Introduction to Into the Wild

Into the Wild is a true story about a guy named Christopher McCandless who was missing for two years. Christopher was a graduate from Emory University in Atlanta in 1990. He then cut off with the communications with his family and gave a good amount of his money to organizations. He then left his car and burn what was left of his money. Christopher then had not many resources to live off of.  He changed his name from Christopher to Alexander, and he stayed up in South Dakota with a friend named Wayne Westerberg. He lived for about one hundred and twelve days while living off of edible things in the Alaskan Desert. He also kept a journal of his life. He planned to go to the coast but instead he found a deserted bus that he would camp in. He mostly ate off of an Hedysarum alpinum, which was commonly known as an "Eskimo plant". He then had to stop eating them because it was to tough to eat. He then later died from it.

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Jon Keakuer was born on April 12, 1954. He was the third out of five children. Jon was raised in Corvallis, Oregon and has been raised there since the age of two. He was introduced to mountaineering at age eight by his father, and this led him to his career. He graduated from college in 1977 and a year after, he stayed in the wilderness in  Alaska for three weeks. In this three week time period, he climbed the Devil's Thumb. Jon Keakuer wrote the book Into the Wild.

A Place in the United States that I Want to See and Experience

A place in the United States that I want to see and experience would be Alabama. I have never been to Alabama before but I have always wanted to go there since I was about seven or nine. I would get there by plane but it is possible to take a car or maybe even a train. Alabama is known as the "Heart of Dixie" and it is nicknamed the Yellowhammer state. Right now the weather in Montgomery is cold and cloudy. For this experience I would need food supply, money, and clothes. I expect to meet new people, try different kinds of foods, and explore the land.