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Summary
Christopher McCandless is a twenty-four year old college graduate from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia in the biography Into The Wild by Jon Krakauer. Realizing that he has not lived his life to the fullest he tells his parents that he is going on a summer trip across the country. After Chris leaves all his money to OXFAM he sets out on his yellow Datsun in search of a better life. After he has made it all the way to Colorado, hiking then driving, hiking then driving, he is caught off guard -
Chris graduates from college
Chris graduates college from Emory University and tells his parents he is spending the summer by himself. -
Chris' Datsun gets stuck
Chris' Datsun gets stuck in a flash flood. -
Chris receives a ticket
Chris receives a ticket for hitchhiking -
Datsun is discovered by park ranger
Chris' Datsun is discovered by a park ranger -
Private Investigator finds the money
Chris' parents' private investigator finds out that Chris left all his money to OXFAM -
Almost Drowns
Chris almost drowns in a storm while canoeing -
Chris spends a night in jail
Chris spends a night in jail for crossing the border illegaly -
Chris loses 25 pounds
Chris camps on the grand canyon and notes in his journal that he has lost 25 pounds -
Chris meets Wayne Westerberg
Chris meets Wayne Westerberg -
Chris leaves Wayne for Alaska
Chris leaves very early in the morning fro Alaska -
Chris loses a crown
A crown falls off of one of his teeth -
Chris writes an S.O.S. letter
Writes in his journal, "EXTREMELY WEAK, FAULT OF POT. SEED. MUCH TROUBLE JUST TO STAND UP. STARVING. GREAT JEOPARDY." -
Chris Dies
Chris dies of starvation -
Chris is discovered
Some hikers discover his dead bosy in a sleeping bag