Into the Wild RAFT (Chris McCandless and his Journey)

Chris graduates from Emory University.

1990

"Immediately after graduating, with honors, from Emory University in the summer of 1990, dropped out of sight.(Authors Note)"

Chris donates his life to OXFAM.

1990

"...(He) gave the entire balance of a twenty-four-thousand-dollar savings account to charity...(Authors Note)"

Chris drove west and got his Datsun stuck in Detrital Wash in Arizona.

1990

"With the battery dead there was no way to get the Datsun running.(28)"

Chris meets Wayne Westerberg and he gives him a job at a grain elevator.

1990

"During those four weeks in Carthage, McCandless worked hard, doing tedious jobs that nobody else wanted to tackle: ...(62)"

Chris arrives at Bullhead City and he works a job at McDonalds.

1991

" McCandless explained to Burres that he'd grown tired of Bullhead, tired of punching the clock, tiered of the "plastic people" he worked with... (43)"

Chris stops at Salton, City California before he returns to Carthage, South Dakota.

1992

" One Thursday in mid-January, McCandless was hitching back out to the bajada after filling his jug when an old man, name of Ron Franz, stopped to give him a ride.(49)"

Chris returns to Carthage, South Dakota and he continues to work for Wayne Westerberg.

1992

" He told Westerberg he planned on staying until April 15, just long enough to put together a grubstake.(62)"

Chris travels to Alaska, reaches the bus, and struggles to survive in the bush.

1992

Chris continues to struggle to find food and eventually dies of starvation.

1992