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Thompson, Samel, and Swanson set out for bus and find bodyAlex carved "Jack London is King" into piece of wood near busGallien picked up Alex and drove him to Stampede TrailAlex arrived in Fairbanks and sent letter to WesterbergSent postcard to WesterbergHitchhiked, traveled through desert in Arizona, then bought canoe and paddled down Colorado River to Gulf of CaliforniaPark ranger found Chris' car with no license plate or IDAbandoned canoeSnuck back into the US and was caughtChris went to LA and got an ID and job, but was uncomfortable and returned to the roadReturned to Detrital Wash and dug up belongings, buried backpack, hitchhiked to Las Vegas and got a jobLeft job, stopped keeping journalJuly-August: Was in OregonCaliforniaBullhead City, Arizona. Stayed for over two monthsSend postcard to Jan BurresVisited the BurresMet Ronald FranzAuthor's issue of "Outside" on McCandless' death came outWent to San Diego to find workWent back to Carthage to work for WesterbergFranz heard of Chris' deathArrived in Whitefish, AlaskaChris graduated from Emory UniversityMailed his parents his grade report- the last time they would ever hear from himDrove car to lake and abandoned itHiked around Lake Mead, got heat stroke, got lift to Callville Bay to hitchhike againFamily went to find Chris but couldn't find himAlex got ticket for hitchhiking. It was sent to his parents, who hired private investigator KalitkaWesterberg picks up McCandlessAlex gets job with WesterbergWesterberg began serving sentence for "Black Boxes"McCandless left CarthageSnuck into MexicoMcCandless diesTroopers picked up body and evidence
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