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At age 22 Mcandless graduates from Emory University,Atlanta Georgia -
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Parents hadn't heard from him and visited him but found out that he left since June.
found all the letters they sent him -
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His Parents Attempt to buy him a new car, he refuses -
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Goes to Lake Mead in Nevada -
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flood happens and after receiving damage to his car, Mcandless decides to burn his money and abandon his car -
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gets a ticket for hitchhiking near Willow Creek, California
Giving the officer his actual house address -
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while hitchhiking Chris meets Wayne Westerberg
eventually working for him at the grain elevator -
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Westerberg is arrested by the FBI -
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having no employment in Carthage Chris decides to leave returns to hitchhiking -
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arrive in Needles California, walks 12 miles until Topock Arizona and buys an aluminum canoe -
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Reaches Morelos Dam in Arizona -
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gets hit by a strong storm changing his mind and decides to go up north -
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gets caught by immigration trying to to cross the border spending the night in jail -
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enters Houston, Texas -
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enters Los Angeles For ID and a job but feels uncomfortable in society and leaves -
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camps with German couple in Grand Canyon and has lost 25 pounds -
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returns to location of Datsun and reclaims his belongings -
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buries his things and heads into Las Vegas -
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leaves Las Vegas -
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spending July through August living on the coast of Oregon -
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in September went into the 101 highway and headed back into the desert -
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gets to Bull Head city Working at McDonald and living in an empty RV for 2 months -
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writes to the Burres and includes map so they can visit him -
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appears at the Burres Campsite in Niland, California -
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meets Ronald Franz near the Salton Sea in California -
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Franz drops him off at San Diego -
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sends letters to Franz and The Burres -
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Calls Franz to ask him pick him up from Coachella -
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spends one night at Franz's house -
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Franz drives Chris to Grand Junction, Colorado -
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returns to Carthage and works there -
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leaves Carthage and heads for Alaska -
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stops at the Laird hot springs in Canada and is stuck for 2 days and eventually gets a ride -
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heads north and takes photo of the start of the Alaskan highway -
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while hitchhiking he is pick up by Jim Gallien -
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finds bus by Sushana river and decides to stay there -
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writes in book that he finally made it to 100 days but is dying -
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writes an SOS note and goes out to look for berries -
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Chris Mcandless died of starvation