Alex supertramp

There is pleasure in the pathless woods There is a rapture on the lonely shore There is society, where none intrudes By the deep sea, and music in its roar I love not man the less, but Nature more. ~Lord Byron

"I now walk into the wild." tattoo in Chris McCandless's handwriting. (Or Alex Supertramp, whichever you prefer.)

Into the Wild, Alexander Supertramp

into the wild

Christopher 'Alexander Supertramp' McCandles.

Alexander Supertramp, also called Christopher McCandless.

Carl McCunn was a wildlife photographer who flew to remote Alaskan wilderness but forgot to schedule a pickup aircraft. In his diary, he wrote of a plane that spotted him stranded and in excitement he accidentally gave the pilot an "All is well" signal. His diary was found with his body.