What items did Chris McCandless take on his final Alaskan journey?Approxamately how long was he expecting to stay in alaska? What items did he take...

The book "Into the Wild" is the story of Chris McCandless, a young man in his mid twenties.  Chris gives away his inheritance and college money and goes on a trek across the states.  He has a strong desire to live off the land in the Alaskan wilderness.  Chris was a loner and socially isolated himself from people.  He was a very intelligent young man but was not knowledgeable about the wilderness. 

A man with a truck dropped Chris off at entrance to the Stampede Trail.  The trail is an area where hikers enter the Alaskan wild.  Chris initially had a map but left it on the dashboard of the truck.  He carried a back pack and in it was a book of Tolstoy, a book about native plants and berries, a rifle with 400 rounds of ammunition, a writing implement, a journal, a camera, a large bag of rice, a small cooking utensil, matches, a knife, and some fishing twine and a hook.

Chris' poor planning and lack of appropriate equipment eventually led to his death from starvation.