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Chris is born
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Chris enjoyed many sports and was a good athlete. He was also very good at cross country.
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Chris finds out that his dad had a sixth child with his first wife. Chris doesnt trust his father and cannot forgive him for not telling him the truth.
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Chris starts his journey in his old Datsun and starts heading directly west. When he parks overnight in a detrital wash it starts to rain really bad and the motor gets really wet so he abandons his car. He leaves a note that says " If you can start the car you can have it"
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Chris started going by the name of "Alexander Supertramp" and kept records in journals of where he went and the people he meet.
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While in California Chris hitched a ride from Jan Burres, who was a girl who lived a life similar to Chris but owns a car. They grew close in the short time they knew each other.
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Alex gets a ride from Wayne Westerberg in South Dakota. He then gets a job for Wayne at the grain elevator in Carthage. They end up becoming close friends. Alex stays with Wayne until he gets in trouble for the "Black Boxes."
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Alex sneaks across the border of Mexico in a Kayak. He spends some time down in Mexico before he decides to go back to America.
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Alex gets caught by the Immigration police and has to spend the night in jail. He explains his situation to the police and they eventually let him back to America.
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Chris arrives in Bullhead City Arizona. He gets a job at the local McDonalds.
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Chris meets Ronald Franz who is an 80-year-old man when he was hitchhiking into town for supplies and asked him for a ride. They then became good friends.
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Alex finds out that Wayne is out of prison, he then goes back to Carthage to keep working for Wayne.
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Alex decides that it is finally time for him to go to Alaska and he arrives in Fairbanks.
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After crossing the Teklanika River Alex comes across Bus 142. He decides to set up his camp here.
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On June 9th 1992 Alex Kills the Moose. It then turns out to be a disaster and he wishes that he never killed the Moose.
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Alex had been running low on food so he began eating potato seeds and had got really sick. After that he began to starve.
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Alex left a note on the camper that said he was in serious trouble and needs help.
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On the 112th day Alex Passes away. But only 19 short days later people stumble across the camper and find his body inside the sleeping bag.