Christopher Maccandless: Last News

Peter Debruge Chief Film Critic“If you want to get more out of life,” advised Christopher McCandless, “you must lose your inclination for monotonous security and adopt a helter-skelter style of life that will at first appear to you to be crazy. But once you become accustomed to such a life you will see its full meaning and its incredible beauty.” That didn’t work out so well for McCandless, the subject of Jon Krakauer’s book-length look at the vagabond spirit, “Into the Wild”: He died alone in Alaska at the age of 24.

said in a statement on Thursday that the bus will most likely be housed in the University of Alaska-Fairbanks’ Museum of the North.The bus, which made its debut in the 1996 Jon Krakauer novel and subsequent film, was once an icon for many trailblazers who wished to visit the bus in the wild.

A bus abandoned in the Alaskan wilderness and made famous by the book and film Into The Wild is set to be displayed at a museum after being moved for public safety.

Ellise Shafer editorThe infamous bus in which Christopher McCandless, the subject of John Krakauer’s 1996 book “Into The Wild,” found shelter and ultimately died of starvation, was removed from the Alaskan wilderness via helicopter on Thursday.Fans of the book and its subsequent 2007 film adaptation directed by Sean Penn have sought out the bus for years, risking their lives to do so. According to the U.S.

The bus where a young adventurer whose life inspired the film 'Into the Wild' lived and died has finally been airlifted away after years of debate.

Into The Wild has been removed as a public safety measure.The bus, which sat in the wilds of Alaska, was a popular tourist attraction for adventurous travellers, due to its location in an area with unpredictable weather and no phone signal.Its danger as a tourist attraction has meant many tourists have become trapped or injured there, and the death by starvation of tourist Christopher McCandless at the location in 1992 was the inspiration for Into The Wild.Last year, the death of a woman from Belarus at the location and the rescue of five Italian tourists led to calls from local officials for the bus to be removed.The bus has now been removed by the Alaska National Guard as part of a training mission “at no cost to the public or additional

Authorities in Alaska have removed the derelict school bus made famous by Into the Wild, a book and film that inspired many people to leave the city and venture out into the untamed wilderness — including a few who never made it back alive.

An abandoned bus in the Alaska backcountry, popularized by the book Into the Wild and movie of the same name, was removed Thursday, state officials said. The decision prioritizes public safety, Alaska Natural Resources Commissioner Corri Feige said.