Woman dies in Alaska trying to reach famed ‘Into the Wild’ bus
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Woman dies in Alaska trying to reach famed ‘Into the Wild’ bus
The bus has been the source of multiple rescues since it was made famous, first by Jon Krakauer's book in 1996 and then by Sean Penn's 2007 film.
ASSOCIATED PRESS Posted July 26 2019 Updated July 27 2019
The bus in Alaska where Christopher McCandless died, made famous by the book and subsequent film "Into the Wild." Associated Press
FAIRBANKS, Alaska — A newlywed woman from Belarus who was swept away by a river in Alaska was trying to reach an abandoned bus made famous by the book and film “Into the Wild.”
Veramika Maikamava, 24, and her husband, Piotr Markielau, also 24, on Thursday were heading for the bus where hiker Christopher McCandless met his death in 1992, The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner reported .
The bus has been the source of multiple rescues since it was made famous, first by Jon Krakauer’s book published in 1996 and then by Sean Penn’s 2007 film. Both chronicled the life and death of McCandless, who hiked into the Alaska wilderness with little food and equipment and spent the summer living in the bus. McCandless was found dead in the bus almost four months later.
Markielau called troopers in Fairbanks late Thursday to report his wife’s death during a hike, Alaska State Troopers said.
The couple was trying to cross the Teklanika River along the Stampede Trail near Healy when the woman was swept under water, the troopers said. The river was flowing high and fast because of recent rains.
Markielau reported he was able to pull his wife out of the water a short distance away downriver, but she had died by then, the troopers said.
The body has been recovered.
In June 2013, three hikers were rescued by a passing military helicopter when they tried to reach the bus.
In May 2013, three German hikers trying to reach the bus on the Stampede Trail, near Healy, located about 10 miles north of the entrance to Denali National Park and Preserve on the Parks Highway, also had to be rescued. They told troopers the river they crossed getting to the bus had become impassable for the return due to high, swift-running water. The hikers had proper gear but only enough food for three days, troopers said.
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Coincidence? Just two days ago I posted this note to the Everybody Loves Movies - Classic to Current group,...
...and today on BING I discovered this story. Amazing.
People making bad decisions.
You're absolutely right.
Woman dies in Alaska trying to reach famed ‘Into the Wild’ bus
Those that fail to learn from history..................
LOL. Quite right.
I think the state should go in with a sky hook and remove that bus, thus taking away the incentive to attempt to visit it due to its macabre fame.
I think people should be required to pass a basic survival IQ test before being allowed into the wild unsupervised.
The irony here is too remarkable to ignore!
So, idiot A, tries to live in the wild, and dies because he was an idiot, and now, idiot B, dies trying to get to the spot where idiot A died?
It's like an idiot magnet.