Section 4: 145 to end 

1. How is Krakauer's relationship with his father like Chris' relationship with Walt McCandless?

2. What comparisons does Krakauer make between his climb and Chris McCandless' attempt to live in the Alaskan wilderness?

1. Track the timeline of Chris' trip to Alaska. How does he get there?

2. Where is the first place Chris/Alex goes and what does he buy there?

3. What does he carry with him into the wilderness?

4. What does Alexander Supertramp's manifesto on page 163 mean?

5. Trace the timeline and food consumption in this chapter.

6. How does Krakauer know Chris/Alex intended to leave the wilderness? What stops him?

1. Why is Krakauer successful at crossing the river? What does he have that Chris McCandless didn't have?

2. Why does Krakauer want to go to the bus?

3. What does Krakauer find inside the bus and how does it make you feel?

4. How does Krakauer defend Chris McCandless in this chapter?

1. What does Krakauer speculate happens to Chris in this chapter?

2. Trace the timeline to Chris McCandless' death.

3. On the note he wrote on page 197-8, why do you think he uses the name Chris McCandless instead of Alexander Supertramp?

4. How do you think Chris McCandless feels at the end of his life?

Write a response to Walt and Billie McCandless' visit to the bus.