Going North - Episode 12: Shocking news about Magic Bus 142 from Into The Wild
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- Magic Bus 142, where Chris McCandless passed away 28 years ago was moved by a military helicopter on June 18 - 2020 out of it's resting place for the last 60 years! What a shock this was and I do feel so blessed to have been there in person and also to likely have some of the last footage of the bus on the Stampede Trail.
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Thanks for sharing! Great shots of the bus interior! I still think they should build a "bridge" and then put the bus back in it's original location. The whole purpose and meaning behind the Chris McCandless story lies not only in the bus itself, but in the location where he survived in the wild for months as well. I don't understand why it is not being taken seriously as a historic landmark for future generations to come and visit.
Karen, I could not have said it better myself, you hit the nail on the head it was totally a historic landmark.
It’s litter
I wonder how the bus got there in the first place.
@@JaY-fs4rd they put it there for people when they were doing construction. They abandoned the project and left it for hunters to use
@@benjaminposer593 Thanks.
It's like the titanic I think they should have left it alone because after a certain point it becomes not only a historical site but a memorial.
But no One had died going to titanic. They just spend way too much money on a submarine ride
I was lucky to see the bus from the air in the 90s. My friend had a Cessna 170.
Those who planning for the visit that bus... Let me tell you.... My and your dream shattered... Now it's only a dream... 🥺
Part of me is missing now
😑
This is a shock, almost like your magic car getting hit by a few more deer...wow, but so glad you were able to get there before it was removed.....mixed feelings on this for sure, thanks for taking all of us along on your journey.
They could have kept the bus in its spot and just build a bridge over that river to make it easy for the visitors. Christopher's spirit will live on anyway
Maybe now no one will die going up there, but i have to wonder if this will stop unprepared people from going up there? one can hope but i wouldn't be surprised if people keep going to the Stampede Trail.
You bet, people will still go there. It's a great place to camp and think about things.
What McCandless did was so reckless and so irresponsible, it was borderline suicide. He not only killed himself, he hurt his own family and friends as well. Yet he is considered as a survivalist by some, and worshiped by others as a hero. It doesn't make any intelligent sense.
Two people drown trying to reach the "sacred" 142 bus, and many others needed to be rescued by Search and Rescue. I'm glad the bus is gone. Hopefully people will now finally start to forget about the total loser McCandless, and the piece of junk bus.
People NEED to live their OWN life's.
It's people that tell others HOW to live , is the exact reason that Chris did what he did !!!
@@1deadhead So because somebody told Chris how to live his life, in retaliation he gave all his money away and hiked into the Alaskan wilderness without enough gear and supplies to survive and died as a result. Did I get it right?
Chris McCandless is a genius. He had such exceptional intellectual ability, creativity, and originality I'm almost at a loss for words. I'll bet all those people who told him how to live his life won't be tellin' anybody else how to live theirs. Next time somebody tells me how to live life I think I'll trek off into a remote wilderness and kill myself from starvation.
Put the bus back where it should be！
....look...as a camper, hiker, survivalist adventure seeker myself...I understand their intent...but let me tell you ~ This will not prevent seekers...from still going to that exact location...and setting up camp...this is almost certain...." one cannot remove history from its origin or birth place...the echo and memory...always remains " Amen !
I kind of wonder that myself but pretty sure you are right
What is the chief end of man ?
Man's chief end is to glorify God and enjoy Him forever.
Seek Christ Jesus the Redeemer
No kidding, right?!!
Let's put a monument there. The Facebook page is Magic Bus Memorial
It will not prevent all attempts, but it will prevent a few people from trying. Putting it in a museum will likely draw in people that might otherwise attempt a visit. They can be tourists in a more friendly environment. I'm a hiker/camper/climber myself. I'm not sure how I feel about the allure associated with this bus. It's a monument to being out of your element. I'm not sure that's a good thing.
I always thought I'd travel to that bus one day. I do appreciate "Going North" thank you for that historical documentary!
Our pleasure!
The bus is gone but the area is still a good camping spot! Get your self in shape and camp out at the site. Enjoy nature, but do it wisely not as a pilgrimage.
A total of two people have died going to or from the bus in all the years it was there (not including McCandless). People die climbing mountains, swimming, hiking, and all other things routinely. 15 rescues in a dozen years. Much less than many other mountain climbs entail. Oregon's Mount Hood just for one example; At least 130 have died climbing the mountain, with around 50 rescue missions per year! 300 have died on Everest...and on and on. Yet 2 total deaths and 15 total rescues were too much? The bus should have stayed!
I've had the same thoughts as you, the more I think about it, this was a very shallow decision.
They could have kept the bus in its spot and just build a bridge over that river to make it easy for the visitors. Christopher's spirit will live on anyway
No that is NOT an argument it isn't about numbers silly it's about LIVES, needless loss of life including Chris's.
Why on earth would you want more people to go out there and continue to DIE so you people can have a warm
fuzzy at that bus? That's CRAZY you want MORE families to go through the loss of a loved one like Chris's sister?
The fact of the matter is NOBODY would even go to the bus if it weren't for the book and movie. Nobody would
care PERIOD you DON'T NEED to turn the bus into an idol just go reread to book and rewatch the movie.
That bus has been broke down there for 60 years, it's in a harsh unforgiving WILDERNESS with GRIZZLY BEARS
walking around and people have been attacked NOBODY'S talking about that. The locals do get to have a say
about the resources spent in THEIR STATE and THEY WANTED THE BUS GONE end of discussion. Chris and
all the other non-natives to Alaska had no business going out there unprepared in the first place! This kid may
as well have just committed suicide, as go out there with ONLY a bag of rice, and no weapons or hunting skills.
@@DiligoBarba My goodness...do you ever leave your house? Or are you too scared to walk outside. Do you wear a helmet 24/7 incase you should trip and fall? Do you live underneath your bed afraid of the world? NEWSFLASH: PEOPLE GET KILLED EVERY DAY ON ADVENTURES THEY CHOOSE TO TRY! I raced cars my entire life, spent a good portion of my life over 200 mph. I fly planes. I boat. I water ski...and many other things. So do millions of others!
Good thing you live in modern times, you would never have made it in life 100-150 years ago. What a sad, meaningless, shallow, scared life you must live...sad...
@@DiligoBarba just like other historic spots around the world and the stories behind them. Do you think people will fly to Cambodia to see a place full of skulls and named Killing Field for fun? The fact that there have been so many people coming to that bus just proves that Chris's journey meant something to them. Of course, there were people who weren't well-prepared for it, just like Chris. But at the end of the day, it's people's choices and the trip takes a spiritful part of their life. It's very easy to destroy things but extremely hard to build them up. It's not the bus that's gone, it's Chris and all of the meaningful things about it. Instead of removing it, perhaps just look at the dangerous matters and put on warnings, signs, rules, even laws about going there. I mean, economically, it could have been a good thing for tourism for a certain group of people.
Now is a perfect time to visit the area there, no more tourists
Such a good idea.. it’s a material object exactly what Chris didn’t like.. he wouldn’t even upset at all. People came first not a hunk of steel.
I fell in love with that book.
That bus was more like a shrine. You build a path to shrine, not remove the shrine. This place was in my bucket list....I feel so sad rn.
I SO AGREE!!!!
This was a sad decision to remove the bus. People are dying on their way to Mount Everest as well.
So you think that justifies leaving it there? Oh let’s compare how people die just to leave a death trap in its place. Come on.
The story of 2020 in general. Remove the small things that MAY harm someone... ignore the large things that absolutely harm everyone.
4 people died in Denali National Park last year. Why not stop people from going there ? I've started a Facebook page "Magic Bus Memorial" where we can put a monument on the site
I honestly don’t understand why this bus and the story behind it has been so overly romanticized. This was never a heroic tale, but a tragic death of an adventurous, but ultimately naive young man. It simply isn’t worth the lives of other naive travellers making a ‘pilgrimage’ out to the bus. 🤷♀️
Who is more foolish? The fool, or the fools that follow him.
@@ediebarry4648
“If something burns your soul with purpose and desire, it’s your duty to be reduced to ashes by it. Any other form of existence will be yet another dull book in the library of life.”
― Charles Bukowski
I went there many times when i lived in Alaska. Its a shame that people who weren't prepared for the Alaska wilderness helped with its removal. I hope it finds a good home!!!
Always been a bucket lister for me. I guess not anymore. 😢😢😢. Thank you for the touching
video.
Headlines : “bus caused a danger to tourists”
No, tourist took it upon themselves to put themselves in danger.
Plus now people will just go visit the spot where the bus was. And now they will just have no shelter.
Right, people put themselves in danger, the bus didn't tell them to do anything!
@@ParklandFilms Plus from other videos it seems there was an awful amount of trash being left out there. I believe some was hauled away but almost looked like they needed a dump truck up there to clean the surrounding area up.
No, the main reason for going was to see the bus. Now that main reason has been removed.
@@ParklandFilms the people who put themselves in danger also put their rescuers in danger.
@@fuelboyfilms You will never get a dump truck there
For information. The bus location will probably be at Alaska's Fairbanks museum.
It might make Smithsonian
On one hand I feel saddened by this news. It is as if this site has been desecrated. I truly hope they find a meaningful and safe spot to make the bus more accessible to those who wish to visit. I truly hope a nearby museum will step up and want to add this very sad tale to the history of Alaska.
I feel the same way, it's a total desacration.
The site was a GARBAGE DUMP. Piles of debris from hundreds of entitled city noobs who'd go up there for a 'special moment' and then act like a baboon in a pig sty. The magic was gone. Over. Done.
@@SpreadingtheMuse and an awful lot of rubbish was from locals, look at the rubbish in a lot of vids and you will see lots of empty food cans. Who carries tins of food on a hike, you'd be crazy to take the extra weight on a hike like that. I think youll find it was a mixture of both lazy hikers and locals who visit in their 4x4's and ATV's.
Happiness is only real when shared ❤️
And they took that happiness away by removing the Bus.☹️
Amen!
@@bbs2183
They could have kept the bus in its spot and just build a bridge over that river to make it easy for the visitors. Sad, but Christopher's spirit will live on anyway
I was sad that the bus was removed, but understand it needed to be done. I wish I could have visited it while it was still there. I’m guessing a few people may still visit the location regardless.
You’re right, it was like a people magnet 🧲
Erasure. But its in a museum.
Nature is not a plaything. If im ever up there, ill visit it at university Alaska museum.
Whoever thought to move the bus.....obviously doesn't think much or clearly. Someone always promising security in exchange for freedom. If they could move Mt. Everest.....
I wonder what it cost to remove the bus in comparison to what it would cost to make a safer route to the bus. Lives are important and I'm sure Chris wouldn't want lives lost to his memory. I also wonder if Chris's family had some say in the matter. I'm so glad we have "Going North" to look back on and as often as we like. I read the book and saw the movie but never had the desire to go there so I might not fully understand those that do, although the story did grab my heart. I do see how shocked and anxious you are feeling, God Bless you! Thank you for the update!
It was much cheaper to move it the way it was. It was also a training mission, that would have cost the same if they trained doing something else.
i think it's good that it is moved to a museum where everybody can watch it
No kidding, I think a footbridge would have been relatively cheap and could have been crowdfunded. Thank you Becky, good to hear from you!
@@ParklandFilms No, a foot bridge would not have been relatively cheap to build.
as point of reference the average bridge is $5 million, most are small and in more hospitable areas. I'm sure every one thinks a standard highway bridge would be overkill however the foundation for that river requires massive costs. similar attempts in our Ouachita and elsewhere show the bridges are lost every flood. So my guess is $25 million minimum. That river will flood and take down practically all structures
Bridge would've been cheaper cuz people are still gonna go there
You bet!!
I think they should've left the bus alone. It ruined the spirit and idea of Chris's (Alexander) legacy. It would have been cheaper and epic, to just set up a couple of simple one person trams for river crossings. Adventurers and risk takers will always find trouble - be it finding the magic bus, Denali or Machu Piccu etc...
I'm from Turkey.And in my country Christopher's lifestory isn't that much popular.Only some people knows that and aproxiematly all of them think that a crazy people's awkard and meanless story. So I really wanted to reach there, Alaska,magic bus. But in this conditions it's imposible to arrive,see or be in there.Such a disappointment for me... ( apologies for my bad english)
I hope to get to Alaska in 2022, and celebrate my 30th birthday thinking about him! #1992 #birthday
Then remove Mount Everest to more save location, just because of over 300 death cases of climbers. Barbarians, they try to eraze history.
I’m so glad you two made the trek to Alaska and have this wonderful footage!
Us too!
Removing the bus won’t stop people to visit the area.
Let’s see after pandemic, will the visitors decrease?!
This hurts me to my heart 😞 I really hope they preserve it so more people can enjoy it and have that wonderful connection you had. I feel like I just lost a friend
Well said.
#TRUTH #AGREED
So sad they moved the bus.But it was for the good because people had to be rescued when going there.A few people drowned crossing the river.
What a stupid decision! That's not going to keep the hikers away!
They could've let it there as a potential shelter instead!
its not about the bus its about the journey that christ took that motivate poeple to go there and removing the bus will not change that and people will still go there to see where Chris died . the bus only provided some kind of felling because he died in it But his life was outside of it . I allways said that removing this bus from there would be the best idea but not becasue it would stop people from going there but it would surely discourage those who are not experienced from going there . But i still think that removing it from there was the best solution that they should have taken years ago
Thanks for give us the information with video bus of there, may u succes with ur yt channel!
They should have just left the bus it’s not the busses fault. I really wanted to go there to see the bus feel the energy I’m sad they moved it so would Chris.
Maybe the bus can get wheels and a engine. To keep spreading Chris's love of travel and compassion. Chris is an angel. Bus needs to visit the rest of the world. Hugs and love..
Interesting idea.
Kinda like this 👍
I just read this news a little while again and immediately thought of you and Justin and Going North about your trip there. I'm so glad you were able to make the trip.
I hope they left the gravestone/ marker there that was under the front door step.
People will still go there bus or not. The place holds Chris soul, not the bus. x
It’s too bad that they removed it. Folks who made that trip in, did so at their own peril. I too adventure out knowing that I’m by myself and may have to self rescue because there is no help coming. It’s sad people have died going out there but there is ALWAYS risk in life. If you do these things you do so at your own peril. Not all emergency services are well equipped, no all are well trained and some places don’t even have a response team. So travel/adventure at your own risk people!!!!!!!!!
You are so right.
I understand that the bus was a huge part of the attraction in going there, but after some deep thought about it, I realised it's not about the bus, it's about experiencing what he experienced on the journey there. Sure, it will take some of the pressure off in going the whole way to where the bus was, but I would still like to hike a part of it to experience the area for myself and put myself in Chris's shoes.
I hope that they move it to somewhere on a hiking trail so people can still experience the bus in a similar way, I would still like to hike to it, leave a note and get my picture on the seat at the front. I understand why it would be put into a museum but I think it would be wasted there. Sending love to everyone whos heart broke a little after hearing this news x
He hiked unprepared to his death. Not magic
Barf. It's a rotting old bus in the woods tied to a BS story romanticized by Hollywood.
Wow build a bridge over the river that makes a lot of sense
Bus needs to be in a Museum. That bus is Hallowed Ground
I hitched all over Alaska, rode the freight train out of Denali back in 1988. When I read this book I realized that I had done the same search for myself as Chris had in the Alaskan wilderness. I canoed the Yukon river as well, it was the greatest thing that I ever did and it defined me for the rest of my life. I was 24 as well, no matter what they do to me they can never take this away from me. I went into the wild but by the grace of God I came back again.
Harry thanks for sharing your story!
the bus is only a hoax the very place the bus stood is where the history remains
Screw Alaska! They need to put that back!!
People die constantly in AK. I lived there 5 years. Hiking, climbing, hunting, bear attacks, avalanches. etc. Mostly from vehicle accidents and slipping on ice. When summer comes the place goes crazy. What are they going to do next to save us all from ourselves? You go to AK for adventure and they took a part of that away. Shame on them.
I am so glad that we were able to share that adventure with you guys as I know I never would have been able to go out there. Thanks for the update and happy journeys.
That bus has been there for almost 60 years.I know why they moved the bus people died getting there also the trash left behind by people.I hope the state sets the bus up for people to visit safely
I have a lot of respect for Chris. He valued things in life that 99% of population ignores or takes it for granted, I am 43, I run a very successfull business, live on a beautiful 10 Acre property, but I often realize that life is passing me by and I am missing it. I bought into this capitalistic ideology that in life you are considered a success based on what you own and how much you earn, I may have money in my account but I know Chris had wealth no money can buy, I am sure he is in a better place today, RIP and God bless his soul.
What Craig Medred said about Chris is a sham and fraud, and poor journalism at it's best.
Thank you for your kind words about Chris. I'm not familiar with what Craig Medred said, but I'm probably better off not knowing!
Never forget: It has been your journey to the bus that made the day. It also has been the journey that made Chris' day. That in the end is what counts.
Thank you. I always look fondly at our time at the bus.
Thanks for posting this.. found your video on facebook that someone posted and then tracked you here at your channel..Was wondering if you have any still photos of your trip that you have posted somewhere i would like to see more images of bus 142 am very interested in this topic..thanks
I took only video at the bus, and you pretty much have it all in episode 7, very little editing was done there.
What a twist to the story. Unthinkable, senseless removal of the symbol which drew ppl from all over the world. Sad. The access to the Bus should have been addressed in the first place. Ppl will come to this place regardless bc it's a spiritual journey. Thank God you made it over there for all of us who weren't able. Chris's story will never end bc it's about our own searching and it touches our hearts.
Right on the money!
Not trying to trigger anybody one of these days I’m gonna travel from Michigan all the way to that bus I have always looked up to Chris McCandless and I view the same way as he did and try the experiment for myself not out of disrespect him more like respect well if the bus is still there I am most likely find my own place I don’t know yet.
Never mind I guess I will just have to find my own place sense the bus is gone
Omg! This is shocking! I'm so sad. I really wish they would have left it there...😪
I so agree.
I am really sad, I hope that this bus take it in a museum or in a place that people can see it without risk
personally I am in Algeria north of Africa and I would like to see it in front of me - Rip Christopher McCandless and Bus 142
Yohoho! i'm from indonesia. Btw this verry beautiful adventure storry dude!
Thanks very much!!
I hope they at least put it in a museum
I dont know if youll be able to see this comment. But i hope someday youll read this and response back.
Just last week i watched the movie into the wild and started knowing Chris through videos, articles, comments. And after that i started searching about the bus until i watched your video. Your video and justins video and even those videos of people who went there.
The feelings the your felt when you went there is what i felt after i watched the movie and while watching the your videos. And i just cant wait to feel that again when The time comes for me to visit the bus. Actually i already planned it with my friend. That a right after this pandemic and traveling is allowed we will go and visit the bus and we call it the adventure of a lifetime.
And today i woke with this news. I saw the author of the book post about it. And until now its 5pm i cannot eat or drink water because of this news. I feel really bad and sad. I’m out of words too. I havent seen the bus but watching your video now makes me cry and feel more sad. I am commenting to all the people who was able to visit the bus That they are very lucky. You and justin is very lucky to be able to experience part of of Chris life.
Theres a lot ways in order to mame the hike very safe. Theres a lot of options instead of removing the bus there.
Just like you i hope that they preserve it. I Hope that they guard cause for a traveler like us, that bus is not just a bus, that place is not just a place. It is something that is special for us, it is something that no word can describe why that bus and that place is very special for us. I will still visit the place and hike stampede trail. And i hope they will tell us their plans about the bus.
I am in tears while typing this brother.
If you have instgaram account please let me know i wanna follow you guys and hope to se e you guys in future travels.
Mine is : mjinternational
Thank you for your video. Tell it to Justin too.
Thank you thank you!
John, thank you for such a personal opening of your heart and soul. I feel bad for so many people that cannot see the bus anymore in it's original location, it really did have a "magic" sense to it sitting in that clearing on top of the hill, overlooking the rivers. I wish they simply made a footbridge across the river. Sorry I'm not on instagram, but I do post videos on my channel from time to time. Thanks again and keep in touch!
I had planned to go in August to the bus, It's really sad to hear this news.
Same sir. 😞😞😞😞
Just go anyways to see the spot.
We should all go up there and get rescued, that way they know their plan truly failed.
Sorry to hear as well, I hope you still make a trek of some significance.
I actually laughed out loud at this, ya no kidding hahaha
Well said.
look awsome video. but hey look. ya'll guys flew in there there on a helicoper. ya'll did not get the real true experiance that mcanless did. if you cant do the hike , the you don't need to be there. and now i am really mad because i cant hike to it and see it. they moved it.!!
We wanted to hike it, and were capable of the hike, but we were short on time, and I almost drowned to death a year earlier in a canoe accident. So, we took a helicopter. I don't think the bus was moved because we flew in there, they would have moved it regardless. I'm as upset as you are that they moved it. Plan for us is to hike the Stampede trail next summer anyway!
U guys was lucky to go and see the bus just in time and now it's gone I don't even have the words to say guys I think it should been left alone thanks for the videos on the bus
Thank you!
Your video's are fitting tribute to Chris . I am sure someone with land will let the bus sit on their plot . The Government made the right choice . Human lives are important .
I hope the bus is preserved so people can still visit it. Only it is not only the bus itself that is the draw but also the location. To bad they could not have developed a way to get to the bus safer.
Totally agree.
I'm from India and It was my dream to watch the magic bus up close. Dream 61 closed 😞
So sorry you couldn't make it out there. Hopefully when the bus is available to view at the University that it still is a memorable experience for everyone.
Has anyone figured out where it is now? I'd love to restore it to driving condition and tour the country with it.
It is being restored at the University of Alaska, check out this website sanctioned by Carine McCandless... www.friendsofbus142.com/
I don't understand it at all. Imagine how the family feels. I think it is a tragic loss.
Yes, can't imagine how Carine feels about this. Really bugs me how this was done.
Thanks for the update.
it was my dream hiking to magic bus where it is. it is bad news for my bucket list. hope they ll put the bus at a right place so people can visit properly.
Sorry your dream won't become a reality. However, in the next couple of years they should have the bus ready for viewing in Fairbanks!
As I was watching this, I couldn't help but wonder, if people will still want to make the trek to that spot, whether the bus is there or not. I hope they leave the plaque in it's spot. Thanks for sharing.
Maybe a bridge could be built over the river and it will be a place people can safely get to for many years to come.
@@sixtylegion3612 Go in the winter when there is a bridge across the river.
It won’t stop the die hards going there even though the bus is not there plus I’m guessing your have to pay to see the bus if they put it on display. Ka ching
No kidding, I bet they will charge to see it. Makes me ill.
Hace unos años vi la película y después de verla busqué más información. Me emocionó mucho la historia de Chris, y de que todavía existiera ese bus donde pasó sus últimos días.
Entiendo el motivo de sacarlo de allí pero no comparto la decisión.
Aún así muchas gracias por tus palabras tan sinceras y por tu vídeo.
Gracias ☺️
Muchas gracias, aprecio mucho tu comentario.
I have mixed emotions... but we will always have your Going North Series to watch and re watch.. God Bless
Thank you.
More people will go there now !
Nanny state strikes again.
I am glad I got to learn about the magic bus, I never heard the story or seen the book. Sad to see the magic bus flying off to a new home (hopefully)
Too bad, could have been a historical landmark. Oh well RIP Chris
i think they should chop off the everest summit and put it into a museum.
Ha ha, no kidding!
Who’s the more foolish, the fool or the fool who follows him?
That Bus is World Famous ! There are so few People in Alaska - so That - The Bus has been - the Only Thing ! Thank You Hollywood to Alaska - That made INTO THE WILD Story - being SHARED ! Thank You / Merci !
@@holoholopainen1627 No bro..she''s just trying to be modern..Like when we look up at the sky we see clouds,blue,different shapes but this thing sees Inernational space station,accurate distance from earth to the sun,Ozone depletion and something...She probably trying to be a self proclaimed intellectual who doesn't have a romantic approach towards world...If she does,it's against intellect...So she's against a man who escaped from a shit society...In stacey's opinion Christopher should have tried working on improving String theory..
@@paulatreides6218 First off nut job, I'm a he, not a she. The bus has sixty years of history, and not just the 100 plus days some naive unprepared person stayed and died there. My youth was very similar to Chris's in many ways. From a middle class eastern US family I spent years wandering around the US searching for something. I too ended up in Alaska, and I lived more in the wild than Chris did. I didn't live in a bus that was right on a trail. If you want to be in the wild, you need to get off the trail. The farther off the trail you are, the more you get into the wild. I lived off moose, ptarmigan, grouse and fish. I was never healthier in my life. Chris on the other had died. I could have easily died through the tiniest of mishaps, but I don't think anyone should have written a book about me if I had .
My one and only time I went to the bus was years before Chris. It was a quick day trip out and back with a few friends.The "Mayor" of Healy (an affectionate term for the town drunk) was staying there while he ran a trap line. Along the way, another friend had a small wall tent set up with a sweet set up inside. He was staying there running his dog team around. I never went back. There were too many other remote places in Alaska I thought were more beautiful. Which is why they filmed the movie down near Cantwell. They put the bus in a location I used to run my dog team past when I lived with my wife in 14'x21' dry cabin with no electricity.
Or offer it to the family
Where is the original Magic Bus now!!??? 😭😭
It is now in Fairbanks beginning a restoration for all to see in the future.
I am just discovering this . This breaks my heart I really like Christopher's story ever sense I watch the movie I will never forget his story and his legend . Thanks for the news although it it is shocking and sad .
Bus looks very small compared the Chinook.
Sure does. Difficult to look at myself.
I am 17 years old i hope Some day I also see the bus. ❤️❤️❤️
Sad to here this, seems accountability is out the window.
Accountability?
@Bob im talking about people being accountable for their own decisions and actions so the rest of us do not suffer from the lack of responsibility of a few.
A question for Parkland Films (or anyone else inspired by Chris:
Going forward do you think the actual bus or the stampede trail is more important to visit?
This image of the bus being lifted away is so jarring for me to watch. I wish I was able to visit before it was too late. A part of me hopes they scrap the bus. For me the whole appeal of visiting bus142 was to see the place where Chris found shelter during his escape from civilization. To visit the bus in a museum parking lot would just seem hollow. The challenge of getting to the bus was just as appealing as the actual bus its self. I think Chris would agree.
There is an abandoned mine 20 miles past the bus. Without the bus as a focal point maybe I'll hike all the way out there instead. Or maybe without the bus the other places Chris visited on his two year odessy like the pacific crest trail, lake mead, or slab city are just as good / better places to visit. It was Chris's journey that inspired me to consider visiting the bus in the first place not his destination.
* There is already a replica bus (used on the set of the movie) parked in front of a micro brewery in Healy. Do we really need a second empty bus parked somewhere?
Totally agree with you that it is hard to watch. I think both the bus and the stampede trail are important to Chris's journey.
I wonder what Chris would've thought about it?
Good question!
It's about time.
Returning North
Truly appreciate this update, and both your journey to document this experience of being on the bus and honoring Chris as many people have is very meaningful with the utmost sincerity. I am reading " The Wild Truth by" Carine Mc Candless, and learned of this video today, this afternoon, and while looking at family photos in the book, Chris is with peace, I sense this with this move of the bus is shocking to many, people go unprepared as nit fully knowing what they are getting into with the elements ,it is a wise decision for people to honor his safety in legacy in full agreement. Powerful and a true honor to see this!! Much gratitude!
Thanks for sharing! So very sad. I too wonder why couldn’t they have just built a bridge. So glad you got to go but I am saddened that I could not go by helicopter to honor Chris McCandless’s memory! I am just wondering what they did with the family’s memorial stone😢
I do know they gave the suitcase to Carine, hopefully they gave her the stone as well.
@@ParklandFilms I sure hope so! Thanks for replying! Loving your channel!
Something eles gone .for people to enjoy sad !!
So people enjoying going somewhere just because someone died and his story was over glorified is fun?
Thank you , I'm going to watch the whole adventure again now . Gone but always in your memory s . x
This has been one of my goals to make the hike. I can but the bus would have been what im going to see. Last place Chris was. Its a shame. But im sure people will still take the trip .