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The Stampede Trail
As locations where hippies and vagabonds coalesce to run away from their fears, responsibilities, and everyday life, the Slabs and Oh-My-God-Hot-Springs are a symbol of “itinerant society” and the transient, alternative culture of nomads and hitchhikers.
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The Slabs and Oh-My-God-Hot-Springs Symbol Timeline in Into the Wild
The timeline below shows where the symbol The Slabs and Oh-My-God-Hot-Springs appears in Into the Wild. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 5 - Bullhead City
...to visit him, but before they can depart Chris arrives at their campsite located at the Slabs , an unconventional campground for vagabonds and drifters. Chris explains that he was tired of...
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Chris helps Jan sell secondhand books at the Slab’s flea market by recommending books and stories by his favorite author and chronicler of the...
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After a week, McCandless decides to leave the Slabs . Jan drives him to Salton City, California so that he can pick up his...
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Chapter 6 - Anza-Borrego
...Ronald Franz, an eighty-one-year-old man and a devout Christian, who gives him a ride to Oh-My-God Hot Springs , a winter refuge for hippies and nomads, that is close to Chris’ campsite.
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