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. July 6, 1990: Arrives at Lake Mead National Recreation Area in Nevada. McCandless's family will never hear from him again. June 1990: Mails his final college transcript and a brief note to his parents' home in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. He tells his parents that he is going to spend the summer traveling in his car, a used yellow Datsun. May 12, 1990: Christopher Johnson McCandless graduates from Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. For the sake of clarity, this timeline rearranges the book's episodes in the order in which they occurred, rather than the order in which they appear in Into the Wild.
Understanding the draw of wild is something that comes easier to some, but in his final days, Chris McCandless comes to his own understudying of what's important in life.Because author Jon Krakauer presents the events of Into the Wild out of chronological order, establishing what happened when can challenge the reader. I found myself picturing Lewis and Clarke on their journey west-the excitement and possibility of adventure at every turn. It's the one place I can be okay with the idea of being so small and insignificant. From mountains to massive lakes to canyons and glaciers, there is something so honest and freeing about the untouched wilderness. Ironically, who sparked a flame in Ron that inspired him to pack his things andĭriving and camping through some of the nation's most famous National Parks these past two weeks (after growing up in the flat lands of the southeast), I couldn't possibly imagine that effect it would have on me to come across the vastness this country has to offer. After spending time together, it was Chris, Conservative and set in his ways, Ron took pity onĬhris, offering lodging and life advice. He came across an old man who was still grieving after the Though his own parents may not have understood a lot of hisĭecisions, Chris touched the lives of many people.
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