The tragic legacy behind the famous ‘Into the Wild’ bus
The end of a successful hunt from back in the day, with the Magic Bus in the background. (Tyler Freel /)This story originally featured on Outdoor Life.Earlier this month, the Alaska National Guard used a Chinook helicopter to lift and carry out “The Bus.” If you’re not familiar, this is the bus that the wandering Chris McCandless perished in after a short stint of trying to live off the land in 1992. The local perspective on McCandless’ story is that he was an ill-prepared squatter who tragically lost his life due to poor decision making. And this story might have faded into history if it were not immortalized by the book,(and then movie) Into The Wild. Since the book was published, scores of people have been drawn to that old Fairbanks City Transit bus No. 142 (commonly referred to as the Magic Bus) on the far side of the Teklanika...