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Christopher McCandless

February 12, 1968 – August 18, 1992

American hiker and explorer (1968–1992)

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Christopher Johnson McCandless, known as "Alexander Supertramp", born February 12, 1968 in El Segundo, California and died August 18, 1992 on the Stampede Trail in Alaska, is an American adventurer who was the subject of the biographical story Journey to the End of Solitude by Jon Krakauer, adapted for the cinema in 2007 by Sean Penn under the title Into the Wild.

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  • Birthday · February 12
  • Anniversary · August 18

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