Notes in his journal that he has lost over 25 pounds.įebruary 24, 1991: Unearths the few belongings that he buried in the sand when he abandoned his Datsun.įebruary 27, 1991: Buries his backpack and hitchhikes into Las Vegas. January–February 1991: Travels to Houston and then to the Pacific coast.įebruary 3, 1991: Applies for an ID and a job in Los Angeles, then changes his mind and returns to the road.įebruary 9, 1991: Camps at the bottom of the Grand Canyon with a young German couple. Immigration officials when he tries to slip back into the country from Mexico. January 16, 1991: Leaving his canoe at El Golfo de Santa Clara, starts wandering northward. January 11, 1991: Back in his canoe, encounters a violent storm that almost drowns him. Meets duck hunters who drive him there.ĭecember 14–24, 1990: Pulls his canoe out of the water and sets up camp on the edge of a desolate plateau.ĭecember 25, 1990: Seeking refuge from high winds, discovers a cave on the face of a bluff, where he stays for 10 days. Sends a postcard to Wayne Westerberg at the Sioux Falls work-release facility where his friend has been incarcerated.ĭecember 1990: The private investigator employed by McCandless's parents discovers that their son donated $24,000 to OXFAM.ĭecember 2, 1990: Reaches the Morelos Dam and the Mexican border.ĭecember 6, 1990: Encounters hazardous waterfalls along the Colorado River.ĭecember 12, 1990: Realizes that he will not reach the Gulf of California traveling this route. October–November 1990: Canoes on the Colorado River, apparently traveling through Lake Havasu, the Bill Williams River, the Colorado River Indian Reservation, the Cibola National Wildlife Refuge, the Imperial National Wildlife Refuge, and the U.S. Walks south through the desert, arriving in Topock, Arizona, where he buys a second-hand canoe. October 28, 1990: In Needles, California, reaches the Colorado River. October 1990: McCandless's Datsun is discovered by a park ranger. In Cut Bank, Montana, meets Wayne Westerberg.Īugust 1990: McCandless's parents drive to Atlanta looking for their son and discover that his apartment was vacated five weeks earlier.Īugust 10, 1990: Receives a ticket for hitchhiking in Willow Creek, California. Jan Burres and her boyfriend Bob discover McCandless by the side of the road and befriend him. Travels to the Cascade mountains, across the lava beds of the Columbia River basin, and across the Idaho panhandle. July–August 1990: Hitchhikes to California's Lake Tahoe, then hikes into the Sierra Nevada mountain range. Loads his belongings into his backpack and sets out on foot. July 10, 1990: Abandons his car after it is damaged by a flash flood.

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