Into The Wild in a Wrangler: In search of Chris McCandless's Alaskan Magic Bus

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  • Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
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  • @epicsave635
    @epicsave635 5 років тому +8

    A waste of 11:43 seconds of my life, what was the point of a video that never makes it to it's destination? Not to mention some of the video was not shot on the stamped trail!

  • @KyleBridenstine
    @KyleBridenstine 9 років тому

    Nice video, thanks

  • @TheOrangePilot
    @TheOrangePilot 9 років тому

    Cool I wondered when you guys would be up here

  • @sgbradley
    @sgbradley 9 років тому

    And every year someone dies making that trip too. Gezz drove all the way up there and didn't stop in Campbell River BC.....No #BC beer for you!

  • @gizzyguzzi
    @gizzyguzzi 6 років тому

    It wasn't a moose but a caribou he killed. It is also disputed that the berries or fungus caused his starvation. If he would have had a map there was another creek crossing a short distance away. But your jeep 'expertise' makes me laugh. So thanks for that.

  • @scrim555
    @scrim555 7 років тому +45

    ...should have showed us the real bus :(

  • @brian96597
    @brian96597 5 років тому +15

    I think I just watched an 11 minute, 43 second Jeep commercial?

    • @eileenhernandez6676
      @eileenhernandez6676 5 років тому

      Not me, I jumped from the beginning to where he located the bus.

    • @itsmeagain.1212
      @itsmeagain.1212 4 роки тому +2

      Agreed but add with a story about Chris and then a short viewing of a movie props.

  • @roywhiteo5
    @roywhiteo5 9 років тому +36

    jeep wrangler, check
    north face poofy jacket, check
    skinny jeans and chuck taylors, check
    bring it nature

    • @wildeyed76
      @wildeyed76 7 років тому +5

      Walking the rest of the way to the bus, No way

    • @blackr0se
      @blackr0se 6 років тому +5

      Not going to the "real bus", check.

    • @billwilliams9897
      @billwilliams9897 6 років тому

      Matt R....:D Lmao...check

    • @johnnymoran180
      @johnnymoran180 4 роки тому

      LOL, EXACTLY. How totally ironic...

    • @jonesfactor9
      @jonesfactor9 4 роки тому

      roywhiteo5 LMAO

  • @MarcAndre1
    @MarcAndre1 4 роки тому +4

    I read the book... They have since air lifted the real bus out of where it was when Chris died. To many people were making the pilgrimage to the bus and and other people have died making the trek. So recently when a young woman died making one of those pilgrimages they decided to remove the bus.

  • @capngeo2002
    @capngeo2002 4 роки тому +5

    The bus was airlifted out and is now being restored for display by The Museum at The University of Alaska, Fairbanks.

  • @wsc31
    @wsc31 9 років тому +46

    Mr. McCandless sought to become one with the natural world. Unfortunately for him he realized too late that as much as he may have cared about nature it is not a nurturing mother but a neutral observer which watched impassively as he failed to survive.

    • @Guy_de_Loimbard
      @Guy_de_Loimbard 9 років тому +3

      +Dan Troop At the risk of sounding as cold as "Mother Nature" herself... I will never understand why people are so compelled by the story of some fool who wandered out into the wilderness and basically killed himself via his own ignorance and stupidity.

    • @Guy_de_Loimbard
      @Guy_de_Loimbard 7 років тому +1

      + Paul Steed If not killing myself via my own ignorance and stupidity makes me a pussy... well, I'd rather be a pussy who's alive than an stupid ignorant man who's dead.

    • @Injamben
      @Injamben 6 років тому +1

      DroverChicago I agree he went too far but if you cant see the beauty behind his story then you are possibly more ignorant than he was.

    • @robertrichardson9953
      @robertrichardson9953 5 років тому +5

      @@Guy_de_Loimbard it's better to die on your feet than live on your knees.

    • @eileenhernandez6676
      @eileenhernandez6676 5 років тому

      Beautifully said!

  • @martybear2995
    @martybear2995 6 років тому +8

    You took us on a trip yo a movie set bro **

  • @todd2000gcinet
    @todd2000gcinet 9 років тому +11

    I forgot to add that I've lived here in Alaska for 20 years and I have had some friends get lost and some not return, rest in peace Sharon B.!!

    • @servicestation2619
      @servicestation2619 4 роки тому +1

      Hi friends did you know how the old international harvester k5 bus reached those woods ??
      There is a story
      ua-cam.com/video/CZ0BxWmNzUw/v-deo.html

    • @sethenewman4309
      @sethenewman4309 2 роки тому

      What’s Sharon B.’s story?

  • @scottfoster2487
    @scottfoster2487 8 років тому +17

    Chris never burned his id ,ihis wallet was found years later with money still in.

    • @kane00000
      @kane00000 4 роки тому +1

      Honestly pretty silly not to spend it if you knew it was just going to get left behind. I would have ordered a pizza or something at least. Even if I had to over tip the pizza guy.

    • @chisox1085
      @chisox1085 3 роки тому

      But he did take a picture of him burning money just saying

  • @philtripe
    @philtripe 9 років тому +12

    By the end of summer in 1990, McCandless had driven his Datsun through Arizona, California and South Dakota, where he worked at a grain elevator in Carthage. A flash flood disabled his car, at which point he simply removed its license plates, took what he could carry and kept moving on foot. His car was later repaired and served as an undercover vehicle for the local police department...to quote wiki...I read a copy of his hand written journal in the early 90's before the book came out and it brought me to tears to think about the way he died.i took it s a great life lesson and at the time had not realized that it just happened...I thought until today that the entire event happened in the 70's...before I read it I wanted to go to Alaska an live off the land and after I would never do anything like that

  • @kdigiacomo
    @kdigiacomo 6 років тому +3

    This is a Jeep advertisement, has nothing to do with Chris. I have a Jeep, this is shame. What a joke...

  • @shanerobinson6776
    @shanerobinson6776 4 роки тому +2

    Seen the movie was sad but a life lesson - happiness is best shared

  • @thomaskatayama3336
    @thomaskatayama3336 9 років тому +10

    Into the Wild is one of my favorite books.

  • @kingravenink
    @kingravenink 3 роки тому +2

    " He died somewhere over there... but anyway, check out this jeep. "

  • @VictorAspidov
    @VictorAspidov Рік тому +1

    I have done 97 countries mostly hitchiking and shared my knowledge with many people about traveling and one of them was Nika Nikanova, who died crossing that river in her hitchiking honeymoon trip on the way back from the bus! I saw two buses already just in safe places!

  • @briantrego2409
    @briantrego2409 2 місяці тому +1

    wheres the story on how that bus ended up there in the first place....the real bus since im seeing that this isnt the reaal one

  • @shellbacksclub
    @shellbacksclub 5 років тому +7

    he should've been a millennial!

    • @amosburton
      @amosburton 3 роки тому

      Why? Is there a shortage of millennial assholes like us?

  • @DanielDenoted
    @DanielDenoted Рік тому +1

    It’s a video about the bus that was a stunt double for the real bus. Lol kinda cool. Always thought they used the same bus in the movie lol

  • @tomthorn2887
    @tomthorn2887 6 років тому +2

    Depressing! You SHOULD have shown the real bus after all of that.

    • @holyshit2709
      @holyshit2709 5 років тому

      The jeep must of been more important lol.

  • @bessiemann7468
    @bessiemann7468 3 роки тому +2

    The bus has been moved as of 2020

  • @isaachidder7563
    @isaachidder7563 8 років тому +2

    It's the Movie Bus not the actual bus...

  • @oneroundmatch2011
    @oneroundmatch2011 8 років тому +8

    wack

  • @jonesfactor9
    @jonesfactor9 4 роки тому +1

    So you don’t go to the actual bus? What a waste of time, thanks.

  • @redrocker1055
    @redrocker1055 7 років тому +7

    There was absolutely no point to this Jeep commercial. What a disgrace.

  • @chisox1085
    @chisox1085 3 роки тому +2

    Pretty shitty how they moved the real bus

    • @epicarts2105
      @epicarts2105 Місяць тому

      There's a guy that owns a hotel on the stampede trail. That probably destroyed his business!

  • @briantrego2409
    @briantrego2409 2 місяці тому +1

    how did someone get a city transit bus clear out in the middle of no where? like was there an a rd there or property someone had? just curious

    • @epicarts2105
      @epicarts2105 Місяць тому

      It was towed out there by a bulldozer in 1961 during the construction of the stampede trail. The bus was left there because of a broken axle. The bus was used as housing for the workers building the road.

    • @briantrego2409
      @briantrego2409 Місяць тому +1

      @@epicarts2105 oh cool thnx....i thought the story and movie was pretty cool though tragic too...i always wonder how vehicles wind up waay out in places where there generally isnt a way for them to get there anymore

  • @fredmartine674
    @fredmartine674 4 роки тому +1

    I watched the movie "Into The Wild" years ago and haven't forgotten it. I was hoping life was gonna turn out good for Chris while watching the movie but came with a sad ending. My condolences to the family and friends of Chris. Thanks for the cool Jeep tour video and almost reaching the actual site, that is one unforgiving terrain. Extra supplies and a good 4-wheel will get you in and out of this area.

  • @shahbazhussain4327
    @shahbazhussain4327 5 років тому +1

    In fact Chris was really broken by the circumstances that he faced. ..and he hated everything around he had and wanted to wash his memory that's why he returned to nature........

    • @07wrxtr1
      @07wrxtr1 3 роки тому

      I don’t think he “hated everything around”
      If you read his quotes, he talks about how most people do not choose real freedom but instead trap themselves in complacent conformity. This “value system” leads to a loss of identity self actualization, and worse - a life not realized.
      In most developed nations people are trained to simply be conformist consumers, and those departing from such lifestyle are alienated.
      Lastly - We don’t talk about child abuse and trauma caused from it because then we would have to question our relationship choices, lifestyle priorities, and personal identity, so instead we pretend everything is wonderful on the outside but inside most people are present day products of past trauma.
      Chris wanted to take the road less traveled in order to reconcile and overcome such trauma

  • @88PeteZa
    @88PeteZa 7 років тому +1

    Im here looking for stuff on Chris McCandles and I get a Jeep Commercial??? what crap....

  • @thomaskatayama3336
    @thomaskatayama3336 9 років тому +2

    You guys rocked this video! I have a Jeep Wrangler Unlimited and I was living vicariously through your adventure. The aerial shots were fantastic. Even the conversations with Tommy were entertaining. Visiting Alaska with my RV towing my jeep is on my list of things to do.
    Also, when you started showing the "Magic Bus", I got all emotional. It might not have been the real deal, but it was just awesome to see the bus and to see the memorial that they built.

  • @XBMD86X
    @XBMD86X 9 років тому +2

    We started reading this book in English class a couple weeks ago and from the moment I started reading it, it inspired me. I don't think I've ever read anything like it. I kinda want to take my own adventure into Western Canada and Alaska someday, maybe not with as few things as Chris did, but it would sure be the trip of a life time.

  • @ituyi
    @ituyi 3 роки тому +1

    So is tryna show off the keep orrr🤣😅

  • @scubatrucker6806
    @scubatrucker6806 2 роки тому +1

    6 years into the future. Need to take a RT1 or Ford lightning down that trail.

  • @noahmeenen6670
    @noahmeenen6670 3 роки тому +1

    this guy is really flexing his jeep

  • @TheGbizaille
    @TheGbizaille 9 років тому +3

    wonderful content guys, wish it was possible to hit that like button thousand times. keep up the good work guys.

  • @O18134
    @O18134 9 років тому +3

    Why couldn't you guys go to the real Magic Bus?

    • @TFLcar
      @TFLcar  9 років тому +1

      Did you watch the video?

    • @styldsteel1
      @styldsteel1 8 років тому

      +The Fast Lane Car lol

    • @wildeyed76
      @wildeyed76 7 років тому +5

      Because they didn't want to get muddy.

  • @mikestaryk80
    @mikestaryk80 6 років тому +1

    Drove through some mud puddles and drove back to a brewery to show us a movie prop...

  • @fiddle1999
    @fiddle1999 6 років тому +3

    This video was more about showing off the jeep, waste of time. Then to top it of, you dont even show the real bus

    • @spencerhinds
      @spencerhinds 5 років тому

      A car review channel focused on a Jeep Are you serious? What has the world come to Mr 1999

  • @lrobie123
    @lrobie123 3 роки тому +1

    suburban guy in a jeep video

  • @smokeybear5460
    @smokeybear5460 6 років тому +1

    Dude was a total buffoon. Cool story though.

  • @juditahn9649
    @juditahn9649 Рік тому

    The Father: He finally starved but looked for his freedom and his father is in the job because he had two families. The Son: Great.
    Most important: the Jeep Wrangler did it
    If there is a missing report about the son.. no wonder. He might have escaped from this "father"
    psml

  • @ParadoxdesignsOrg
    @ParadoxdesignsOrg 9 років тому +1

    I thought they were planning on moving the bus because of people stealing things and other nonsense going on there? I've been a huge fan of Into The Wild since forever and one day really hope it's still there for years to come so I can too one day visit it.

  • @denisbelton3194
    @denisbelton3194 3 роки тому

    Christopher McCandless was no inspiration. He was a reckless, foolhardy eccentric who plunged headlong into dangerous situations with no forethought or planning. People have died or suffered serious injury following what they thought was some sort of misguided path to self-discovery. The best thing to happen with this whole sorry saga was when the Alaskan authorities had the bus removed.

  • @Offshore1977
    @Offshore1977 6 років тому +3

    Love the fact that Jeeps can take you on these unique adventures. That’s the Jeep life. Thanks for sharing.

    • @jblob5764
      @jblob5764 6 років тому

      LSanti lol so can toyotas, nissans, chevys, fords... Just not dodges...

  • @justaguy2022
    @justaguy2022 9 років тому +2

    is it impossible to get to the actual bus? the 6x6 ATV cant go there either? its kinda of a bummer to get all the way there and not see the bus. the town should build a path to the actual bus and they will get their economy booming

    • @Axisoft
      @Axisoft 9 років тому

      you have to basically walk on a wire or rope climb it horizontally to get across the river

    • @styldsteel1
      @styldsteel1 8 років тому

      +Elirv Smlnovov lol. I wouldn't go that far. lol. Good movie, but not exactly a smash hit.

  • @nuancolar7304
    @nuancolar7304 4 роки тому

    I cannot understand why a needless death and in a situation that left him alone and suffering is "inspiring" to anyone. He did not "live life to its fullest" because his life was cut very, very short by his own decisions. He gave away all his tomorrows to follow an ill-fated idea. Sometimes I think people are more drawn to their own need to "be inspired" than they are at finding appropriate things from which to draw that inspiration. It's sad.

  • @ribbit1964
    @ribbit1964 9 років тому +3

    i was just there! i'm learning to really love alaska!

  • @2424cmartini
    @2424cmartini 6 років тому +1

    yuppie produces click bait video

  • @manbearpig2164
    @manbearpig2164 7 років тому +2

    into the wild, one of my favorite movies, RIP Chris

  • @denboe2894
    @denboe2894 4 роки тому

    He burned his money because he was deparate, knew it, and did not have hope to get outta there. But, remember he had money [hundee buh] stashed in his sock and pulled it out later and was able to get a job if he got outta there and did. It also helps to know how to make "jerky" which is thin strips air dried or smoked but, must bit thin strips so it will dry/cure before getting rotten or spoiling.

  • @shellbacksclub
    @shellbacksclub 5 років тому

    dude's son must've felt like.. "wtf dad? why do u respect this little dbag? Will u FINALLY respect me if i do crazy shit like this?" smh

  • @3crowns21
    @3crowns21 4 роки тому

    Con man, liar, sold his mother the Brooklyn Bridge. This is just a Jeep commercial going to see the movie prop and not the real 142.

  • @capngeo2002
    @capngeo2002 4 роки тому

    That bus was recently picked up by an Alaska National Helicopter and moved to an undisclosed location. So don't try to find it.

  • @kempy7698
    @kempy7698 5 років тому

    I am not inspired . wasmt the real bus . at a brewery ( figures cashing in on a event or idea) These wranglers are weak . a 96 ford ranger could do all of this . not about submodels .

  • @rustychain9518
    @rustychain9518 4 роки тому

    If he’d have set a warning fire he would have been rescued within hours, his sister said he would have rather died than start a forest fire...🤔

  • @guytremblay1647
    @guytremblay1647 4 роки тому

    next time get yourself a ford Bronco2 and you wont have to worry about those beaver dams anymore

  • @mr.debusy2457
    @mr.debusy2457 6 років тому

    Who is nerd with him ? This looks lil gay? Thank god for the masculine wrangler

  • @TOPSYKRETTSHERE
    @TOPSYKRETTSHERE 6 років тому +1

    so much wrong with this video

  • @vinuezaer
    @vinuezaer 4 роки тому

    ....and now the national guard moved it to undisclosed location.

  • @manbearpig2164
    @manbearpig2164 7 років тому +1

    Alexander Supertramp

  • @carravagio16
    @carravagio16 8 років тому +1

    thank you for showing this video with respect and understanding the story

  • @jasonyelland4428
    @jasonyelland4428 9 років тому

    the big question about him is was he a transcendentalist or just a boy who wanted to get out of his so called good life. The story is very moving as is the movie.

    • @jasonyelland4428
      @jasonyelland4428 9 років тому

      That's what you think. But he followed in the foot steps of a transcendentalist author. Have you read the book? The movie makes you pick a side. I had to go through transcendentalism chapter my sophomore year in highschool. I believe that Chris "alexender supertramp" was a transcendentalist at heart. He completed his journey but was not able to leave is surrounding area and died from a toxin from a potato root.

  • @bessiemann7468
    @bessiemann7468 4 роки тому

    The bus has been moved.Sad what happen to Chris

  • @sicnarf423
    @sicnarf423 5 років тому

    You can drive on the Stampede trail to the bus now?

  • @greatfun7316
    @greatfun7316 6 років тому

    Clickbait commercial on the memorial of a kid.

  • @danielking1850
    @danielking1850 7 років тому +5

    I watched all this and it's not the actual bus??? Come on...

    • @jonmacdonald5345
      @jonmacdonald5345 5 років тому

      Daniel King Hunters were taking shits in the original bus!

  • @colinsmith9208
    @colinsmith9208 7 років тому +5

    Wow this was horrible.

  • @kylecosgrove6253
    @kylecosgrove6253 4 роки тому

    This is just a jeep ad and its kind of pathetic

  • @slapnutzracing2152
    @slapnutzracing2152 4 роки тому

    Unibody turds not a real jeep 😒

  • @sjhoff
    @sjhoff 5 років тому

    I Recently went to Alaska and was talking to a local from Healy, who did not refer to the bus (the real one) as the magic bus, but more aptly called it "the idiot bus". A while back a woman had drowned trying to cross the river and see the bus where an idiot died and a neo-heroic myth was born.

  • @ratherbecamping5564
    @ratherbecamping5564 7 років тому +6

    Way to take a man's death and turn it into a commercial to sell jeep wranglers..
    I'm sure this is what he would have wanted.

    • @TFLcar
      @TFLcar  7 років тому +5

      +RatherBeCamping 556 You mean the same way his death was used to sell books and movie tickets or is that different? Roman tells a thoughtful and interesting story in this video but haters will always hate.....so sad!

    • @ratherbecamping5564
      @ratherbecamping5564 7 років тому

      The Fast Lane Car that's a bit different don't you think? Telling his story is one thing, selling me your jeep is another..

  • @westslopeexp2687
    @westslopeexp2687 7 років тому +1

    I made it out to the bus with my jeep solo, drove from key west florida to dead horse AK.

    • @j.r.choate4952
      @j.r.choate4952 7 років тому

      Russ Olo I would like to here more about your trip I'm planning the same thing from Louisiana

    • @westslopeexp2687
      @westslopeexp2687 6 років тому

      I kept my trip to scenic highways and back roads for the drive up. the road to the bus was an adventure, ill see if I can upload it.

  • @jhouse6352
    @jhouse6352 6 років тому

    Poor taste. Hopefully the money your making from exploiting this young mans death goes to the family. Didn't even happen that long ago! Jesus.

  • @bdc2320
    @bdc2320 5 років тому

    Who put that Bus there in the first place? Anymore know?

    • @chrisleo841
      @chrisleo841 4 роки тому

      Stalin did before he sold Alaska that bus is a bonus

  • @mikecooke7876
    @mikecooke7876 4 роки тому

    hikers get to the bus all the time

  • @centredoorplugsthornton4112
    @centredoorplugsthornton4112 6 років тому

    Do I sense a Christopher Alexander Johnson Supertramp McCandless industry or franchise?
    Like this could be the 142nd comment, same as the fleet number of the bus left along the trail.

  • @denboe2894
    @denboe2894 4 роки тому

    Splashing through puddles can get your cables/wires tore out, or unplugged under there from jetting water.

  • @andrewb.5996
    @andrewb.5996 7 років тому

    FAKE bus....thumbs down.

  • @josephsmith2537
    @josephsmith2537 5 років тому

    Jeep wrangler commercial.

  • @todd2000gcinet
    @todd2000gcinet 9 років тому

    There are so many misunderstandings about Alaska I can't even begin to address them!!
    Great video sad story!!
    I had heard the town of Fairbanks had moved the bus for public safety reasons, but I guess not.

  • @kyleansley
    @kyleansley 6 років тому

    Loved this video. I’m planning a trip up there in my 17 F150 STX 4x4 to drive the Dalton too. Just wondering if you guys think my truck would make it to the river or if it’s too washed out to chance it?

  • @gato7908
    @gato7908 7 років тому +1

    Tommy's the spittin' image of Buddy Holly 😏

    • @anthonyc1883
      @anthonyc1883 6 років тому

      Gato Excellent! Does that make the rest of the TFL crew "The Crickets"? (I keed, I keed!) lol

  • @frankw7266
    @frankw7266 6 років тому

    Me & my Jeep: Sometimes you find yourself in the middle of nowhere.... And, sometimes, in the middle of nowhere, you find yourself.

  • @gunnarasgeirsson6870
    @gunnarasgeirsson6870 9 років тому +1

    awesome just read the book

  • @jamescolter9917
    @jamescolter9917 8 років тому

    How lame, splashing through puddles does not make an interesting video.

  • @andthenightcame8959
    @andthenightcame8959 5 років тому

    Not the real bus.

  • @styldsteel1
    @styldsteel1 8 років тому

    Roman? Are these jeeps rented? Wonderful little video. Thank you. Hat tip to you and your son.

  • @amerfazezy6340
    @amerfazezy6340 9 років тому +1

    This is one of my favorite videos of all time

    • @itsmeagain.1212
      @itsmeagain.1212 4 роки тому +2

      Sad .. If you look you find better.
      Like one with his sister visiting the real bus where her brother died.
      Lots of videos of people hiking to the real bus.

  • @MultiPurposeReviewer
    @MultiPurposeReviewer 6 років тому

    Is it physically possible anymore to reach THE bus, even on foot?

  • @SmithFarmTilton
    @SmithFarmTilton 3 роки тому

    I feel cheated.

  • @artcore9886
    @artcore9886 7 років тому

    This documentary has brought to you by Jeep Wrangler.

  • @MrPocketfullOfSteel
    @MrPocketfullOfSteel 8 років тому

    Fraud.😎😏👎

  • @BillSprague
    @BillSprague 8 років тому

    Awesome! It reminds me of happy hours in my old Jeep Cherokees with my wife and sons.

  • @jblob5764
    @jblob5764 6 років тому

    Just discovered this channel and i have always wanted to make the trip up there.

  • @andthenightcame8959
    @andthenightcame8959 7 років тому

    Fake