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Graduation from Emory
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Detrital Wash
Arrives from Atlanta -
Lake Mead
Has been hiking around Lake Mead. Gets dehydrated and is picked up by boaters. -
Crazy Ernie
Crazy Ernie picks him up. He works on his ranch, but leaves after 11 days when he steals a bicycle. -
Parents drive to Atlanta
They haven't heard from Chris since graduation, but find his apartment for rent. -
Receives a ticket for hitchhiking
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Jan Burres and Bob pick-up Chris hitchhiking
He keeps in touch with them. -
Carthage, SD
Westerberg picks Chris up as a hitchhiker -
Westerberg goes to jail
Chris leaves Carthage, SD -
Hitchhiked to Needles, CA
Caught a ride with a long-haul trucker; walked 12 miles to Topock, AZ; bought a canoe and set sail -
Morelos Dam/Mexican border
reaches after a long trek in his canoe -
Gives up trying to get to ocean
Gets a ride from Mexican duck hunting guide; dropped off in Gulf of California; resumes travels on canoe -
Abandons canoe and returns to US
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Returns to Detrital Wash, then leaves for Vegas
Buries his pack and heads to Las Vegas -
Leaves Las Vegas
Returns to Detrital Wash to uncover his things; camera is ruined -
Travelled along Oregon Coast (July and August)
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Hitchhiked in California
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Bullhead City, AZ
arrives and works at McDonald's -
The Slabs
leaves Bullhead City, AZ and meets up with Jan Burres and Bob -
Anza-Borrego Desert State Park/ Ron Franz
Leaves The Slabs, heads into the desert, meet Ronald Franz -
San Diego, CA
Leaves Anza-Borrego and lives on the streets in San Diego -
Seattle, WA
Rides the rails to Seattle -
Coachella, CA
Hops a train from Seattle to Coachella, CA; Ron Franz picks him up -
Grand Junction, CO
Franz drives Chris to Colorado -
Carthage, SD
Goes to work for Wayne Westerberg again -
Leaves Carthage, SD
Starts his journey to Alaska -
Fairbanks, AK
Gallien picks Chris up and he heads for the Stampede Trail -
Discover Chris' body
Moose hunters and a couple of hikers come across Chris' body in the bus