Into The Wild Flashcards
Jim Gallien
Driver
Gave him all weather boots, a tuna fish sandwich, and Fritos and his phone number
Worried bc he only had rice and a small gun
Told him not to go
Wayne westerburg
Have illegal cable to people Did jail time Chris worked for him harvesting crops Said Chris was a hard worker, liked him but also said he was complex Saw him like a brother
Chris McCandles family
Walter, Billie, and corin Tense parental relationship Walter had kids w Billie and former wife at the same time Chris went to Emory, very smart Ashamed of wealth Closed off but close with sister
Jon Krakauer
Author Related to Chris Had issues w dad too Climbed mt Everest and Devils thumb in Alaska Got high and caught his tent on fire
Mexico/canoe
Some doubt validity
Took Colorado river to Mexico
Walked back across the board, never woulda happened now days
Bullhead city
Worked at McDonald’s there
Quit but manager was glad bc he didn’t wear socks
Ron Franz
Was lone bc wife and kid died in drunk driver crash
Did leather work-Chris made a belt with him
Saw Chris as a grandson
Chris always tried to get him to live off the grid and travel and finally did when Chris died
Wanted to adopt Chris
Recovering alcoholic
Jan Burres
Gf/bf Chris met Called the rubber tramps Saw Chris as son bc she estranger from own son Understood him Sold stuff in flee markets for money Jan drove and dropped him off
The slabs
Old military base where rhe rubber stamps would meet to flee Ohio winters
Cement slab in the country
Where the teen girl fell in love w him
OXFAM
Had a check for college which he to OXFAM
Organization to help starving kids in Africa
Donated money to starving people then he starved
Alaska dates
April 1992-August 1992
Snow melted and river rose so hecouldn’t get back across
Couldn’t swim and afraid of water
Was basket a couple miles up but he didn’t know
Death-controversy
Starve? On purpose? Accident?
Jon: ate moldy seeds that made him starve
Some: suicide
Moose
Killed it
Smoked it bc Rons friend told him too but it didn’t work and meat got bad
Should have skinned and dried it
Used sm energy then lost all the good
Felt super guilty for killing it then not using it
Stampede trail
Where he was dropped off and that led him to bus
journal
Writes in third person and doesn’t talk about beauty of earth
Loved thorough and wanted to be like him
Liked jack London who died a fat alcoholic but wrote about Alaska where he’d never been
