Veramika Maikamava and her husband, Piotr Markielau, both 24, were among those hikers. The abandoned bus has since become a macabre memorial, with hikers attempting to retrace the adventurer’s footsteps. The McCandless story tells how, after graduating from college as a top student and athlete, he abandoned his possessions, gave away his $24,000 in savings to charity, and hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wilderness. Linda Moore Read an excerpt from the book. About 15 search-and-rescues are required each year to save unwary hikers from the perils of the outback. When he was 23, Krakauer set out on his own adventure in Alaska and says he has always identified with McCandless, who died alone in the Alaskan wilderness. Last year, a woman attempting to visit the so-called “Magic Bus” drowned attempting to cross a river to get to the vehicle. The bus has proved a lure for adventurers familiar with the book and film. Penn wrote the screenplay and directed, and Emile Hirsch played McCandless.
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Sean Penn made the story into a movie in 2007. He died in 1992.Īuthor Jon Krakauer’s 1996 book memorialized McCandless and the bus. “At the same time, it’s always a little bittersweet when a piece of your history gets pulled out.” There has been no decision on what to do with the bus, but Walker said it may be put on display somewhere.Ĭhristopher McCandless, a young philosopher whose tragic end was depicted in Into the Wild, starved to death when the site’s rugged conditions prevented him from getting help. “I know it’s the right thing for public safety in the area, removing the perilous attraction,” Denali Borough Mayor Clay Walker said. It was abandoned on state land about a half-mile outside the Denali National Park and Preserve, Alaska Public Media reported. The bus was removed by an Army National Guard chopper on Thursday. The bus originally operated in Fairbanks and began housing mining crews in the 1960s. Last month, the bus was airlifted to a “secure but undisclosed location” at the request of the Denali Borough mayor.ĮARLIER: The abandoned bus made famous by the book and film Into the Wild has been removed by Alaska authorities from its back country site over fears it was luring the public into danger. of Natural Resources’ Corri Feige said that the Museum of the North could preserve the bus and avoid profiteering, since it is the place where young philosopher Christopher McCandless, the subject of the book, died at age 26. That resulted in several rescue missions and at least two deaths. However, the bus was proving to be a deadly attraction, as its fame and remote location was a toxic mix that drew adventurous people whose zeal outweighed their ability to navigate the rough outback. The bus was made famous in the 1996 Jon Krakauer nonfiction book Into the Wild and subsequent film of the same name, starring Emile Hirsch. The Department of Natural Resources issued a press release on Thursday.saying it would likely be putting the bus in the museum, which is located on the UAF campus.
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