🚐 An abandoned bus popularized by the book and movie “Into the Wild” was airlifted in the Alaska backcountry Thursday.
moved the bus as part of a training mission
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June 19, 2020
Into The Wild bus removed from Alaska over safety concerns
The Alaska National Guard has removed the famous bus after various hikers had to be rescued or lost their lives trying to reach it. The bus was where Chris McCandless lived, the person who inspired the 1996 bestselling book Into The Wild and 2002 movie of the same name.
Video via @FiicaanInto The Wild bus removed from Alaska over safety concerns
The famous bus from Stampede Trail is on a flatbed trailer heading south on the Parks Hwy. A chinook helicopter moved it today from its resting spot on the west side of the Teklanika River. The state spearheaded the operation. Sterling Shreeve photo.
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State officials say an abandoned bus in the Alaska backcountry, popularized by the book "Into the Wild" and a movie of the same name, has been removed. Alaska Natural Resources Commissioner Corri Feige says the decision prioritizes public safety.
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The 1940s-era bus made famous by John Krakauer’s book, “Into the Wild,” was removed from its longtime home along the Stampede Trail today. The Denali Borough had requested it be taken out after various rescues/recoveries of hikers trying to make it to the site.
Wow! DNR photos.
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Alaskan officials move the famous #IntoTheWild bus - hiker Chris McCandless, who inspired the book/movie was a 1986 graduate of Woodson HS in Fairfax, VA
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"In 1992 the bus was inhabited by 24-year-old adventurer Chris McCandless, who eventually died of starvation. His story was told by author Jon Krakauer in the 1996 book Into The Wild. In 2007 the book was adapted into a film directed by Sean Penn." — BBC News
Alaskan authorities airlift the abandoned bus where Chris McCandless—profiled in ‘Into the Wild’—died in 1992, apparently to end the frequent rescues (and occasional deaths) of tourists who’d hiked there.
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Some pretty sad news today...
The bus where Chris McCandless lived (and died) in 1992 was airlifted out of the Alaskan bush and put into storage in an undisclosed location for "safe storage."
RIP Alexander Supertramp
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I'm glad that the bus where Chris McCandless died has been removed from the Stampede Trail. This is long overdue. There have been too many deaths, too many near deaths and too many costly rescue missions. I wrote this column 13 years ago about selling it on eBay. #akleg
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I wrote about the bus, and the end of a long saga:
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Several people have had to be rescued after getting into difficulties trying to reach the bus
5 Italian hikers were rescued in the Alaska wilderness after visiting an abandoned bus featured in the “Into the Wild” book and movie.
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This week, five tourists were rescued - one with frostbite - after becoming lost trying to reach a bus made famous by Into the Wild. Why do they do it?
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Brazilian tourist who made a pilgrimage to an abandoned bus made famous by the book and film "Into the Wild" has been rescued from the remote site, Alaska State Troopers said on Thursday. nbcnews.to/2ymMf9D
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'Into The Wild' bus removed from Alaska wilderness after increasing numbers of tourists get into difficulties visiting it
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