Into The Wild

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
05/12/1990	Chris McCandless graduated from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia
05/15/1990	Donated 25,000 dollars of savings to OXFAM
07/06/1990	Arrived in Lake Mead National Recreation Area
07/08/1990	Flash flood in Lake Mead, Chris thought his car was broken
07/10/1990	Chris set out to hike around Lake Mead
07/30/1990	Accepted a ride from "Crazy Ernie"
08/01/1990	Chris' parents didn't know where he was
08/01/1990	All letters sent from Chris's parents to him, were to be held until this date
08/10/1990	Ticketed for hitchhiking
10/01/1990	Chris's car was found abandoned on the south shore of Lake Mead
10/23/1990	Chris left Carthage, South Dakota
10/28/1990	Caught a ride into Needles, California
12/02/1990	Reached the Morelos Dam and the Mexican border.
12/05/1990	Gets to Wellteco Canal by raft
12/10/1990	Chris tries to get to open seas in his raft
01/11/1991	Gets caught in a storm in sea
01/16/1991	Left his raft in El Golfo de Santa Clara
02/03/1991	Tried to live in average society but felt uncomfortable and returned to the road
02/24/1991	Reuturned to Deterial Wash, buried his backpack
02/27/1991	Hitchhiked to Las Vegas
05/10/1991	Left Vegas and returned to the road once again
09/01/1991	Arrives in Bullhead City	Chris spent a lot of time here, he opened up a bank account and got a job.
01/05/1992	Meets Ronald Franz in Salton City
02/12/1992	Chris turned 24
02/28/1992	Living in the streets of San Diego
03/05/1992	Chris is in Seattle, Washington
03/11/1992	Heard from Wayne Westerberg about a job waiting for him in Carthage
03/14/1992	Franz drops Chris off in Grand Junction, Colorado
04/25/1992	Chris arrived in Fairbanks, Alaska
04/27/1992	Chris McCandless wrote Wayne Westerberg a letter
04/28/1992	Chris first started on the Stampede Trail
07/01/1992	Chris's mom thought that she heard him
09/06/1992	Chris's body was found in the bus
09/17/1992	Carine, Chris's sister, found out he was dead
01/01/1993	Chris' story came out in the paper