Into The Wild Timeline

  • Chris McCandless is born.

  • Chris McCandless sets out Into The Wild for his journey leaving everything behind.

    Chris McCandless sets out Into The Wild for his journey leaving everything behind.
  • Chapter 4: Chris McCandless abandons his Datsun in the Detrital Wash after it is damaged in a flash flood. He also burns all his money and belongings that give any trace of him.

    Chapter 4:  Chris McCandless abandons his Datsun in the Detrital Wash after it is damaged in a flash flood. He also burns all his money and belongings that give any trace of him.
  • Chris accepts a ride from Crazy Ernie and works a job on a ranch for eleven days.

  • Chris gets a ticket from the police for hitchhiking near Eurekea. The unpaid ticket was sent to Chris's parents who launched an investigative search for Chris.

    Chris gets a ticket from the police for hitchhiking near Eurekea.  The unpaid ticket was sent to Chris's parents who launched an investigative search for Chris.
  • Chris starts working for Westerberg in Carthage.

  • Chris catches a ride with a long-haul trucker into Needles, California.

  • Chris send Wayne a postcard in prison

    Chris send Wayne a postcard in prison
  • Chris spends over a month on the waters of the Pacific Ocean on a canoe. Chris almost dies from getting caught in a storm.

  • Chris is finally off the waters after a month

  • Chris enters Las Vegas after burying his backpack in the desert outskirts of the city, living on the streets with bums for several weeks.

  • Chris finally leaves the city

  • Chris arrives in Bullhead City, Arizona. He gets a full time job at a McDonald's on the main drag and opens a savings account at the local bank.

    Chris arrives in Bullhead City, Arizona.  He gets a full time job at a McDonald's on the main drag and opens a savings account at the local bank.
  • Chris lived in a trailer alongside a man named Charlie and was said to talk a lot about Jack London.

  • Chris McCandless, under the name Alex, is hitchhiking an an Alaskan road and is picked up by Jim Gallien.

    Chris McCandless, under the name Alex, is hitchhiking an an Alaskan road and is picked up by Jim Gallien.
    Gallien is told by Chris that he intends to survive in the wilderness for a few months, Gallien notices that Chris is light in possessions and good wilderness gear and gives him leather boots and lunch.
  • Chris changes his name to Alexander Supertramp as a demonstration of Independence

  • Alex Finds the "142" bus where spends the rest of his days

    Alex Finds the "142" bus where spends the rest of his days
  • Chris accidentally eats toxic seeds which poison him and kills him

  • Chris loses his life at the age of 24 in the bus after his huge into the wild journey

  • Ken Thompson, Gordon Samel, and Ferdie Swanson set out to hunt moose near the Denali National Park come across the abandoned bus with an SOS note written by Chris. Then they discovered Chris's dead body that had been there for 2 weeks