0:00:03.38,0:00:05.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now an adventure story that is
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.15,0:00:09.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,compelling and puzzling. The saga of Chris\NMcCandless,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.22,0:00:12.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a young man determined to put himself to\Nsome kind of test.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.26,0:00:17.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What was he thinking when he headed west,\Nrejecting his privileged life,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.20,0:00:22.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his family, even his own identity? Almost\Ncertainly he never envisioned the fate
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.30,0:00:25.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that awaited him. His journey and it's\Ngipping conclusion
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.90,0:00:29.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were the inspiration for a best-selling\Nbook. Tonight Tom Jarriel
Dialogue: 0,0:00:29.58,0:00:36.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brings this young man and his powerful\Nstory to life.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.78,0:00:45.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was an odyssey in the traditional\Nsense of the word.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.11,0:00:50.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He called it the spiritual revolution to\Nkill the false being within.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.28,0:00:56.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A grand journey that would change everything\Nand transform his life.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.28,0:00:59.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chris McCandless was captivated by the\Nspell of Alaska:
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.40,0:01:05.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rugged, wild and challenging. At age 22 he\Nwas itching for a romantic adventure.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:05.69,0:01:09.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A chance to live like his hero, novelist\NJack London,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:09.23,0:01:13.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who penned "The Call of the Wild". Alaska!
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.09,0:01:16.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For the Northern Lights stir that\Nyearning for adventure which can
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.40,0:01:22.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,haunt the young man. Outside magazine editor\NJon Krakauer
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.03,0:01:25.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was also drawn to Alaska in his youth.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.20,0:01:28.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As an offer he wrote a book about McCandless\Ncalled
Dialogue: 0,0:01:28.45,0:01:31.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Into the Wild. When a young person is
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.71,0:01:37.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is moved by this sort of passion and\Nfeels, it feels compelled it to go this
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.00,0:01:40.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sort of quest I think you have to let\Nhim and there's no way you can stop it.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.26,0:01:43.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In our culture that we don't have formal\Nrite of passage like
Dialogue: 0,0:01:43.42,0:01:47.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some each in cultures there in taking\Nrisk
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.01,0:01:50.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,subject yourself to a dangerous\Nrite of passage maybe something many
Dialogue: 0,0:01:50.95,0:01:57.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people have to go through to become a\Nman or a woman.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.98,0:02:01.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The mosaic of Chris McCandless growing\Nup was typical
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.46,0:02:04.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the flu and family in the seventies.\NSnapshots reveal
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.90,0:02:07.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a happy youngster waving to his family,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:07.90,0:02:13.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hiking in the mountains, vacationing\Nwith his parents in the Caribbean,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:13.67,0:02:17.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,birthday celebrations and academic\Nachievements.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.00,0:02:20.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He emerged from childhood handsome and\Nhighly intelligent.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.35,0:02:23.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His closest confidante was his sister\NCarinne.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.42,0:02:27.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Chris right here I like that\Npicture.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.04,0:02:30.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chris looks so cute.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.73,0:02:34.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Looks happy. The unconventional side of\NChris McCandless
Dialogue: 0,0:02:34.92,0:02:38.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,appeared in high school when he became\Ncaptain at the cross country team
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.76,0:02:41.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Road Warriors. They just got on his\Nsuicide
Dialogue: 0,0:02:41.94,0:02:45.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trecks. The whole point was to get\Nlost.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.19,0:02:49.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They run out get lost, find their\Nbearings
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.10,0:02:52.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,run a little slower until they found the\Nbearings and then run home again at full speed
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.33,0:02:54.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when his teammates so this was an effect\Nhow Chris
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.68,0:02:58.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where his whole life 0
Dialogue: 0,0:02:58.14,0:03:03.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while it Emory University in Atlanta\Nmccandless and his friends made a video
Dialogue: 0,0:03:03.03,0:03:04.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of college life
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.17,0:03:07.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which included an uninhibited solo
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.42,0:03:12.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.02,0:03:17.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:17.59,0:03:20.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he graduated with honors in May of 1990
Dialogue: 0,0:03:20.42,0:03:23.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he had achieved his future was assured
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.54,0:03:27.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when at the party his parents through\NChris announced he was going to drop out
Dialogue: 0,0:03:27.57,0:03:28.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,our site for a while
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.90,0:03:32.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he explained he needed to quench a\Nthirst for adventure.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.66,0:03:36.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.39,0:03:41.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He headed west and like the\NSetting Sun slowly banished from the
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.32,0:03:42.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,life he had known
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.40,0:03:46.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the family that had raised him McCandles was transformed
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.82,0:03:51.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a nomad with the new life and a new name\NAlexander Supertramp
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.30,0:03:54.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he aspired to be a super tramp
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.32,0:03:57.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,y'know wandering the world hanging out\Nwith bums and drifters
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.99,0:04:01.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,living on nothing but his wits and\Nfor two years he did that wandering
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.92,0:04:04.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,around the West
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.23,0:04:07.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of his favorite songs was Roger\NMiller's
Dialogue: 0,0:04:07.33,0:04:10.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,king of the road. "Trailers for sale or rent
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.35,0:04:13.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were ups and downs y'know times where he was
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.53,0:04:16.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,feeling very alone
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.69,0:04:20.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but then there were days where he was so illated
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.22,0:04:23.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and overjoyed and felt great
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.41,0:04:28.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,within months
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.92,0:04:32.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the letters and calls home petered out\Nhis parents were distraught
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.60,0:04:35.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,their son had rejected them and their\Nlifestyle
Dialogue: 0,0:04:35.68,0:04:39.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he just wanted to go from adventure to\Nadventure an experienced life
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.87,0:04:43.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fully um he wasn't after security he\Nwasn't after
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.99,0:04:47.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the house, the kids, the car. My parents\Nwere concerned as
Dialogue: 0,0:04:47.55,0:04:52.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,any parent would be um that they hadn't\Nheard from their son in so long
Dialogue: 0,0:04:52.07,0:04:55.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they basically just wanted to know\Nthat he was alright and that he was still alive.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:55.97,0:04:59.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and um so they hired a private\Ninvestigator.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:59.24,0:05:03.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The investigators search reached as far\Nas Europe and South Africa
Dialogue: 0,0:05:03.99,0:05:07.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but Alex Supertramp was just cruising\Nthrough the west.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:07.17,0:05:11.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some disturbing clue surfaced the family\Nwas shocked to learn Chris had donated
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.82,0:05:15.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all of his money over twenty four\Nthousand dollars to famine relief
Dialogue: 0,0:05:15.87,0:05:21.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the Supertramp had vanished. And this\Nreally freaked them out because they
Dialogue: 0,0:05:21.42,0:05:22.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,realize he was trying to
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.87,0:05:26.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,not be found. They got really worried\Nthen they
Dialogue: 0,0:05:26.39,0:05:29.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,soon you know they contacted the police\Nmissing person stuff
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.57,0:05:33.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it turned up anything. Years later\NJon Krakauer
Dialogue: 0,0:05:33.28,0:05:37.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,retrace chris mccandless is journey he\Nlearned that when Chris had arrived at
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.23,0:05:38.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lake Mead California
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.67,0:05:42.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was caught in a flash flood and\Nforced to abandon his car.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:42.51,0:05:46.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He took out the last money in his wallet, 123\Nbucks,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:46.03,0:05:49.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,put in a little pile in Sand, lit it on\Nfire took a picture of it
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.80,0:05:54.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what was the significance in giving away\Nhis remaining funds and burning even his
Dialogue: 0,0:05:54.34,0:05:55.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,pocket money?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:55.17,0:05:59.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Chris thought money was inherently evil\Nhe thought nothing good came
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.39,0:06:02.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of it. You didn't need it, was\Ncorrupting, it made you cautious and
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.97,0:06:03.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,greedy
Dialogue: 0,0:06:03.94,0:06:06.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and overly concerned about the wrong\Nthing.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:06.98,0:06:11.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alongside a remote highway in november\Nof nineteen ninety
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.25,0:06:15.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wayne Westerberg picked up the thin\Nyoung man who was hitching a ride
Dialogue: 0,0:06:15.20,0:06:19.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,turns out he hadn't age in a couple days \Nhe kinda ran out of his potatoes
Dialogue: 0,0:06:19.58,0:06:23.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whatever else. He ate quite a meal\Nthere
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.37,0:06:30.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was like sleeping at the table there\Nbefore we hardly got done
Dialogue: 0,0:06:34.19,0:06:38.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Westerberg combine crews harvested grain\Nacross the great plains
Dialogue: 0,0:06:38.13,0:06:41.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he offered Alex Supertramp a job in Westerberg's hometown
Dialogue: 0,0:06:41.89,0:06:48.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Carthage South Dakota population 247.\NHere the lonely traveler discovered a
Dialogue: 0,0:06:48.18,0:06:49.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,friendly community
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.27,0:06:53.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and briefly took route. Alex\NSupertramp had found a new surrogate
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.77,0:06:54.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,family.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:54.41,0:06:57.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,From then on he gave Carthage as his home\Naddress.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:57.85,0:07:02.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As the time came for him to leave to\NAlaska you asked him to stay at work a little
Dialogue: 0,0:07:02.61,0:07:03.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,longer
Dialogue: 0,0:07:03.19,0:07:06.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You offered him an airline ticket. why do you\Nthink he didn't take it?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:06.94,0:07:09.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,went back to the farm and hitchhiking\Nthe rails
Dialogue: 0,0:07:09.97,0:07:13.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all that was part of it to him I mean\Nyou couldn't do you couldn't do half the
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.72,0:07:15.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,adventure without having the whole thing
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.48,0:07:18.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,part of the whole thing was was making\Nthe whole trip
Dialogue: 0,0:07:18.69,0:07:22.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all the way to alaska by foot, rail.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.12,0:07:26.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the long-anticipated Alaskan Odyssey was\Nunderway
Dialogue: 0,0:07:26.37,0:07:30.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Westerberg received a postcard dated April\N27th 1992
Dialogue: 0,0:07:30.91,0:07:35.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the first time Alex conveyed concern\Nat the danger of venturing
Dialogue: 0,0:07:35.45,0:07:38.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,into the Alaskan Outback it read in\Npart:
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.49,0:07:42.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if this adventure proves fatal and you\Ndon't ever hear from me again
Dialogue: 0,0:07:42.20,0:07:45.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want you to know it you're a great man\NI now
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.67,0:07:50.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,walk into the wild. The fantasy was\Nbecoming reality
Dialogue: 0,0:07:50.09,0:07:55.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alex's message would turn out to be
Dialogue: 0,0:07:55.08,0:07:58.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,prophetic. Over the next weeks he would\Nkeep a poignant diary of his wilderness
Dialogue: 0,0:07:58.90,0:07:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,experience
Dialogue: 0,0:07:59.99,0:08:04.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which would and as he never expected.\Ntime Tom Jarriel brings the journey to its
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.45,0:08:05.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dramatic conclusion.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:05.73,0:08:10.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,after this
Dialogue: 0,0:08:10.76,0:08:11.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alex
Dialogue: 0,0:08:11.36,0:08:14.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Supertramp as he now calls himself has\Ncome to the most
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.77,0:08:18.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,crucial part of his journey. Ahead of him\Nlies the challenge of his life
Dialogue: 0,0:08:18.74,0:08:21.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the rugged Alaskan wilderness. He is\Nalone,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.80,0:08:25.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,equipt with the barest essentials\Ndetermined to survive on his wits
Dialogue: 0,0:08:25.56,0:08:30.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but not every adventure has a happy\Nending. Tom Jarriel picks up the story
Dialogue: 0,0:08:30.26,0:08:36.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at a dramatic and irrevocable crossroads.\NElectrician Jim Galleon picked Alex up
Dialogue: 0,0:08:36.78,0:08:39.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hitchhiking on the road between\NFairbanks and Anchorage
Dialogue: 0,0:08:39.72,0:08:43.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he says he knew right away the young man\Nwas in over is here
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.53,0:08:46.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I found out he didn't have any boots
Dialogue: 0,0:08:46.66,0:08:51.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I told him he can use mine just give me a\Ncall when he came out in the woods
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.99,0:08:55.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just get them back to me. He said he didn't\Nwanna see anybody
Dialogue: 0,0:08:55.65,0:08:59.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,fact he gave me his watch he had a comb
Dialogue: 0,0:08:59.42,0:09:03.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he had about 85 cents in change and\Nhe just threw it on dash in my truck
Dialogue: 0,0:09:03.91,0:09:07.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,threw the map down didn't wanna know\Nwhat day it was what time
Dialogue: 0,0:09:07.00,0:09:10.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was or where he was. Galleon dropped Alex\Noff
Dialogue: 0,0:09:10.95,0:09:14.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on an abandoned mining road called the\NStampede Trail
Dialogue: 0,0:09:14.12,0:09:18.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and snap the photograph. It was the end\Nof April 1992
Dialogue: 0,0:09:18.43,0:09:22.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Alex Supertrapp marched into the\Nwild wearing a stranger's boots
Dialogue: 0,0:09:22.56,0:09:26.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The adventure of his life was unfolding um
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.11,0:09:29.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was enjoying himself. He had to do the\Nultimate test and
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.74,0:09:32.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,anything less than that would'd have cut the\Nmustard.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:32.88,0:09:36.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,After a couple days came to a river\NTechnica
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.38,0:09:40.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which at the time because things were still pretty \Nfrozen up it was only about knee deep.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:40.01,0:09:44.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was cold but he just waited to cross. On\Nthe third day
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.05,0:09:47.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he caught a glimpse of America's highest\Npeak Denali
Dialogue: 0,0:09:47.38,0:09:51.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,away to the South. Four days in he found\Nthis bus.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.35,0:09:54.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Called it the Magic Bus. The bus
Dialogue: 0,0:09:54.84,0:09:59.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a junker from Fairbanks left for hunters\Nwas 28 miles from the main road
Dialogue: 0,0:09:59.61,0:10:03.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it was outfitted with a stove and\Na bed.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.40,0:10:07.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alex's backpack was only half full carrying\N10 pounds of rice,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:07.40,0:10:11.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a .22-caliber rifle, some ammunition and\Npaperback books.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:11.34,0:10:16.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was determined to live off the land.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:16.30,0:10:20.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's plenty of while game from birds\Nof prey circling overhead
Dialogue: 0,0:10:20.61,0:10:24.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to moose and brown bear. In this\Nprimitive land
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.19,0:10:28.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the hunters often become the hunted. In\Nthe spring there's also a natural bounty
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.77,0:10:30.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of edible wild plants.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.63,0:10:35.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alex became philosophical. His\Ndeclaration of independent life was
Dialogue: 0,0:10:35.37,0:10:36.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,inscribed on the bus.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.79,0:10:41.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Ultimate freedom. An Extremist and\NAesthetic Voyager
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.49,0:10:46.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whose home is the road. He flees and\Nwalks alone upon the land
Dialogue: 0,0:10:46.25,0:10:49.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to become lost in the wild. And
Dialogue: 0,0:10:49.51,0:10:52.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he kept a daily log his successes and\Nfailures
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.52,0:10:56.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,posing with the game he caught he snap\Nself-portraits.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:56.22,0:11:00.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Living off the land is a full-time job\Nand he basically spent most of every day
Dialogue: 0,0:11:00.12,0:11:03.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,gathering berries and mushrooms and\NEskimo potato.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:03.64,0:11:07.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hunting small game he shot a lot of\Nporcupines, squirrels, Grouse, ptarmigan
Dialogue: 0,0:11:07.90,0:11:11.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At one point he shot the\NMoose
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.48,0:11:15.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which was like the jackpot uh the 7-8 hundred pound\Nmoose.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.27,0:11:18.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But he did not know how to preserve the\Nmeat
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.34,0:11:23.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it soon rotted. By early July Alex\NSupertramp had proven that he could survive
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.18,0:11:23.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the wild
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.99,0:11:28.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and was ready to head for home. He hiked\Nback down the Stampede Trail
Dialogue: 0,0:11:28.52,0:11:32.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,toward the technique a river but the\Nstream he had crossed easily in the
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.69,0:11:33.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,spring
Dialogue: 0,0:11:33.31,0:11:37.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had become a torrent of melted snow.\NWithout maps which would have shown a
Dialogue: 0,0:11:37.83,0:11:39.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,way across the river nearby
Dialogue: 0,0:11:39.62,0:11:44.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alex had become a prisoner trapped on\Nthe wrong side a raging river.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:44.32,0:11:47.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For the first time his journal entries\Nimplied danger
Dialogue: 0,0:11:47.92,0:11:50.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,day 68 and 69 disaster
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.96,0:11:54.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rained in. River looks impossible. Lonely,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:54.45,0:11:58.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,scared. There's no fighting I mean nature\Nhad spoken
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.70,0:12:03.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and recognize that fact. He returned to\Nthe bus and resume gathering plants for
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.24,0:12:03.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,food.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:03.85,0:12:06.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so this is doesn't look much like a potato
Dialogue: 0,0:12:06.86,0:12:10.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but this is what they call Eskimo potato\Nand he figured the root is edible
Dialogue: 0,0:12:10.76,0:12:14.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the seed is from the same plant so it must also be\Nedible but they're not. What no one knew
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.97,0:12:19.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that these seeds are in fact poisonous and when\Nyou eat it it prevents your body from
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.45,0:12:20.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,digesting food.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.72,0:12:27.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His photograph shows a large bag\Nof the poisoned seeds ready to be eaten.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:27.06,0:12:30.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The journal confirms his suspicion on\Nday ninety four.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.40,0:12:33.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Extremely weak. Fault of potato seed.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.60,0:12:36.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Much trouble just to stand up. Starving.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:36.62,0:12:41.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Great jeopardy. Then in spite of this\Npredicament a cause for celebration.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:41.03,0:12:45.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Day one hundred. Made it but in the\Nweakest condition of life.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.95,0:12:50.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Death looms as serious threat. Have\Nliterally become
Dialogue: 0,0:12:50.13,0:12:53.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trapped in the wild
Dialogue: 0,0:12:53.00,0:12:57.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He posted a note on the door an SOS note\Nsaying if you happen to come by
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.16,0:13:01.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,please this is no joke I mean so. In one\Nsense he hadn't written it off but he knew
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.37,0:13:01.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was in
Dialogue: 0,0:13:01.91,0:13:04.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in deep trouble. He knew that he might very\Nwell die and he was
Dialogue: 0,0:13:04.99,0:13:08.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,facing death very bravely. The alaskan\Nfantasy
Dialogue: 0,0:13:08.73,0:13:13.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,had indeed become a harsh reality in\Nsigning the SOS note
Dialogue: 0,0:13:13.12,0:13:17.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Alexander Supertramp had become chris\Nmccandless again.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:17.28,0:13:20.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what meaning did you attach to that? It's\Npoignant
Dialogue: 0,0:13:20.45,0:13:24.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know. It's speculation but he was\Nacknowledging how we was
Dialogue: 0,0:13:24.34,0:13:27.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just in the end
Dialogue: 0,0:13:27.63,0:13:32.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a young man in trouble. The last stages\Nof starvation
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.17,0:13:35.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are said to be accompanied by a euphoric\Nsense of well-being
Dialogue: 0,0:13:35.49,0:13:39.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the final entry in his journal reads\Nbeautiful blueberries.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:39.52,0:13:44.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With no fat left on his body he surely\Nwould have felt extremely cold.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.35,0:13:47.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's impossible to know when he gave up\Nhope of rescue
Dialogue: 0,0:13:47.86,0:13:52.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's terrible to think about those last\Ndays. starving is not a good way to die it's
Dialogue: 0,0:13:52.35,0:13:55.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a very painful way to die. You go into\Nconvulsions,
Dialogue: 0,0:13:55.75,0:13:59.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hallucinations. Um its
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.09,0:14:02.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not a easy way to go and a fact\Nthat he didn't put an end to it
Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.18,0:14:05.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on life he had plenty of ammunition, had\Na rifle but he faced death
Dialogue: 0,0:14:05.82,0:14:11.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he stayed to the end and he faced death very\Nbravely. I admire him for that. On august
Dialogue: 0,0:14:11.90,0:14:13.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,eighteenth nineteen ninety-two
Dialogue: 0,0:14:13.79,0:14:18.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Christopher McCandless died wrapped in\Nthe sleeping bag his mother had sown for
Dialogue: 0,0:14:18.99,0:14:19.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,him.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:19.41,0:14:24.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,his boots stood by the stove. He had\Nsurvived 113 days
Dialogue: 0,0:14:24.73,0:14:29.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the wilderness. Nineteen days later 6\NAlaskans happened to ross the buss
Dialogue: 0,0:14:29.96,0:14:33.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and discover the body. It weighed sixty\Nseven pounds.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:33.60,0:14:39.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the bed where he slept. it's eary\Nalmost as if it's frozen in time.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:39.85,0:14:44.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,10 months later his parents Billie\Nand Walt Mccandless
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.08,0:14:47.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,visited the bus. Billie came in first um
Dialogue: 0,0:14:47.62,0:14:51.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,she sat here she looked at Chris's\Nclothing his
Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.35,0:14:55.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,belonging fingered finger them pressed\Nthem to her face.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:55.19,0:15:01.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can still smell Chris she said. They brought up\Nsmall brass plaques which walt installed
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.10,0:15:01.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over here
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.82,0:15:06.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,honoring their son Billie left a\Nbouquet of flowers.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:06.26,0:15:11.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,She was worried that some. She didn't want any\Nother young man to die here so she
Dialogue: 0,0:15:11.82,0:15:13.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brought the survival kit
Dialogue: 0,0:15:13.23,0:15:18.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and left it here um with some warm clothes,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:18.35,0:15:22.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a family Bible, and
Dialogue: 0,0:15:22.24,0:15:26.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,some cooking, stuff some food most which\Nis still here.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:26.83,0:15:31.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,People have respected it. And there was the last\Nmessage found on the bus.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:31.38,0:15:36.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was carefully printed in block\Nletters. I have had a happy life
Dialogue: 0,0:15:36.07,0:15:39.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and thank the Lord. Goodbye and may God\Nbless all.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:39.87,0:15:43.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Then with the note in hand Chris McCandles \Ncaptured
Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.90,0:15:47.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a haunting image a young man enduring\Na self-imposed
Dialogue: 0,0:15:47.55,0:15:51.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rite of passage into manhood. He was\Nalone,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:51.00,0:15:55.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,starving beyond desperation, aware death was near.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:55.20,0:15:59.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Hes look terribly gaunt, emaciated. He looks like a\Nconcentration camp at Camp victim
Dialogue: 0,0:15:59.70,0:16:02.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but he has this amazing look of serenity\Nin his eyes
Dialogue: 0,0:16:02.72,0:16:07.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was at peace in a very real sense\Nand that's something
Dialogue: 0,0:16:07.35,0:16:11.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one has to admire. He doesn't run from\NIt he just accepts it
Dialogue: 0,0:16:11.08,0:16:14.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and a forgives his family,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:14.51,0:16:19.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,apologized to him for hurting them. He says\NI lead a very happy life.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.23,0:16:23.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No regrets Chris McCandless was 24 years\Nold when his
Dialogue: 0,0:16:23.65,0:16:27.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Odyssey ended and the Alaskan wilderness.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:27.80,0:16:31.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If I had to bet my life on whether my\Nbrother was happy on the day that he died
Dialogue: 0,0:16:31.92,0:16:35.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would tell you that he was.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:35.36,0:16:42.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now he wasn't happy to be dying but he was\Nhappy
Dialogue: 0,0:16:43.06,0:16:47.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that he did everything in his life that he possible could
Dialogue: 0,0:16:47.02,0:16:52.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to live his life not just be alive. He got more out of his twenty four years
Dialogue: 0,0:16:52.82,0:16:59.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,most people get who live to be 90.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:02.33,0:17:02.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Boy
Dialogue: 0,0:17:02.77,0:17:07.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It might have seemed deliberate but it\Nreally wasn't a subliminal suicide
Dialogue: 0,0:17:07.05,0:17:11.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,situation. I don't think so Hugh. There was\Na tone of that in his first note to his
Dialogue: 0,0:17:11.12,0:17:14.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,friend Westerberg. He was talking about\Nif I die if I don't come back
Dialogue: 0,0:17:14.46,0:17:17.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,toward the end though he was looking\Nforward to coming back to his family
Dialogue: 0,0:17:17.80,0:17:18.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back to his life
Dialogue: 0,0:17:18.84,0:17:22.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he definitely wanted to get out he\Njust wound up trapped.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:22.18,0:17:25.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It does seem like a cruel thing to do to\Nhis parents though to drop out of site.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:25.78,0:17:30.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It certainly is and there was never an\Nexplanation of what caused the split
Dialogue: 0,0:17:30.01,0:17:35.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's one the mysteries that died there\Non the bus. fascinating. Really compelling story.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:35.16,0:17:36.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you to Tom.