INTO THE WILD - CHRIS MCCANDLESS's MAGIC BUS REMOVED

NEW YORK TIMES : INTO THE WILD MAGIC BUS REMOVED 

Chris McCandless, who became famous as a result of a book and then film called INTO THE WILD, died in the bus that he had found as a shelter when he ventured into the Alaska Wilderness. His sister wrote a book about the abuse in their family.  His father had two families and some people felt that in his adventures to find his place in the world the situation had influenced him to break ties and flee. I'm sorry I missed it when it was new news, but a year ago the bus was removed because it had become a pilgrimage site for hikers who followed his story and some of them died or were injured as a result of their own trek into the wild.

I featured this story in the July 2015 edition of Mistress Manifesto BlogSpot. 

You can find these post in my ARCHIVE!

RETURN TO THE WILD DOCUMENTARY about CHRIS MCCANDLESS including BILLIE and WALT

Tests of manhood?  Adventures way bigger than them?  People have to have the opportunity to have adventures and some of them are going to have misadventures - which Chris did?  In this documentary we meet the real people who were portrayed in the film including Billie and Walt and the woman who instantly fell in love with Chris though they only spent three days together and who will never forget him.
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UPDATE AUGUST 2020  The video once attached to this post was discontinued on YOUTUBE.  However there's this news.  The bus has been relocated to a Alaska Museum.