“I went to South Dakota. I worked at a grain elevator for this guy...” – Alex, Into the Wild ... Movie Quotes Database

Alex

[showing Ron the stamps on his belt]

I went to South Dakota. I worked at a grain elevator for this guy named Wayne. He was a really good guy. So, I took the Colorado River all the way down through the Grand Canyon and did rapids, which is by far one of the scariest things I've ever done. And I took the Colorado down into Mexico, Golfo, where I got stuck. Salvation Mountain. The Slabs.

Ron

What's the "N" stand for?

Alex

North.

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