<P> In the summer of 1986, McCandless traveled to Southern California and reconnected with distant relatives and friends . It was during this journey he learned that his father had not yet divorced his first wife when McCandless and his sister Carine were born, and had apparently maintained somewhat of a double life before the move to Virginia . It is speculated that this discovery had a profound impact on the younger McCandless . </P> <P> McCandless graduated from Emory University in May 1990, with a bachelor's degree in the double majors of history and anthropology . After graduating, McCandless donated most of his savings to charity and adopted a vagabond lifestyle, working when necessary as a restaurant food preparer and farm hand . An avid outdoorsman, McCandless completed several lengthy wilderness hiking trips and paddled a canoe down a portion of the Colorado River before hitchhiking to Alaska, in April 1992 . </P> <P> By the end of summer in 1990, McCandless had driven his Datsun through Arizona, California, and South Dakota, where he worked at a grain elevator in Carthage . A flash flood disabled his car, at which point he removed its license plates, took what he could carry, and kept moving on foot . His car was later found, repaired, and put into service as an undercover vehicle for the local police department . </P> <P> In April 1992, McCandless hitchhiked from Carthage, South Dakota, to Fairbanks, Alaska . As noted by Krakauer, McCandless was last seen alive at the head of the Stampede Trail on April 28, 1992, by a local electrician named Jim Gallien . Gallien had given McCandless a ride from Fairbanks to the start of the rugged track just outside the small town of Healy . Gallien later said he had been seriously concerned about the safety of McCandless (who introduced himself as "Alex"), after noticing McCandless' light pack, minimal equipment, meager rations, and obvious lack of experience . Gallien said he'd had deep doubts about "Alex" 's ability to survive the harsh and unforgiving Alaskan bush . </P>

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