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Continue 1968-1982 (Young Life)February 12, 1968 - Born in El Segundo, California (19) Aprox. 1971 - Moved with his family to Annandale, Va., near his father's work in Washington, D.C. (20) Walt McCandless, was an aerospace engineer for NASA (19.20) The mother, Wilhelmina Billy Johnson, was a secretary at the Walt Research Center (106) The younger sister, Karin, was his confident (106)1983-1986 (High School) Tried a lot of sports, but lacked the patience to fine-tune skills (111) , and it was surprising. As coach of the cross-country team, he told other runners to imagine that they were running away from all the evil and darkness in the world (112) Got all A throughout high school except one F in physics. Chris refused to format his work in the way the teacher wanted (109) Became obsessed with racial oppression in South Africa (113) Went on the first long journey in yellow Datsun after graduating (18) Was accepted at Emory University, georgia (20)1986-1990 (College) Cut ties with parents after disclosing infidelity in his father's past; He had his sixth child with his first wife, after Chris was born with his second wife Walt (121) Received $40,000 as a gift for college (20) Co-founder of Emory Wheel, college newspaper (20) Dedicated Republican, Chris wrote many caustic articles about The Democrats at the time (124) Took long trips to Datsun whenever possible, going to Fairbanks, for the first time in 1989 (124) A graduate of Emory University in 1990 with 3.72 GPA. (20) Final grades for classes: A in Aparheid and South African society and the history of anthropological thought, and A- in modern African politics and the food crisis in Africa (21) Reunited with parents at graduation, even gave Billy Mother's Day card (20) Said to the family: I think I'm going to disappear for a while. (21) Donated the remaining $20,000 to OXFAM, an organization trying to end hunger in the world (20) The family last heard from Chris in June, 1990 (22)Travel Pt. 1 (July, 1990-January, 1991)July, 1990- Chris took his old Datsun and drove straight to West Abandoned Datsun in Detaltri Wash, after a sudden flood-soaked engine (26) Left a note that read: This piece of sh-t was abandoned. Anyone who can get it out of here can have it. (26) (Actual abandoned Datsun Chris) In addition, Chris left most of his belongings in the car, including a guitar, a pan, $4.93 in change, a 25-pound bag of rice, a new electric razor, and car keys (26) Park Rangers jump Car. He was claimed as a police property and was used as an undercover police car in drug busts (27)August 1990 Chris started going by the name Alex Supertramp (18) Alex began to lead a magazine documenting his journey. Oddly enough, it was written in a melodramatic third-person perspective. Without a car and money, Alex took the job, working on the farm of a man who called himself Crazy Ernie (30) Crazy Ernie turned out to be a con artist. He had many other tramps running for him, and he didn't pay any of them (30) Once Alex realized this, he stole a bike from Ernie and pedaled off (30) In Northern California, Alex hitched a ride from Ian Burres (30) Ian, a rubber tramp (a tramp with a car), was about the age of Alex's mother, and took to liking him. She had a son who was in the world somewhere, and Alex reminded her of his son Alex's many (31) Alex grew very close to Jan in their short time together, and since then, he has sent her postcards as often as possible (31)September, 1990 Alex trailed away from Wayne Westerberg, in . Wayne offers Alex a job working in his grain elevator in Carthage, South Dakota (15) Alex, who needs money, gratefully agrees. Wayne becomes Alex's closest friend (17) (left to right; Wayne, Alex, Wayne's wife) Wayne is arrested, and Alex goes to Mexico (19)October 1990 Alex successfully sneaks across the border on a cheap kayak (34) He tried to paddle on the Gulf Coast, but the path is blocked by swamps (35) Some Mexicans drive him to the coast, and he spends a lot of time exploring the road in the area (35) Alex abandons his kayak and tries to return to America (36)January, 1991Eanuari, 16, 1991- Alex is caught by immigration police on the border of Tex-Mex, and is held for the night. As soon as he explained to the police what his situation was, they let him into America, but they confiscated his handgunTravels Pt. 2 (May 1991-April 1992)May, 1991 (Alex arrives in Bullhead City, Arizona). (38) If you want to take a break from the road, he gets a trailer and a job as a cook at McDonald's. (39) The staff found him very strange, but a great and diligent worker (40) After many steady months, Alex sends his first card with the return address to Jan Burres (41) Ian, very happy to hear that Alex has settled down, plans to come to him right now (41) Alex got itchy feet and collects his belongings and intercepts Ian on her way to him (43) December , Alex, along with Ian and her boyfriend Bob, head to The Slabs, a huge dilapidated naval airbase that is the center of vagrants and other society scum (43) Slabs serve as a home/flea market for hundreds of vagrants (43) Alex helped with the booth Jan, which basically sold books (43) Alex constantly talked about making his Great Alaska Odyssey (45) Tired of sitting, Alex makes a last stop in Carthage before heading to Alaska (46)January, 1992 On his way to Carthage and then to Alaska, Alex set up camp outside Of Salton City, California. (48) - Once, when hitchhiking into town for supplies, he was picked up by Ronald Franz, an octogenarian man (49) Strange enough, the pair instantly bound, causing Alex to postpone his trip to Alaska (50) Franz, having no relatives, treated Alex as a grandson (50) He taught Alex some skill techniques, and Alex was able to create a complex belt and burdens for his machete (51)February 1992 ,Alex leaves Franz and heads to San Diego (52)March, 1992 (Alex, after dabbing in being a tramp (the tramp who jumps the train), calls Franz and asks to be picked up (53) Franz picks up Alex and takes him to Grand Junction, Colorado (54) Alex arrives three days later in Carthage, South Dakota, and resumes work for Wayne , now released from prison (58)Great Alaska Odyssey April, 1992 Alex makes his final preparations to leave for Alaska (69)April, 25, 1992- After a very difficult hitchhiker, Alex finally arrives at Fairbanks (70) April 28, 1992- After snagging a ride from Jim Gallien, Alex arrives at his final destination, (3)May, 1992May 1, 1992- After crossing the River Teklanika, knee deep at the time, Alex arrived in an abandoned bus while sitting on a trail. His diary entry on this date simply reads: Magic Bus Day! (163) Chris has six weeks of good hunting. I tried to continue along the Stampede Trail, but it was impassable. Alex made the bus his base of operations. (165) On June 9, Alex shot a . The moose was on the small side, weighing just 600 pounds (166) Alex desperately tried to keep the meat by smoking it, but after 3 days, all the meat was full of larvae. Alex remarked in his diary: Now I wish I had never shot a moose. One of the greatest tragedies of my life. (167) After two months in Alaska, Alex decides to return to civilization. But, to his horror, he finds the River Teklanica, churning the rapids. It was swollen with melt water from glaciers. He felt that and headed back to the bus. He decided he could wait for the stormy water to calm down and then go home. (170) July-August Alex survived for the next few weeks, hunting squirrels, spruce grouse, soyki, woodpeckers and frogs. (188) Also ate a lot of wild plants and vegetables (188) Alex was very skinny, but was able to survive day-to-day continuous hunting. (188) The fragile way of life was destroyed on July 30. (189) Alex has been eating wild potatoes since he arrived in the Alaskan bush without incident. But at the end of July the potato root became bitter and unim gatherable, so Alex set about eating seeds. Unbeknownst to Alex, the seeds were covered with alkaloid to protect against predators. The alkaloid prevented Alex from absorbing the food, causing him to star-make it. (192,194) Alex was weak to get up on the hunt, so he slowly starved on the bus. (195) On August 12, Alex left a frantic note glued to the bus door (197)18 August 1992; Day 112 Alex dies, leaving behind one final remark: I had a happy life, and thank God. Goodbye, may God bless everyone! (199) Only nineteen days later, six people accidentally got on the bus and found Chris McCandless (11) McCandless (11) chris mccandless timeline map. trace the timeline to chris mccandless' death. timeline of chris mccandless death

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