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As Into the Wild tells the journey of Chris McCandless in broad strokes of months, and rarely in days, the events will be by default set at the first day.
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Chris McCandless takes his old Datsun and drives West, He abandons the Datsun in Detrital Wash, Arizona. Chris McCandless leaves most of his possessions in the Datsun.
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The timespan in which Chris McCandless begun his journey through the United States as described in the novel Into the Wild.
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Chris McCandless hitches a ride from Jan Burres in Northern Califorina. Due to her having a son similar in age to McCandless, she takes an instant liking to him..
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Chris McCandless hitches a ride from Wayne Westerberg in North Dakota, who offers Chris a job at his grain elevator in the town Carthage.
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Chris McCandless left to Mexico after Wayne Westerberg was arrested in Catharge. Chris successfully sneaks into Mexico with his cheap kayak. After being barred by swamps from paddling into the Gulf Coast, Chris McCandless gets rid of his kayak and tries to return to America.
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Chris McCandless is caught by the immigration police on the Texas-Mexico border. After being held overnight, Chris McCandless explains to the police his situation. They confiscate his handgun and allow him entry back into the United States.
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Chris arrives in Bullhead City, Arizona, where he gets a trailer and a job at a McDonald's.
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Chris McCandless, Jan Burres, and her boyfriend Bob arrive at a location called the Slabs. Chris helps Jan run her stand, which sells books.
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Chris McCandless is en route to Carthage, North Dakota, once again. McCandless meets an eighty-year-old man named Ronald Franz in a city called Salton City in California. Franz teaches McCandless craftsmanship techniques that he uses to fashion a belt and scabbard,
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In February, Chris McCandless leaves Ronald Franz and begins to head toward San Diego.
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Ronald Franz picks up Chris McCandless and drives him to Grand Junction, Colorado.
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Chris McCandless arrives in Carthage, South Dakota three days later and begins to again work for Wayne Westerberg,
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Chris McCandless begins the final preperations for his "Alaskan Odyssey".
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After hiking for quite some time, Chris McCandless arrives in Fairbanks, Alaska.
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Meeting Jim Gallien, Chris McCandless hitches a ride from him and heads to the Stampede Trail.
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After crossing the Teklanika River, Chris McCandless arrives at an abandoned bus. Chris kept a journal of his experience in the wild.
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Chris hunts well for weeks. Attempts to proceed further into the Stampede Trail, finding it impassable.
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Chris McCandless shoots and kills a moose.
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After trying to preserve the meat, the meat goes bad after three days.
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Chris McCandless attempts to rejoin civilization and heads back to the Teklanika River. He finds that it is now impassable, Thinking he could wait for the rapids to recede, McCandless heads back to the bus.
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Chris McCandless takes to hunting squirrel, jays, woodpeckers, et cetera in order to survive. McCandless survives the next few weeks doing this and by eating plants and vegetables.
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McCandless' shaky survival is thrown into the extreme on July 30th. In late July the potatoes that McCandless were eating became inedible so he took to eating the seeds. The seeds are covered in alkaloid that prevents Alex from absorbing nourishment from food.
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On August 12th, Chris McCandless writes a frantic note that he tapes to the door of the bus.
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Chris McCandless passes away on August 18th, leaving behind a final note.
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Six hunters happen upon the body of Chris McCandless 19 days after his death.
