@volkltiger he was young and idealistic, he had a romantic view of nature and probably no nordic survival experience, I did shit as stupid and dangerous as he did at his age, probably more so, I survived because I wasn't alone, like him I didn't really know what I was doing, but I though I did at the time, when I first heard about him I though too he was an idiot, but ron lamothe documentary changed my mind, it made me remember I was like him at that age, too bad he experimented alone
If his parents were blue collar this story would not be what it is. They were rich so America was interested. Lotta of ignorant kids dying in the woods with out a Sean Penn film to follow!
No one should be calling him stupid for his own decisions, maybe its true he didn't know what he was doing out there but it was his life. He was living and that's all that matters.
This movie causes so much introspection. Chris was raised with everything he needed financially to live a good life and get a college education, but hated hypocrites & fakes (primarily his parents) who live in a pretend world. College courses raised his consciousness level about the evils of society & the lures of obscurity & living on the land, but he was stupidly naive to think that he could check out, be blind to people that came to love him along the way & be ill-prepared for this adventure
@PoohLuvdMe the whole point of his "adventure" was to be ill-prepared so he had to live off the land.. as for meeting people along the way, he did stay in touch with some of the people, like he sent post cards.. but the point of the whole fucking thing wasn't to meet people and make lasting friendships if he wanted that he wouldn't have left his home. He wanted to escape society as much as he could and meeting people became necessary as always living on the road is near impossible..
What he did was not good. What he did was rebel against society, and he killed himself in the process. Life is about unity, not solitude, and tracking off into the dangers of the wild Alaskan outback. That's just not wise. As now sadly he has given proof to that. What's worse is peo
(contin) Take the lesson from Chris's story, be prepared in your own daily lives, share your happiness with those you love, but mostly, do not judge the people around you- that was Chris's path.
He did not "hate his family", he simply needed to work through anger that was left in him by being around abuse at home.
If Chris had taken the contents of an entire home with him to Stampede, I have a feeling he still would have passed away. His death allowed millions more people to know him.
Cool video. My family and I just moved to Wasilla 7 months ago and love it! We have a Denali park visit planned July11th - 13th, we are staying at Savage river site. Was looking for videos about Savage and came across this. Got me excited, but two kiddos means no 11 mile trek to the bus for us lol. Thanks for sharing though!
too bad the guy was such an idiot when it came to wilderness survival. he did know his plants, i'll give him that, but this is Alaska. people have a hard enough time surviving out there IN society
@bcoverss there were origionaly three buses out there, they were dragged out there by d 9 dozers for the miners or constuction workers that was building the road at the time in the 60s, when they were taking ore from the mine, they left one out there for hunting cabin, or whatever
sweet video. Its cool to see the real location where Chris was compared to the movie set location. i wrote a song a few years back inspired from the movie and book "into the wild". Very few things if any have moved me like it did. I call the song Supertramp.
Im going to go there one day, After watching the movie it inspired me, really, i have never been moved by anything as much as this movie, I am still young, im 18 and i live in New Zealand. One day I hope to make a journey as significant to my life as Chris's adventure was to him. My thaughts go out to his family and friends, May Chris rest in peace. And may my adventure begin.
Chris seemed like a brilliant guy. I agree with some of his views of society...it has become a monster. However, he grossly underestimated the skills needed to be as "natural" as he wanted to be. He didn't have the proper wilderness skills or survival gear for such a harsh climate, much less the skills to prepare the food. He basically committed suicide in a "buddhist" sort of way. I can't agree with that. Two wrongs don't make a write. "Happiness best when shared" also proves a point.
After going through all of that stuff to get there, enduring the winter and dealing with all of the issues...one of his big issues was who he was as a person. He seemed really lost. I've seen the movie Into The Wild. While not all scenes accurately describe him (as with any documentary), he seemed like a strange character. He basically was rebellious against any laws and rules, and refused to follow them. If we did that in reality, the world would be a disaster. Not peaceful.
I guess the only other thing that I would say is...the real tragedy is that he knew to come this far and made it there to the bus and Alaska in general. But he failed to check out the land, get a proper map, etc. To my understanding, the river that blocked his escape due to melting ice...there was a device not far away that would have helped him get across. He didn't check ahead of time to see if anything else was there. So instead, he died out of ignorance...
I don't think McCandless hated people or his family. He was just a young man who wanted to have a grand adventure that equalled what he read about in the books he loved. Too bad he didn't have a better plan for Alaska.
(cont) as well as the garbage near the entrance to the bus due to the amount of atv riders that go through the area. When he gets in the bus he shows you the bed where Chris died, some clothing and mini stoves left behind from visitors, writing on the walls, firewood. They also find a journal which they signed after the video.
I am currently a senior at W.T. Woodson High School...sounds familiar? Yeah that's where Chris graduated,I thought it's really cool because I mean Chris was there in the hallways that I walked in haha you know. "Into the Wild" book is one of my favorite books ever.Chris was a really damn smart guy.
BTW I am deaf and I don't understand what this video said, could you please tell me what did it said, thanks!
The Man with the camera: "Alright, it's been a long time. We've been hiking all night. It's probably about 11:00 right now. And what Sean doesn't know is that right in this clearing right here is the bus. So we're going to walk right ahead and it is, I can see it. I can see the bus. So we're gonna show you the walk into the bus." He then goes on to talk about how long it took him and his partner to make the hike. He talks about the bones on the ground near the campsite,
to be Chris's arrogance and self-delusion. Reading Krakauer's book and then finally seeing the movie tempered those feelings. For me, a passage in the book sums it up best: "[he] yearned...to find a blank spot on the map. In 1992, however, there were mo more blank spots on the map.... [so he] simply got rid of the map. In his own mind, if nowhere else, the terra would thereby remain forever incognito."
@shanesworld. Do you have a blog where you talk about your trip? Thanks for posting this vid, it really conveys a sense of what it's like to actually be there. The story of Chris McCandless may be most remarkable not because of what he did or why he did it, but because of the deep and fierce emotions it provokes in nearly everyone who hears it. I struggled with this story for a long time--refused to see the movie until just recently and, like many others, felt intensely angry with what I took t
I think this guy was, in a sense, a modern-day hero. Society is poisoned to its very roots and some people wake up to "smell the coffee" and notice that something's very wrong - yet no one knows what to do about the situation we find ourselves in.
The movie was... Sean Penn did a great job on it. My (very late) condolences, love etc to his family.
Wow i cant believe how bad that bus looks .. been watching alot of these videos on the bus . and this is the worst looking i have seen it . should be a crime . !!
amazing!!!! did you guys had maps or anything? because I am planning on going to the magic bus but I have to prepare the trip and I wanted to know what did you prep for the trip and how long it took?
One of my favorite movies but what people forget, its hard alot of times, if you dont have money its hard to get water and food everyday, sleeping outside etc everybody at one point in their life want to pack their bags and go, but in the end wont do it cause it is a big decision. I know, i will be leaving very soon leaving everything behind myself, without money and on foot but my mind is playing tricks on me everyday because society made brain to think logicly.Check my profile if you like
@JDT5871 they didn't do it to dishonor him, they went there because its almost like a historical landmark, and wanted to visit it. It's not like they went in it and started a party dude.
If I was in that bus, my mind would've been blown; just seeing everything around me in person and being in the place where Chris lived and died for that short amount of time.. I also can't truly understand where people are getting that he was selfish. He believed that of what he read in his books about nature and the essence of living one on one with nature, and at the end he does understand the need for human company. My perspective on life has started twisting and I think his message is why.
This story has truly touched my heart. The saddest part about it is that chris could not truly connect with any of the people who loved him because he had never truly felt loved... Wether this is true I don't know. The fact is this young man felt he needed to be entirely alone with no real possessions to finally understand his life. The fact that after all of this he did realise how much he did love people. And how he could be loved by others and really feel it. He wanted to go home and be with
Brave Chris is for me a representative of big amount of people who can't stand public order, materialistic life and life where love and understanding is sth secondary. ''Happiness only when shared' so finally he admitted that an lonely action can't change anything for a long while.
For me his life was encouragement to not being depressed about what happens all around us. It's a call 'you're together, you can do something if only just to spread the love '
meh.. i watched this movie and i had a lot of mixed feelings at the end.. i felt angry and sad.. i mean how could he be so selfish? to his back on everyone who cared about him and i mean his sister those hippies.. that old guy who wanted to adopt him.. that juni chick.. it wasn't fair how he died.. damn that fukin movie kept me up all night
I just watched this movie for the first time last night and it's pretty amazing. Very bittersweet/sad ending, depending on how you look at it. I just had a few questions and came across this video, so maybe someone knows.
Was the real bus used in the movie? If it wasn't the actual bus, it sure was identical.
Did Chris keep a detailed journal throughout his whole journey? (not just in Alaska)
@theflyer68 Im a crazy ass war fighter and found it un passible alone when I attempted it. I felt fear which is odd for me. I fully understood how he got trapped. I hope it is less swollen my next attempt. :) Rushing sweep you off your feet freezing water from glaciers vs. staying dry and not getting smashed downstream. You choose.
Well Chris definatly had issues, he gave away his bank account and got rid of his car before he hitchhiked to Ak. I understand why and what he did. That's the joy of being human, he did what he wanted to do and that's it. You can't fault him for following his dreams.
@shanesworld From p. 10 of _Into the Wild_: "In 1961, a Fairbanks company, Yutan Construction, won a contract from the new state of Alaska to upgrade the trail, building it into a road on which trucks could haul ore from the mine year-round. To house construction workers while the road was going in, Yutan purchased three junked buses, outfitted each with bunks and a simple barrel stove, and skidded them into the wilderness behind a D-9 Caterpillar."
@bcoverss the state put the bus there for hunters to live in...is it me or other people seem to forget the fact he tried to leave the bus. in real life he didnt confuse the two plants which led to starvation, sean penn put it that way in the movie to make it easier to understand
Wow... Thank you for this opportunity in taking us to what Chris went through in his last moments of life. I really really liked the book by Jon Krakauer though I must say it is most conceived when you yourself go and experience it. peace!
@nightfall200 it a vistor logbook. Had signatures and notes from his parents, Sean Penn, Jon Krakauer, various vistors who made the hike....as well as notes from Sean and myself.
@theflyer68 ,he also seems to be a suicidal person,although i might be wrong.too much extremeness and not enough smart preparing.that shows a bit of selfdefeating behaviour.and that quote in the bus'get busy living or get busy dying'is crap.tough words lead to nothing.I'll say the italian 'chi va piano ,va sano e lontano'.who goes in a calm way ,goes healthy and gets far'.be a smart survivalist.stay alive !
Christopher McCandless has forever changed my outlook on life. He is one of my heroes. I really wish I could've met him. His view on life was so beautiful. R.I.P. Chris.
My two sense. A young idealistic kid who got in a bit over is head but he had the adventure of a life time. Yes he was a bit green and from what I read it has been proven the seeds were not indeed poisonous which has been verified by lab studies that were done. Nonetheless it is not uncommon for young people to think they are invinceable. He tried to live life on his own terms and I can respect that. R.I.P chris
thank you so much for putting this up. I can only imagine what it was like travelling to this spot and actually seeing where Chris lived. Just...thank you.
Idk how people call this guy an idiot. He was just following his dreams..doing what he wanted with his life. He graduated with like a 3.8 from Emory. Anyone calling him an idiot please attempt to even get into Emory.
@bu33ing I did go check that out, WOW, He was really in the ''middle of no where''..Thanx so much for the didgits..The ''Majic Bus'' looks cool from space
I'm half way through this extraordinary tale. I'm curious about Krakauer's mention of the little footage that Mr. Gallien took of Chris before he gave him the boots and they parted ways. Krakauer says that Chris dodged the camera for the most part but there IS footage of him. Anyone seen this or know how to find it? Let me know. RIP Supertramp!
First off, when Chris tried to cross it, it was 18 years ago, the water would have been a lot higher because of the conditions back then, now we have global warming the water would be a lot lower, lets see you do exactly what he did with the little supplies he had and he also did it in the middle of winter.
Well, he very likely would have made it. The seeds, which were "not documented as poisonous," sapped him of his energy and killed him. He wasn't looking for death-he went in knowing that he was taking a risk of dying-but he was not looking for it. Not at all. I don't remember for sure....but wasn't the bus 8 miles off of the road?
If he had attempted to cross the river at the point where the road meets it he almost surely would have been swept down stream and torn apart in the rapids. Bear in mind the time you attempted to cross the river vs the time he did as well as where you tried to cross. He might have been able to cross up stream or he could have used the cable car down stream if he had checked either way. He decided waiting it out would be safe though-he would have made it too had he not eaten inedible seeds.
The point of this mans journy was to live as man is supposed to, by nature... No maps or unessisary gear... You find what you need to survive that of thus found in nature. Chris knew this very well. If he really had wanted to leave or be better prepared, to have the assurance of life, he would have... But that would have been against the laws of nature.
Thank you for sharing this. A man, a book and a movie that moved me more than I can explain. But I'll probably never make it to the bus so thank you for taking me. Good luck to you.
@theflyer68 I don't think I agree with you. I crossed at the exact point where Chris would have crossed, at a time when the river was pretty low and it still scared the hell out of me. In fact, my buddy ended up getting swept downstream about 200 yards after getting knocked over. I think that coming up to that river in mid august with it running full force as Chris did and turning away may have been the right decision at the time.
@shanesworld Also, the conditions of the river change all the time. Sometimes it can be way too high or intense to cross. He simply wanted to leave at the wrong time.
that's awesome. i would like to visit the bus too someday. and stay a couple of nights there to see how it was for him. Chris was an awesome man. i would love to life like him.
We have the right to be idiots. That's America! But if we inspire others to be idiotic then we have to put up with the idea that we deserve it. Young, idealistic, pimple-faced guys....99.9% of them grow out of it....
He had his right to pusuit of being happy, He didnt mind any of it. Did he really have to answer to anyone at 24? The only thing i can say from the versions, He should have known himself, To be more prepered to go out that far and not have a map or compass. Oh well, Shit happens when you party naked!
I'm reading "Into The Wild", and although hearing Krakauer's description is one thing, actually seeing it is something else. Someone with a lot on their mind, someone misguided perhaps, someone weary of society, died on that bus. When you think of it that way, it's hard to label him as an idiot, as an unprepared fool who perished because of arrogance.
But he WAS an "unprepared fool!" A fair % of kids feel the way CM felt, but most mature.....Like one ranger said, McCandless basically committed suicide. I appreciate his drive and zeal, but he lacked wisdom.
@Silver7137 "Hard?" Why? You just defined foolishness. Why would anyone go into the wilderness unprepared? He committed suicide just as surely as with a gun, just slower. Hey it's his right, but you have to call a spade a spade. His death precisely defines someone who was "unprepared," you couldn't draw it up any plainer....
@proffromgview He went in with a pretty large amount of knowledge on what he was doing. He'd read up quite a bit and he had been trained by some hunters (unfortunately they didn't teach him to air-dry moose meat in thin strips while in Alaska). He fared pretty well even with the small amount of gear he had up until those seeds.Please don't say he was an idiot for eating the seeds and that it shows he was unprepared, most (if any) botany books excluded that the seeds of the plant were poisonous
@jellofaceman "He fared pretty well." He died. You need to bone up on what "faring well" means.... You can spout all the naive drivel you want, but if ANY person goes into the bush as unprepared as he was, he is an idiot. Period.
@jellofaceman Turns out there is no evidence that poisonous seeds were involved. He just starved to death, maybe getting injured or sick at a bad moment, but all evidence points to steady starvation over the duration of his adventure. Still, I'm inspired by the movie, I cheer for Supertramp for doing it his own way, and would rather die while seeking than from living in a cubical and eating fast food as most people do. Course I'm a skydiver so chances are I won't die of starvation!
Thanks for sharing this. McCandless may have been very selfish, but I completely agree with you, he did lead an extraordinary life and in a way, inspires and amazes me.
Into the Wild has some amazing cinematography. Sigh. What a remarkable story.
Alex Supertramp was a legend. He proved you didn't need society and material goods to be happy. Just doing what you loved doing. I'll agree with most people, he really should have brought a map, but because of that I'm not going to call him an idiot with no common sense like most critics do. I read that he actually left a map of the place in the truck of the last person to give him a ride. It sucks, if he made it home alive it would have been an amazing story, even though his story already is.
This comment has received too many negative votesshow
No, all he had was a highway map, and it was THAT he left in the truck! His death is proof he was naive and idiotic, if he wanted to challenge the wilderness, then you do it prepared. I mean, think about it: why did he wear clothing at ALL if he wanted to reject technology? Or use a gun? Or live in a BUS???
i think he did NOT hate the peoples, technology or guns. i think he didnt like the society rools, materialism and selfish way of life and society and social programming that puts us in lockers and makes us against to each other. that was HIS trip, and i think we should take a lesson for that in a way that we should care and love each other, not to compete...
@proffromgview hey he wanted to live that way and he accepted the many risks in doing it and probably did way better than you would have done with the same gear
@utterlystupidstuff But that's just the point...I'm not foolish enough to be so utterly unprepared as he was. He was the typical idealistic kid (like we all were/are), but the problem was that he had no common or "bush" sense....and he paid for it. I mean really...no maps! Poor or non-existent gear? Just stupid.
"rather than love, than money, than fame, than fairness... give me truth" - Henry Thoreau..... Perhaps Sean Penn should heed those words......... Chris starved, he was not poisoned. A map and i.d. and $300 were found in the bus about a week after he was found , so he was not as free and pure as projected.The S.O.S. note was excluded. etc.......etc......
Just google Chris McCandless, there are many articles. "Death of an Innocent" was written by" into the wild" author Krakauer is on line. 10 true facts about McCandless was enlightening. There are many points of view represented in these articles and facts that were excluded from the film. Some of us think he was a bi-polar, foolhardy , stubborn, arrogant and thoughtless to his family , others hold him up as an inspirational God like martyr. The truth probably lies in between.
Live and let live. Why swear at anybody ? It is everybodys choice what to do with his or her life and you make your decisions as Chris did. Sure, his decisions were probably not wise in our eyes, but obviously he was okay with it. At the end he took the full responsibility and consequences.
NB: I fail to understand why people always use the f-word etc. in these comments, swear and insult each other.
I just don't think that Alex would do something that cruel to anyone. Alex had a good heart and great spirit, he just made the mistake of overestimating his abilities. you can read it in his journle.
rlegear19...ur a fuking idiot. the man made his decision, he had the juevos to do what made him happy. dont hate on him because of that. U are a stupid fuck AND people like you piss me the fuck off....
It's so sad to think that if he would have only survived two more weeks the hunters would have discovered him and he would evidentially still be here today.
You are very wrong about that .......... He was discovered after leaving an impassioned plea in a placard on the bus door which read" S.OS. I need you help. I am injured, near death and too weak to hike out of here .I am all alone. This is no joke. In the name of God , please remain to save me.I am out collecting berries near by and shall return this evening. Thank you, Chris McCandless, August? "...............
I wouldn't mind at all to take a calculated risk for living full out or die trying.People seem to have some kind of a problem about one mans decisions about his own life that shoudln't even concerne them in any way.If u want a compass,flashlight and an abtronic while u camp then go for it.Maybe its not about ''common'' sense in the first place,maybe its just about a man that did what he wanted to do.''Smart'' would've been to go to Harvard law
I notice you say you are agnostic. Me too, but despite this it was disturbing to see inside the bus and look at the bed where his body lay until discovered. It does still look so much as it does in the photos. I appreciate your respectful attitude to the spirit of the place, or whatever it could be called. I certainly would've been hiking back out the same day as well.
'follow ur dreams but not at the expense of common sense'' well said. just cuz u have a map doesnt mean ur a 'sellout' it means u arent totally fucked if u break ur leg or get sick from berrys.its a shame he had to die for something so stupid
@djn00nan Wow. Did someone on here said a person is a "sellout" for a having a map of where they are? If anyone really said that, they've obviously not spent more than a half hour by themselves in the woods, if even that
It was farther than we thought. By my best estimates, I'd say it was 12+ miles. Easy (and pretty) hiking once you pass the Tek. We went toward the end of May. (Sorry for the delayed response).
there were 3 buses. they got their cause workers trying to build bridges over the rivers. the workers slept in the buses.. well the bridges they built got swept away so they towed 2 buses out but couldnt get the third one out so they left it.
they explain it in the book "Into The Wild" its part of a 1930s project for mining it was harsh terrain at the time so as they were blazing a trail through stampede creek they used three buses as small shelters to house the constructions workers which were skidded all along the trail but in 1960 the project was haulted the buses were recovered except one that was left there as a shelter for hunters just in case of sour conditions....
At one point they were planning on making the Stampede trail into a road, they put 3 buses out there so the workers had a place to stay/warm up and what not. Eventually they gave up making the road and pulled the other 2 buses out and left this one for hunters and trappers to stay in.
It explains in the book, something to the effect that the trail was originally going to be a road, but they ended construction. Eventually, the buses were converted to house hunters and had the stoves installed, etc.
The movie was well made and intresting. Truly sad. In my opinion if he had map, radio and equipments with lots of food, he would be alive, but again no stories to begin with.
I just watched the movie here in Australia. Even though a bit controversial to some his story is moving for many reasons. Googled Chris McCandless and here I am watching your vid of your trip to the very bus.
Thanks heaps for the effort you went to. The bus looks 100% as the movie shows.
no, they couldn't for obvious technical and logistic reasons. They did however "recreate" the place a couple of miles (50, i think) away from the actual site...
@volkltiger he was young and idealistic, he had a romantic view of nature and probably no nordic survival experience, I did shit as stupid and dangerous as he did at his age, probably more so, I survived because I wasn't alone, like him I didn't really know what I was doing, but I though I did at the time, when I first heard about him I though too he was an idiot, but ron lamothe documentary changed my mind, it made me remember I was like him at that age, too bad he experimented alone
quaxk 2 weeks ago
If his parents were blue collar this story would not be what it is. They were rich so America was interested. Lotta of ignorant kids dying in the woods with out a Sean Penn film to follow!
volkltiger 3 weeks ago
Comment removed
volkltiger 3 weeks ago
No one should be calling him stupid for his own decisions, maybe its true he didn't know what he was doing out there but it was his life. He was living and that's all that matters.
mrbtb1234 3 weeks ago
Amazing video...
tontsa911 4 weeks ago
what did the letters say?
12345678910LILLI 2 months ago
"Get Busy Living or Get Busy Dying" Thats a quote from The Shawshank Redemption.
sophieovertheworld 3 months ago
He's diary is actually still there?????
APokeInTheEye 4 months ago
@PoohLuvdMe - Well said!
shanesworld 5 months ago
This movie causes so much introspection. Chris was raised with everything he needed financially to live a good life and get a college education, but hated hypocrites & fakes (primarily his parents) who live in a pretend world. College courses raised his consciousness level about the evils of society & the lures of obscurity & living on the land, but he was stupidly naive to think that he could check out, be blind to people that came to love him along the way & be ill-prepared for this adventure
PoohLuvdMe 5 months ago 3
@PoohLuvdMe the whole point of his "adventure" was to be ill-prepared so he had to live off the land.. as for meeting people along the way, he did stay in touch with some of the people, like he sent post cards.. but the point of the whole fucking thing wasn't to meet people and make lasting friendships if he wanted that he wouldn't have left his home. He wanted to escape society as much as he could and meeting people became necessary as always living on the road is near impossible..
bunnygopoke 4 months ago
so awesome man, into the wild is my favorite movie and i would love to make it to that bus one day myself.
HatesStupidPeople194 5 months ago 3
What he did was not good. What he did was rebel against society, and he killed himself in the process. Life is about unity, not solitude, and tracking off into the dangers of the wild Alaskan outback. That's just not wise. As now sadly he has given proof to that. What's worse is peo
aoghiroshima 6 months ago
@aoghiroshima You're retarded
SexuaIChocolate 2 months ago
Awesome Video! Thanks for sharing. I hear the bus is now gone?
wilcox1219 6 months ago
@wilcox1219 the bus isnt gone, but the one from the movie has found home at a restaurant in fairbanks.
losingallsanity 4 months ago
(contin) Take the lesson from Chris's story, be prepared in your own daily lives, share your happiness with those you love, but mostly, do not judge the people around you- that was Chris's path.
He did not "hate his family", he simply needed to work through anger that was left in him by being around abuse at home.
If Chris had taken the contents of an entire home with him to Stampede, I have a feeling he still would have passed away. His death allowed millions more people to know him.
nowherebear1 6 months ago
lol just ignore the bear bell.
ppbonbon 6 months ago
pretty cool you guys did that, real history...
visiononpaper 7 months ago
Cool video. My family and I just moved to Wasilla 7 months ago and love it! We have a Denali park visit planned July11th - 13th, we are staying at Savage river site. Was looking for videos about Savage and came across this. Got me excited, but two kiddos means no 11 mile trek to the bus for us lol. Thanks for sharing though!
mrslisagman 7 months ago
too bad the guy was such an idiot when it came to wilderness survival. he did know his plants, i'll give him that, but this is Alaska. people have a hard enough time surviving out there IN society
guitarman104mjb 8 months ago
What is with the bear bells? What are hey attached to? How do they work?
LFraudHubbard 8 months ago
I would never be able to sleep in there. Never know if big foots gonna come out.
TehUltimateSnake 9 months ago
@bcoverss there were origionaly three buses out there, they were dragged out there by d 9 dozers for the miners or constuction workers that was building the road at the time in the 60s, when they were taking ore from the mine, they left one out there for hunting cabin, or whatever
adamdennhardt 9 months ago
sweet video. Its cool to see the real location where Chris was compared to the movie set location. i wrote a song a few years back inspired from the movie and book "into the wild". Very few things if any have moved me like it did. I call the song Supertramp.
iamjddupuy 9 months ago
Very cool, I think you did a great job on the video.
couchpotatotheatre 9 months ago
Im going to go there one day, After watching the movie it inspired me, really, i have never been moved by anything as much as this movie, I am still young, im 18 and i live in New Zealand. One day I hope to make a journey as significant to my life as Chris's adventure was to him. My thaughts go out to his family and friends, May Chris rest in peace. And may my adventure begin.
RIP From Scott Ormandy.
darkrx777 9 months ago
Chris seemed like a brilliant guy. I agree with some of his views of society...it has become a monster. However, he grossly underestimated the skills needed to be as "natural" as he wanted to be. He didn't have the proper wilderness skills or survival gear for such a harsh climate, much less the skills to prepare the food. He basically committed suicide in a "buddhist" sort of way. I can't agree with that. Two wrongs don't make a write. "Happiness best when shared" also proves a point.
jmr1068204 9 months ago
After going through all of that stuff to get there, enduring the winter and dealing with all of the issues...one of his big issues was who he was as a person. He seemed really lost. I've seen the movie Into The Wild. While not all scenes accurately describe him (as with any documentary), he seemed like a strange character. He basically was rebellious against any laws and rules, and refused to follow them. If we did that in reality, the world would be a disaster. Not peaceful.
jmr1068204 9 months ago
I guess the only other thing that I would say is...the real tragedy is that he knew to come this far and made it there to the bus and Alaska in general. But he failed to check out the land, get a proper map, etc. To my understanding, the river that blocked his escape due to melting ice...there was a device not far away that would have helped him get across. He didn't check ahead of time to see if anything else was there. So instead, he died out of ignorance...
jmr1068204 9 months ago
"Get Busy Living, or Get Busy Dying"
-Shawshank Redemption
BeatlesNamWW2 10 months ago
2:18 .... SPOILER ALERT :P
Brucy6666 10 months ago
to bad everyone had to ruin that place... i hate to see all the garbage and stuff and all the writings on the walls
footballhokie 10 months ago
he got bust dying. everyone thinks he was so amazing, why?. what would of he done if he didnt find the bus? he would of died alot sooner.
burkdogg21 10 months ago
Free transfer on that bus.
KnightOwl2006 11 months ago
I don't think McCandless hated people or his family. He was just a young man who wanted to have a grand adventure that equalled what he read about in the books he loved. Too bad he didn't have a better plan for Alaska.
oeyesea 11 months ago
@hsshock24
(cont) as well as the garbage near the entrance to the bus due to the amount of atv riders that go through the area. When he gets in the bus he shows you the bed where Chris died, some clothing and mini stoves left behind from visitors, writing on the walls, firewood. They also find a journal which they signed after the video.
iluvyouwyatt 11 months ago
I am currently a senior at W.T. Woodson High School...sounds familiar? Yeah that's where Chris graduated,I thought it's really cool because I mean Chris was there in the hallways that I walked in haha you know. "Into the Wild" book is one of my favorite books ever.Chris was a really damn smart guy.
BTW I am deaf and I don't understand what this video said, could you please tell me what did it said, thanks!
hshock24 11 months ago
@hshock24
The Man with the camera: "Alright, it's been a long time. We've been hiking all night. It's probably about 11:00 right now. And what Sean doesn't know is that right in this clearing right here is the bus. So we're going to walk right ahead and it is, I can see it. I can see the bus. So we're gonna show you the walk into the bus." He then goes on to talk about how long it took him and his partner to make the hike. He talks about the bones on the ground near the campsite,
iluvyouwyatt 11 months ago
@iluvyouwyatt alright now i understand, thanks man! much appreciate!
hshock24 11 months ago
@hshock24
no worries :)
iluvyouwyatt 11 months ago
to be Chris's arrogance and self-delusion. Reading Krakauer's book and then finally seeing the movie tempered those feelings. For me, a passage in the book sums it up best: "[he] yearned...to find a blank spot on the map. In 1992, however, there were mo more blank spots on the map.... [so he] simply got rid of the map. In his own mind, if nowhere else, the terra would thereby remain forever incognito."
AsloWhite 11 months ago
@shanesworld. Do you have a blog where you talk about your trip? Thanks for posting this vid, it really conveys a sense of what it's like to actually be there. The story of Chris McCandless may be most remarkable not because of what he did or why he did it, but because of the deep and fierce emotions it provokes in nearly everyone who hears it. I struggled with this story for a long time--refused to see the movie until just recently and, like many others, felt intensely angry with what I took t
AsloWhite 11 months ago
would have been cool to show something that chris wrote, in his own hand, on that bus
sircloud7 11 months ago 6
@sircloud7 they were all long gone.
shanesworld 11 months ago
I think this guy was, in a sense, a modern-day hero. Society is poisoned to its very roots and some people wake up to "smell the coffee" and notice that something's very wrong - yet no one knows what to do about the situation we find ourselves in.
The movie was... Sean Penn did a great job on it. My (very late) condolences, love etc to his family.
Guitarscreech06 1 year ago
Wow i cant believe how bad that bus looks .. been watching alot of these videos on the bus . and this is the worst looking i have seen it . should be a crime . !!
jokertt14 1 year ago
"get busy living, or get busy dying. now thats damn right."
mrlebowski562 1 year ago
They didn't have that creek to the right in the movie on the ending scene
onelessreason2 1 year ago
amazing!!!! did you guys had maps or anything? because I am planning on going to the magic bus but I have to prepare the trip and I wanted to know what did you prep for the trip and how long it took?
cathhabslove8 1 year ago
Definitely on my top 10 places to visit before I die.
regulatorzone 1 year ago
amazing, thanks for the video !!
Mokujindo 1 year ago
Oh my gosh<3 I will be there soon! :D I love this!
datzrenthead2ya 1 year ago
Chris took this voyage to truly find himself, spiritually and mentally
Djlynx23 1 year ago
2:45 Go Braves!
666lbSquid 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
One of my favorite movies but what people forget, its hard alot of times, if you dont have money its hard to get water and food everyday, sleeping outside etc everybody at one point in their life want to pack their bags and go, but in the end wont do it cause it is a big decision. I know, i will be leaving very soon leaving everything behind myself, without money and on foot but my mind is playing tricks on me everyday because society made brain to think logicly.Check my profile if you like
1JustKai1 1 year ago
@JDT5871 they didn't do it to dishonor him, they went there because its almost like a historical landmark, and wanted to visit it. It's not like they went in it and started a party dude.
MRPjetri 1 year ago
wow you guys thats aweseome. i want to go there
netforce0 1 year ago
Did you guys read the letters he wrote? What'd they say?
JamBam9 1 year ago
If I was in that bus, my mind would've been blown; just seeing everything around me in person and being in the place where Chris lived and died for that short amount of time.. I also can't truly understand where people are getting that he was selfish. He believed that of what he read in his books about nature and the essence of living one on one with nature, and at the end he does understand the need for human company. My perspective on life has started twisting and I think his message is why.
heartbreaker304 1 year ago
thats awesome, what a cool experience. they really recreated that bus well in the movie. must have been quite surreal being there i can imagine
xtrmodel70 1 year ago
This story has truly touched my heart. The saddest part about it is that chris could not truly connect with any of the people who loved him because he had never truly felt loved... Wether this is true I don't know. The fact is this young man felt he needed to be entirely alone with no real possessions to finally understand his life. The fact that after all of this he did realise how much he did love people. And how he could be loved by others and really feel it. He wanted to go home and be with
princessemi86 1 year ago
i had heard of the story but last night i watched the film (sean penn), following on from that iv had a look on the net.
seems to me the guy wanted to live free and away from it all, wouldnt do for me but each to his own
HedgehogChopper 1 year ago
Brave Chris is for me a representative of big amount of people who can't stand public order, materialistic life and life where love and understanding is sth secondary. ''Happiness only when shared' so finally he admitted that an lonely action can't change anything for a long while.
For me his life was encouragement to not being depressed about what happens all around us. It's a call 'you're together, you can do something if only just to spread the love '
Who is with me?
92hereiam 1 year ago
meh.. i watched this movie and i had a lot of mixed feelings at the end.. i felt angry and sad.. i mean how could he be so selfish? to his back on everyone who cared about him and i mean his sister those hippies.. that old guy who wanted to adopt him.. that juni chick.. it wasn't fair how he died.. damn that fukin movie kept me up all night
lambovsatan225 1 year ago
I just watched this movie for the first time last night and it's pretty amazing. Very bittersweet/sad ending, depending on how you look at it. I just had a few questions and came across this video, so maybe someone knows.
Was the real bus used in the movie? If it wasn't the actual bus, it sure was identical.
Did Chris keep a detailed journal throughout his whole journey? (not just in Alaska)
roadie28 1 year ago
@theflyer68 Im a crazy ass war fighter and found it un passible alone when I attempted it. I felt fear which is odd for me. I fully understood how he got trapped. I hope it is less swollen my next attempt. :) Rushing sweep you off your feet freezing water from glaciers vs. staying dry and not getting smashed downstream. You choose.
Ihateallgingers 1 year ago
Well Chris definatly had issues, he gave away his bank account and got rid of his car before he hitchhiked to Ak. I understand why and what he did. That's the joy of being human, he did what he wanted to do and that's it. You can't fault him for following his dreams.
Jamesdean732 1 year ago
spooky.....
nascarsignore 1 year ago
Considering all the rivers and streams that must be crossed to get to this bus. How the hell did the bus get driven there in the first place?
bcoverss 1 year ago 13
@bcoverss in the winter when everything was frozen....
shanesworld 1 year ago 13
@shanesworld From p. 10 of _Into the Wild_: "In 1961, a Fairbanks company, Yutan Construction, won a contract from the new state of Alaska to upgrade the trail, building it into a road on which trucks could haul ore from the mine year-round. To house construction workers while the road was going in, Yutan purchased three junked buses, outfitted each with bunks and a simple barrel stove, and skidded them into the wilderness behind a D-9 Caterpillar."
garrisonmedia 8 months ago
@bcoverss the state put the bus there for hunters to live in...is it me or other people seem to forget the fact he tried to leave the bus. in real life he didnt confuse the two plants which led to starvation, sean penn put it that way in the movie to make it easier to understand
csharpe86 1 year ago
@csharpe86 wait, what do u mean he tried to leave the bus?
elzwardo 1 year ago
@bcoverss the trail they were walking down haha wow
Corvette2011ZR1 1 year ago
@bcoverss I read the book! There used to be a highway back in the 60s, I believe
chawan92 1 year ago
@bcoverss
I had heard that the bus was carried in by helicopter by hunters which use it as a place to stay during hunting trips.
oceantam 9 months ago
@bcoverss read the book its in like the first chapter or so i think it was like some mining road thing im not sure but check out the book to see
blondyboy88 8 months ago
I'll get there someday...given the chance to live in Alaska again...
BethanyRose94 1 year ago
Wow... Thank you for this opportunity in taking us to what Chris went through in his last moments of life. I really really liked the book by Jon Krakauer though I must say it is most conceived when you yourself go and experience it. peace!
happytenzin 1 year ago
great video thanks
killzone10 1 year ago
Great vid. wish i could see the place myself one day. Do you remember what the letter said? :)
NettoStyle 1 year ago
Was the actual book that Chris wrote in, in the suitcase? ....were the map's Chris's too?
nightfall200 1 year ago
@nightfall200 it a vistor logbook. Had signatures and notes from his parents, Sean Penn, Jon Krakauer, various vistors who made the hike....as well as notes from Sean and myself.
shanesworld 1 year ago 14
@theflyer68 ,i meant," he also seems to mei(instead of to be) a suicidal person" .
555Nato 1 year ago
@theflyer68 ,he also seems to be a suicidal person,although i might be wrong.too much extremeness and not enough smart preparing.that shows a bit of selfdefeating behaviour.and that quote in the bus'get busy living or get busy dying'is crap.tough words lead to nothing.I'll say the italian 'chi va piano ,va sano e lontano'.who goes in a calm way ,goes healthy and gets far'.be a smart survivalist.stay alive !
555Nato 1 year ago
Christopher McCandless has forever changed my outlook on life. He is one of my heroes. I really wish I could've met him. His view on life was so beautiful. R.I.P. Chris.
ClearCollector01 1 year ago 3
@theflyer68 Also from what I have heard Chris was afraid of water.
ClearCollector01 1 year ago
My two sense. A young idealistic kid who got in a bit over is head but he had the adventure of a life time. Yes he was a bit green and from what I read it has been proven the seeds were not indeed poisonous which has been verified by lab studies that were done. Nonetheless it is not uncommon for young people to think they are invinceable. He tried to live life on his own terms and I can respect that. R.I.P chris
cicely997 1 year ago
thank you so much for putting this up. I can only imagine what it was like travelling to this spot and actually seeing where Chris lived. Just...thank you.
ouran909 1 year ago
kinda ironic, allot of people going to this place while he intended to be alone.
step0nn0pets 1 year ago
Idk how people call this guy an idiot. He was just following his dreams..doing what he wanted with his life. He graduated with like a 3.8 from Emory. Anyone calling him an idiot please attempt to even get into Emory.
ThaMadJoker 1 year ago 4
Here are the co-ordinates - just cut'n'paste into Google Maps and select Satellite-view.
63.868397, -149.769303
bu33ing 1 year ago 2
@bu33ing I did go check that out, WOW, He was really in the ''middle of no where''..Thanx so much for the didgits..The ''Majic Bus'' looks cool from space
kryptokrow 1 year ago
I'm half way through this extraordinary tale. I'm curious about Krakauer's mention of the little footage that Mr. Gallien took of Chris before he gave him the boots and they parted ways. Krakauer says that Chris dodged the camera for the most part but there IS footage of him. Anyone seen this or know how to find it? Let me know. RIP Supertramp!
AeroDelight8 1 year ago
First off, when Chris tried to cross it, it was 18 years ago, the water would have been a lot higher because of the conditions back then, now we have global warming the water would be a lot lower, lets see you do exactly what he did with the little supplies he had and he also did it in the middle of winter.
bruner1982 1 year ago
Well, he very likely would have made it. The seeds, which were "not documented as poisonous," sapped him of his energy and killed him. He wasn't looking for death-he went in knowing that he was taking a risk of dying-but he was not looking for it. Not at all. I don't remember for sure....but wasn't the bus 8 miles off of the road?
jellofaceman 1 year ago
If he had attempted to cross the river at the point where the road meets it he almost surely would have been swept down stream and torn apart in the rapids. Bear in mind the time you attempted to cross the river vs the time he did as well as where you tried to cross. He might have been able to cross up stream or he could have used the cable car down stream if he had checked either way. He decided waiting it out would be safe though-he would have made it too had he not eaten inedible seeds.
jellofaceman 1 year ago
where is the bus in alaska
deadheadjoe 1 year ago
HIS LIFE IS A WARNING.
aruntamilnad 1 year ago
wtf is the bus thing ?? is it some special thing with it ??
TheMrReka 1 year ago
The point of this mans journy was to live as man is supposed to, by nature... No maps or unessisary gear... You find what you need to survive that of thus found in nature. Chris knew this very well. If he really had wanted to leave or be better prepared, to have the assurance of life, he would have... But that would have been against the laws of nature.
Creamlistner 1 year ago
To Smokey 63, I agree with you 100 %.
artcrab 1 year ago
I Hope They Still Have It There Now...I Would Really Enjoy To Visit It......R.I.P Chris!
wwemattlord1 1 year ago
Thank you for sharing this. A man, a book and a movie that moved me more than I can explain. But I'll probably never make it to the bus so thank you for taking me. Good luck to you.
ortaprmae 1 year ago 2
@theflyer68 I don't think I agree with you. I crossed at the exact point where Chris would have crossed, at a time when the river was pretty low and it still scared the hell out of me. In fact, my buddy ended up getting swept downstream about 200 yards after getting knocked over. I think that coming up to that river in mid august with it running full force as Chris did and turning away may have been the right decision at the time.
shanesworld 1 year ago 5
@shanesworld Also, the conditions of the river change all the time. Sometimes it can be way too high or intense to cross. He simply wanted to leave at the wrong time.
AgentAdams121 1 year ago
that's awesome. i would like to visit the bus too someday. and stay a couple of nights there to see how it was for him. Chris was an awesome man. i would love to life like him.
brutuskitten 1 year ago
Chris McCandless saved my life.
xFuryProductions 1 year ago 2
We have the right to be idiots. That's America! But if we inspire others to be idiotic then we have to put up with the idea that we deserve it. Young, idealistic, pimple-faced guys....99.9% of them grow out of it....
proffromgview 1 year ago
He had his right to pusuit of being happy, He didnt mind any of it. Did he really have to answer to anyone at 24? The only thing i can say from the versions, He should have known himself, To be more prepered to go out that far and not have a map or compass. Oh well, Shit happens when you party naked!
miked90123 1 year ago
My god.
I'm reading "Into The Wild", and although hearing Krakauer's description is one thing, actually seeing it is something else. Someone with a lot on their mind, someone misguided perhaps, someone weary of society, died on that bus. When you think of it that way, it's hard to label him as an idiot, as an unprepared fool who perished because of arrogance.
Silver7137 2 years ago
But he WAS an "unprepared fool!" A fair % of kids feel the way CM felt, but most mature.....Like one ranger said, McCandless basically committed suicide. I appreciate his drive and zeal, but he lacked wisdom.
proffromgview 1 year ago
@Silver7137 "Hard?" Why? You just defined foolishness. Why would anyone go into the wilderness unprepared? He committed suicide just as surely as with a gun, just slower. Hey it's his right, but you have to call a spade a spade. His death precisely defines someone who was "unprepared," you couldn't draw it up any plainer....
proffromgview 1 year ago
Sure, he was stupid, unprepared, foolish... but braver than all of us put together.
He knew what he wanted to do, and because of his drastic actions and overall immaturity he did it.
If he had known that he would have died up there, he would have gone anyway.
call it sucide or not, he knew what he was getting into and wouldn't have had it any other way.
alinapurple8 1 year ago
@proffromgview He went in with a pretty large amount of knowledge on what he was doing. He'd read up quite a bit and he had been trained by some hunters (unfortunately they didn't teach him to air-dry moose meat in thin strips while in Alaska). He fared pretty well even with the small amount of gear he had up until those seeds.Please don't say he was an idiot for eating the seeds and that it shows he was unprepared, most (if any) botany books excluded that the seeds of the plant were poisonous
jellofaceman 1 year ago
@jellofaceman "He fared pretty well." He died. You need to bone up on what "faring well" means.... You can spout all the naive drivel you want, but if ANY person goes into the bush as unprepared as he was, he is an idiot. Period.
proffromgview 1 year ago
@jellofaceman Turns out there is no evidence that poisonous seeds were involved. He just starved to death, maybe getting injured or sick at a bad moment, but all evidence points to steady starvation over the duration of his adventure. Still, I'm inspired by the movie, I cheer for Supertramp for doing it his own way, and would rather die while seeking than from living in a cubical and eating fast food as most people do. Course I'm a skydiver so chances are I won't die of starvation!
WelcomeToMyDream 1 year ago
to everyone commenting:
read the book. don't just judge. you need to read it to understand it.
dancerulz93 2 years ago 3
Thanks for sharing this. McCandless may have been very selfish, but I completely agree with you, he did lead an extraordinary life and in a way, inspires and amazes me.
Into the Wild has some amazing cinematography. Sigh. What a remarkable story.
doodlesxlove 2 years ago
Cool trip dudes. Hope you had some fun!
That bone looks really funny...Like a bone from a cartoon or so!
KingKKevinKev 2 years ago 2
@nnick5611
Why? For getting his ass off the computer and doing something extreme/exciting?
If he was a retard, then how the hell did he survive in Alaska for more than 100 days, ALONE, with little materials?
bassguitar19 2 years ago 2
Alex Supertramp was a legend. He proved you didn't need society and material goods to be happy. Just doing what you loved doing. I'll agree with most people, he really should have brought a map, but because of that I'm not going to call him an idiot with no common sense like most critics do. I read that he actually left a map of the place in the truck of the last person to give him a ride. It sucks, if he made it home alive it would have been an amazing story, even though his story already is.
bassguitar19 2 years ago
if he proved so, trash your computer and move to a shack.
elchaparritosinpelo 2 years ago
This comment has received too many negative votes show
No, all he had was a highway map, and it was THAT he left in the truck! His death is proof he was naive and idiotic, if he wanted to challenge the wilderness, then you do it prepared. I mean, think about it: why did he wear clothing at ALL if he wanted to reject technology? Or use a gun? Or live in a BUS???
proffromgview 1 year ago
i think he did NOT hate the peoples, technology or guns. i think he didnt like the society rools, materialism and selfish way of life and society and social programming that puts us in lockers and makes us against to each other. that was HIS trip, and i think we should take a lesson for that in a way that we should care and love each other, not to compete...
uvh 1 year ago 31
@uvh he had a gun with him and 400 rounds
csharpe86 1 year ago
@proffromgview hey he wanted to live that way and he accepted the many risks in doing it and probably did way better than you would have done with the same gear
utterlystupidstuff 1 year ago
@utterlystupidstuff But that's just the point...I'm not foolish enough to be so utterly unprepared as he was. He was the typical idealistic kid (like we all were/are), but the problem was that he had no common or "bush" sense....and he paid for it. I mean really...no maps! Poor or non-existent gear? Just stupid.
proffromgview 1 year ago
Comment removed
gilliganbad 2 years ago
"rather than love, than money, than fame, than fairness... give me truth" - Henry Thoreau..... Perhaps Sean Penn should heed those words......... Chris starved, he was not poisoned. A map and i.d. and $300 were found in the bus about a week after he was found , so he was not as free and pure as projected.The S.O.S. note was excluded. etc.......etc......
rlegear19 2 years ago
Are you a local, do you live near Fairbanks? You have some good info, what realy happend...
TheWorldPresident 2 years ago
Just google Chris McCandless, there are many articles. "Death of an Innocent" was written by" into the wild" author Krakauer is on line. 10 true facts about McCandless was enlightening. There are many points of view represented in these articles and facts that were excluded from the film. Some of us think he was a bi-polar, foolhardy , stubborn, arrogant and thoughtless to his family , others hold him up as an inspirational God like martyr. The truth probably lies in between.
rlegear19 2 years ago
i want to go there
imazombiegirl 2 years ago 2
Live and let live. Why swear at anybody ? It is everybodys choice what to do with his or her life and you make your decisions as Chris did. Sure, his decisions were probably not wise in our eyes, but obviously he was okay with it. At the end he took the full responsibility and consequences.
NB: I fail to understand why people always use the f-word etc. in these comments, swear and insult each other.
smokey63 2 years ago 19
I just don't think that Alex would do something that cruel to anyone. Alex had a good heart and great spirit, he just made the mistake of overestimating his abilities. you can read it in his journle.
Democrities 2 years ago
rlegear19...ur a fuking idiot. the man made his decision, he had the juevos to do what made him happy. dont hate on him because of that. U are a stupid fuck AND people like you piss me the fuck off....
jbsewall 2 years ago 2
They used the bus in the real movie, right?
TheAwkwardBanana 2 years ago
It's so sad to think that if he would have only survived two more weeks the hunters would have discovered him and he would evidentially still be here today.
dragster178 2 years ago
i dont think so... Alex would just had travleled away from them or something
WilliamWStone 2 years ago
You are very wrong about that .......... He was discovered after leaving an impassioned plea in a placard on the bus door which read" S.OS. I need you help. I am injured, near death and too weak to hike out of here .I am all alone. This is no joke. In the name of God , please remain to save me.I am out collecting berries near by and shall return this evening. Thank you, Chris McCandless, August? "...............
rlegear19 2 years ago
Okay.... I din't know that.... I agree whit you.
WilliamWStone 2 years ago
@rlegear19 i didnt know that
nnick5611 2 years ago
thank you very much for posting this.
notrebud1 2 years ago
I wouldn't mind at all to take a calculated risk for living full out or die trying.People seem to have some kind of a problem about one mans decisions about his own life that shoudln't even concerne them in any way.If u want a compass,flashlight and an abtronic while u camp then go for it.Maybe its not about ''common'' sense in the first place,maybe its just about a man that did what he wanted to do.''Smart'' would've been to go to Harvard law
Thisismynameffs 2 years ago 4
thank you!
exactly what i think!
imazombiegirl 2 years ago
Wow. i want to see this bus myself.
ashrybby 2 years ago
wow this is awesome
erikmania 2 years ago
I notice you say you are agnostic. Me too, but despite this it was disturbing to see inside the bus and look at the bed where his body lay until discovered. It does still look so much as it does in the photos. I appreciate your respectful attitude to the spirit of the place, or whatever it could be called. I certainly would've been hiking back out the same day as well.
zutal0rs 2 years ago
Alex got busy living. and he lived.
Democrities 2 years ago
The Shawshank quote is actually kind of appropriate.
Vexis525 2 years ago
Wow. I hope I get to see it too someday.
drakkis 2 years ago
'follow ur dreams but not at the expense of common sense'' well said. just cuz u have a map doesnt mean ur a 'sellout' it means u arent totally fucked if u break ur leg or get sick from berrys.its a shame he had to die for something so stupid
djn00nan 2 years ago
@djn00nan Wow. Did someone on here said a person is a "sellout" for a having a map of where they are? If anyone really said that, they've obviously not spent more than a half hour by themselves in the woods, if even that
waldenpondogre 1 year ago
How far past the Teklanika was the bus? What time of year did you go there?
3024Arturo 2 years ago
It was farther than we thought. By my best estimates, I'd say it was 12+ miles. Easy (and pretty) hiking once you pass the Tek. We went toward the end of May. (Sorry for the delayed response).
shanesworld 2 years ago
Awesome, I want to go.
JAStewart 2 years ago
I wunder how the bus got there in the first place
ThizzBrotha408 2 years ago
there were 3 buses. they got their cause workers trying to build bridges over the rivers. the workers slept in the buses.. well the bridges they built got swept away so they towed 2 buses out but couldnt get the third one out so they left it.
NNRRGG1 2 years ago
they explain it in the book "Into The Wild" its part of a 1930s project for mining it was harsh terrain at the time so as they were blazing a trail through stampede creek they used three buses as small shelters to house the constructions workers which were skidded all along the trail but in 1960 the project was haulted the buses were recovered except one that was left there as a shelter for hunters just in case of sour conditions....
DenshaOtoko731 2 years ago
At one point they were planning on making the Stampede trail into a road, they put 3 buses out there so the workers had a place to stay/warm up and what not. Eventually they gave up making the road and pulled the other 2 buses out and left this one for hunters and trappers to stay in.
whess329 2 years ago
It explains in the book, something to the effect that the trail was originally going to be a road, but they ended construction. Eventually, the buses were converted to house hunters and had the stoves installed, etc.
bwmeyer 2 years ago
The movie was well made and intresting. Truly sad. In my opinion if he had map, radio and equipments with lots of food, he would be alive, but again no stories to begin with.
eal1011 2 years ago
Right, but that would have defeated his whole reasoning for wanting to go to Alaska. It wasn't a vacation. He was TRYING to isolate himself.
unrecognizedgenius 2 years ago
And isolation is a great thing, everyone should have to spend 2 weeks alone in the wilderness.
3024Arturo 2 years ago 3
It's the sadest but BEST movie i have ever watched i think.
The bus was just like in the film. But looks a bit trashed after all the idiots beeing there...
Thriccerito 2 years ago
i too saw the movie and i got choked up when the guy talked about adopting him because he never made it back from alaska. it was VERY sad. : (
Adumb50 2 years ago 2
Did the letters in the stove say anything interesting?
dphillips97 2 years ago
just mapquest maps of the area. so they weren't very detailed, go figure.
shanesworld 2 years ago
nice nice
eulex10 2 years ago
5 stars and then some.
I just watched the movie here in Australia. Even though a bit controversial to some his story is moving for many reasons. Googled Chris McCandless and here I am watching your vid of your trip to the very bus.
Thanks heaps for the effort you went to. The bus looks 100% as the movie shows.
Hoobz01 2 years ago
did they actualy film the movie there
TauharaCollegeIsGay 2 years ago
I don't believe so.
shanesworld 2 years ago
no, they couldn't for obvious technical and logistic reasons. They did however "recreate" the place a couple of miles (50, i think) away from the actual site...
jokin911 2 years ago
i just saw the movie and i almost cry at the end
thanks guys for sharing your vid
cualkierpendejo 2 years ago