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Into The Wild
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21 Nov 2017
Events
Thompson, Samel, and Swanson set out for bus and find body
Alex carved "Jack London is King" into piece of wood near bus
Gallien picked up Alex and drove him to Stampede Trail
Alex arrived in Fairbanks and sent letter to Westerberg
Sent postcard to Westerberg
Hitchhiked, traveled through desert in Arizona, then bought canoe and paddled down Colorado River to Gulf of California
Park ranger found Chris' car with no license plate or ID
Abandoned canoe
Snuck back into the US and was caught
Chris went to LA and got an ID and job, but was uncomfortable and returned to the road
Returned to Detrital Wash and dug up belongings, buried backpack, hitchhiked to Las Vegas and got a job
Left job, stopped keeping journal
July-August: Was in Oregon
California
Bullhead City, Arizona. Stayed for over two months
Send postcard to Jan Burres
Visited the Burres
Met Ronald Franz
Author's issue of "Outside" on McCandless' death came out
Went to San Diego to find work
Went back to Carthage to work for Westerberg
Franz heard of Chris' death
Arrived in Whitefish, Alaska
Chris graduated from Emory University
Mailed his parents his grade report- the last time they would ever hear from him
Drove car to lake and abandoned it
Hiked around Lake Mead, got heat stroke, got lift to Callville Bay to hitchhike again
Family went to find Chris but couldn't find him
Alex got ticket for hitchhiking. It was sent to his parents, who hired private investigator Kalitka
Westerberg picks up McCandless
Alex gets job with Westerberg
Westerberg began serving sentence for "Black Boxes"
McCandless left Carthage
Snuck into Mexico
McCandless dies
Troopers picked up body and evidence
