Into The Wild

I watched the movie named in post title, which I found to be extremely amazing and encouraging. A guy age of 21 takes off after graduation from college to live as he called himself in the movie a 'Tramp.' Basically travelling anywhere's and everywhere's and taking what ever job hand only worked long enough to get a few pay cheque's just to buy survival gear to live out in the wilderness. All because he wanted to write a book about living on his own in the wilderness, but didn't want to make anything up ficticiously and lived it so he could write about his own experiences and the things he has encountered.
What really has me loving this whole thing is the fact he would do all of this just to have the chance to write a good book, which he did along the way as a certain turn of events would happen or take place. How dedicated he was just to write his own story that was true! If only more of us author's had something true to write about, instead of fiction or imaginary things, but by doing so and go to the extra lengths to live what you want to write about, even if you didn't live it, but you made it possible to live that way or experience that particular thing you want to write about happen in your life, only to make it true. That would be a much more better read than any fiction novel ( note I have nothing against fiction in any way ), I just love that this man did this just to make his book revolve around something real.
Only part that I did not like is the fact that he did die in real life and some hunters found him in his make shift house out of a stranded old school bus. At least he wrote all of this down for the world to know, because look where it got him even in death. His story not only most likely got published (not sure if it were published or not, only watched the movie), but to even have your story become a movie. I am sure this guy would be proud of he were alive.
Of course I can't think of the name of this fellow right now if my life depended upon it, but I am sure all you would have to do is google search 'Into The Wild,' and enough information will be provided to you.