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Chris McCandless is born
Chris McCandless is born in El Segundo, California -
Chris's Family Moves
The Chris's family moves to Annandale, Virginia following Walt being hired by NASA -
Chris Graduates From High School
Chris graduated from W.T. Woodson High School in Fairfax, Virginia -
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Chris Travels to Southern California
Chris took his first prolonged journey after graduating from high school and went to where his father had lived before and found out that he had been living a sort of double life -
Chris Graduates From College
Chris graduated from Emory University in the spring of 1990 with a bachelor's degree in history and anthropology. He then donates all of his money to OXFAM and leaves on a prolonged journey -
Chris Uses a Different Name
Chris starts using the name "Alexander Supertramp" -
Chris Starts Journaling
Chris starts journaling his travels and writes in third-person -
Chris Meets the Burres
Chris hitches a ride from rubber tramps Jan and Bob Burres. Jan acts like a mother figure to Chris -
Chris Meets Wayne Westerberg
Chris hitches a ride from Wayne in South Dakota and is then offered a job at a grain mill in Carthage -
Chris's Car is Found
Chris's 1982 Datsun B210 is found in the backcountry of Lake Mead National Recreation Area -
Chris Meets Ronald Franz
Ronald Franz had seen Chris when he had gone into Salton City, California to get supplies after having set up camp just out of town. -
Chris Makes his Belt
With help from Franz, Chris made an elaborate belt that had many symbols that related to his journeys prior -
Chris Leaves Franz
Chris left Franz to continue his journey by going to San Diego -
Chris Goes Into the Wild
This is the day that Chris goes into the Alaskan Taiga -
Chris Finds Fairbanks Transit System: Bus 142
Chris, now three days in the wild, stumbles upon an abandoned bus and records "Magic Bus Day" in his journal -
Chris Attempts to Leave Where He Was Camping
Chris had attempted to leave the area past the Teklanika River but found that it was unable to be crossed due to melted snow and water -
Chris is in a Weakened State
Chris describes in his journal how he is all of a sudden feeling weak.
"EXTREMELY WEAK, FAULT OF POT. SEED. MUCH TROUBLE JUST TO STAND UP. STARVING. GREAT JEOPARDY." -
Chris Dies
Chris dies in Fairbanks City Transit System: bus 142 in Stampede Trail, Alaska
