Chris arrives at Lake Mead National Recreation Area in Nevada.
Chris abandons his car after it is damaged by a flash flood. Loads his belongings into his backpack and sets out on foot.
McCandless's parents drive to Atlanta looking for their son and discover that his apartment was vacated five weeks earlier.
Chris receives a ticket for hitchhiking in Willow Creek, California.
Chris's Datsun is discovered by a park ranger.
The private investigator employed by McCandless's parents discovers that their son donated $24,000 to OXFAM.
Encounters hazardous waterfalls along the Colorado River.
Seeking refuge from high winds, discovers a cave on the face of a bluff, where he stays for 10 days.
Arrives in Bullhead City, Arizona, where he works for two months at McDonald's and lives in an empty RV overseen by an old man named Charlie.
Applies for an ID and a job in Los Angeles, then changes his mind and returns to the road.
Sends a postcard to Jan Burres in Niland, California, including a map so she and boyfriend Bob can visit him in Bullhead City.
Spends one night at Franz's house.
Dropped by Franz at the San Diego waterfront. Mails Jan Burres a postcard telling her that he has been living on the streets in San Diego for a week.
Meets Ronald Franz while hitchhiking near California's Salton Sea.
Hikers and hunters discover McCandless's S.O.S. note, then his body in the bus.
Hitchhikes north. Takes a photo of the sign that marks the official start of the Alaska Highway.
Pitches his tent on frozen ground not far from the Stampede Trail.
Waking down the highway, is picked up by Jim Gallien, a truck-driving electrician on his way to Anchorage. A three-hour drive brings McCandless to the Stampede Trail.
Kills a moose and takes a photo of himself with the carcass.
Discovering maggots on the carcass, abandons it to the local wolves.
Prepares his backpack and sets out on the 20-mile hike back to the road.
What had been a series of frozen beaver ponds in April has become a lake. What once was an easily fordable river is now a raging torrent that McCandless cannot cross. Heads back to the bus.
Writes in his journal, "EXTREMELY WEAK, FAULT OF POT. SEED. MUCH TROUBLE JUST TO STAND UP. STARVING. GREAT JEOPARDY."
Writes "DAY 100! MADE IT!" and "BUT IN WEAKEST CONDITION OF LIFE. DEATH LOOMS AS SERIOUS THREAT."
Posting an S.O.S. note on the bus door, forages nearby for berries. Writes his final journal entry: "Beautiful blueberries."
Dies, apparently of starvation, in his sleeping bag in the bus along the Sushana River in Alaska.