Into The Wild R.A.F.T

By 19chelar

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    At age 22 Mcandless graduates from Emory University,Atlanta Georgia

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    Parents hadn't heard from him and visited him but found out that he left since June.
    found all the letters they sent him

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    His Parents Attempt to buy him a new car, he refuses

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    Goes to Lake Mead in Nevada

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    flood happens and after receiving damage to his car, Mcandless decides to burn his money and abandon his car

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    gets a ticket for hitchhiking near Willow Creek, California
    Giving the officer his actual house address

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    while hitchhiking Chris meets Wayne Westerberg
    eventually working for him at the grain elevator

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    Westerberg is arrested by the FBI

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    having no employment in Carthage Chris decides to leave returns to hitchhiking

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    arrive in Needles California, walks 12 miles until Topock Arizona and buys an aluminum canoe

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    Reaches Morelos Dam in Arizona

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    gets hit by a strong storm changing his mind and decides to go up north

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    gets caught by immigration trying to to cross the border spending the night in jail

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    enters Houston, Texas

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    enters Los Angeles For ID and a job but feels uncomfortable in society and leaves

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    camps with German couple in Grand Canyon and has lost 25 pounds

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    returns to location of Datsun and reclaims his belongings

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    buries his things and heads into Las Vegas

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    leaves Las Vegas

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    spending July through August living on the coast of Oregon

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    in September went into the 101 highway and headed back into the desert

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    gets to Bull Head city Working at McDonald and living in an empty RV for 2 months

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    writes to the Burres and includes map so they can visit him

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    appears at the Burres Campsite in Niland, California

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    meets Ronald Franz near the Salton Sea in California

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    Franz drops him off at San Diego

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    sends letters to Franz and The Burres

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    Calls Franz to ask him pick him up from Coachella

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    spends one night at Franz's house

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    Franz drives Chris to Grand Junction, Colorado

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    returns to Carthage and works there

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    leaves Carthage and heads for Alaska

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    stops at the Laird hot springs in Canada and is stuck for 2 days and eventually gets a ride

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    heads north and takes photo of the start of the Alaskan highway

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    while hitchhiking he is pick up by Jim Gallien

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    finds bus by Sushana river and decides to stay there

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    writes in book that he finally made it to 100 days but is dying

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    writes an SOS note and goes out to look for berries

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    Chris Mcandless died of starvation