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BIRTH!
Christopher McCandless was born in El Segundo, CA.
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High School
Chris attended Wilbert Tucker High School</a>. He was a very bright student and was in all advanced calsses. H was also the captain of the school's cross-country team.
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College Graduation
Chris McCandles graduates from Emory University. After graduating he tells his parents he is going to travel in his yellow Datsun for the summer.
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Lake Mead
Chris arrives at Lake Mead National Recreation Area in Nevada.
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Flash Flood
Chris is forced to leave his car due to the damage done by a flash flood. He now has to travel on foot with only the supplies he could fit on his back.
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Parents Worried
Chris McCandles parents drive to Atlanta to visit their son. When, they get there they discover that his apartment has been vacant for at least 5 weeks. They are unaware that Chris has been hitchhiking for the past month.
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Chris buys a canoe
Chris reaches the Colorado River and walks south through the desert until he arrives in Topock, Arizona. Here he buys a second-hand canoe.
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Grand Canyon Camp
Chris Mccandless camps at the bottom of the Grand Canyon with a German couple. He also writes in his journal that he has lost over 25 pounds.
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ADVENTURE BEGINS!
Chris gets picked up by Jim Gallien. Jim drives him for three hours and brings Chris to Stampede Trail. From there Chris began his adventure in Alaska.
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Chris gets lucky
Chris was starving in the woods and food was scarce. Then, he got lucky and found a moose in the woods and succesfully killed it. However, he did not conserve the meat correctly and it went to waste.
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Day 100
Chris made it to day 100 in Alaska. He writes in his journal, "WEAKEST CONDITION OF LIFE. DEATH LOOMS AS SERIOUS THREAT".
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Body Found
Butch Killian, a local hunter, found Chris's boby in a sleeping bag in a bus. When found Chris had been dead for a couple of weeks, and his remains weighed a total of 67 pounds. The official cause of death was determined to be starvation.
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