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Birth
El Segundo, California -
Moved
Moved to Annandale, Virginia -
Started college
Started a Emory University in Georgia -
Fairbanks, Alaska
Visited Fairbanks, Alaska for the first time. -
Graduated college
Graduated Emory University in Georgia -
Detrital Wash, Arizona
Left and drove west, In Detrital Wash, Arizona his car was rendered useless due to a monsoon, so he left his car. -
Alex Supertramp
Started going by Alex Supertramp -
Cut Bank, MT
Meets Wayne Westerberg, who ends up helping Chris substantially. -
Carthage, South Dakota
Wayne Westerberg offers 'Alex' a job at his grain elevator in Carthage, South Dakota -
Needles, CA
Catches a ride down to Needles, CA where he walks over to Topock, AZ -
Topock, AZ
Buys a canoe, and decides to go to Mexico -
Gulf of California
Chris struggles to make it to the Gulf of California, and eventually takes a ride to the city of El Golfo de Santa Clara in Mexico. -
Mexican-American Border
Chris is stopped trying to get back across the border, and held overnight and interviewed, until he was eventually allowed back into the U.S. -
Detrital Wash, AZ
He returns to get a few things he had buried there previously. -
Las Vegas, NV
Tried to integrate back into society, but felt out of place and left again. -
Salton City, CA
He meets Ronald Franz and stays with him for a while going on little adventures. -
Grand Junction, CO
With the help of a new friend, Ronald Franz, Chris gets a ride to Grand Junction, CO. -
Carthage, SD
He goes back to say goodbye to Wayne, and works there for the rest of the month. -
Liard River, BC
Is picked up by Gaylord Stuckey, who took him all the way up to Fairbanks, AK. -
Fairbanks, AK
He spends a few days here, learning the edible plants and wildlife, and buys some much needed supplies. -
Healy, AK
He meets Jim Gallien who takes him up to Healy, AK, and becomes the last person to ever see Chris. -
Sampede Trail
He was dropped off and wandered into the wilderness. He found an abandoned bus a while into the woods, where he would spend the last 4 months of his life. -
Death
He died on August 18, 1992 due to being poisoned by moldy seeds.