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army national guard removes 'into the wild' bus
    #26758683 - 06/19/20 10:14 PM (3 years, 7 months ago)

I am pissed. Going to the bus was a short term goal of mine. I made it to the trail head this past winter but decided against going to Alaska this past summer break because of the covid shit. I feel a piece of me has died


June 18, 2020


An Army National Guard heavy-lift helicopter has removed the old Fairbanks city bus from the spot near Denali National Park where it once housed Christopher McCandless, the subject of the popular nonfiction book “Into the Wild.”

Photos posted to Facebook on Thursday show a twin-bladed Chinook helicopter carrying the bus away from the remote site it occupied near the Teklanika River, where it attracted numerous tourists who had to be rescued after the book’s publication.



The Alaska departments of transportation, natural resources and military and veterans’ affairs were all involved in the operation, which came at the request of the Denali Borough, said Mayor Clay Walker. The bus had been abandoned since the 1960s, he said.

“I know it’s the right thing for public safety in the area, removing the perilous attraction,” he said. “At the same time, it’s always a little bittersweet when a piece of your history gets pulled out.”

Twelve National Guard employees helped remove the bus; they cut holes in its ceiling and floor to attach chains, the agency said in a prepared statement. The crew also “ensured the safekeeping and safe transportation of a suitcase that holds sentimental value to the McCandless family,” the statement said.


The effort was called “Operation Yutan,” in a reference to Yutan Construction, said National Guard spokeswoman Candis Olmstead. That’s the company that left the bus behind in the 1960s, after it housed workers building a mining road.

Walker said the bus is temporarily being moved to “safe storage,” but wouldn’t reveal its exact location. He said he doesn’t know where it will ultimately end up, but the state’s statement said it’s exploring putting the bus on display.

“We encourage people to enjoy Alaska’s wild areas safely, and we understand the hold this bus has had on the popular imagination,” Department of Natural Resources Commissioner Corri Feige said in a prepared statement. “However, this is an abandoned and deteriorating vehicle that was requiring dangerous and costly rescue efforts, but more importantly, was costing some visitors their lives. I’m glad we found a safe, respectful and economical solution to this situation.”


There were 15 bus-related search and rescue operations by the state between 2009 and 2017, according to Feige’s department.

In April, a Brazilian tourist was evacuated from the bus by helicopter. And last year, a newlywed woman from Belarus died after being swept away while trying to cross the Teklanika River on her way to the bus.

Another hiker drowned in 2010.


https://www.alaskapublic.org/2020/06/18/helicopter-removes-into-the-wild-bus-that-lured-alaska-travelers-to-their-deaths/


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Re: army national guard removes 'into the wild' bus [Re: Ogla]
    #26758685 - 06/19/20 10:15 PM (3 years, 7 months ago)

:futuramamario:


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Re: army national guard removes 'into the wild' bus [Re: The Blind Ass] * 3
    #26758736 - 06/19/20 11:00 PM (3 years, 7 months ago)

Pretty ironic, Like people saw the film and thought "yeah I can do that, go naively unprepared and untrained into the Alaskan wilderness" and then end up needing rescuing or dying themselves.

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Re: army national guard removes 'into the wild' bus [Re: Northerner]
    #26759238 - 06/20/20 06:55 AM (3 years, 7 months ago)

Yeah I remember reading a story not too long ago where they were considering this. Due to all the tourist incidents directly related to it.


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Re: army national guard removes 'into the wild' bus [Re: Niffla]
    #26759257 - 06/20/20 07:07 AM (3 years, 7 months ago)

We should have a shroomers retreat at the site, we can do this!


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Re: army national guard removes 'into the wild' bus [Re: christopera]
    #26759276 - 06/20/20 07:19 AM (3 years, 7 months ago)

Ridiculous. It is not the anyone's fault but their own for getting hurt accessing this thing. You don't climb a mountain unprepared you don't go for a hike unprepared. Someone's gonna drive a bus up there and park it just because this is stupid.


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Re: army national guard removes 'into the wild' bus [Re: Ogla] * 1
    #26759278 - 06/20/20 07:22 AM (3 years, 7 months ago)

Actually I think you should be glad it's gone. A rust trap in the middle of nowhere. Good place to get tetanus. Or were you going to get there well rested, sober, and sure not to scrape against anything.


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Re: army national guard removes 'into the wild' bus [Re: Brian Jones]
    #26759284 - 06/20/20 07:26 AM (3 years, 7 months ago)

Save us from the world:willynilly:


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Re: army national guard removes 'into the wild' bus [Re: Brian Jones] * 7
    #26759290 - 06/20/20 07:31 AM (3 years, 7 months ago)

Tetanus actually does not have much to do with rust, it lives in the soil.


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Re: army national guard removes 'into the wild' bus [Re: psi]
    #26759293 - 06/20/20 07:34 AM (3 years, 7 months ago)

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Tetanus actually does not have much to do with rust, it lives in the soil.




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Re: army national guard removes 'into the wild' bus [Re: Niffla] * 1
    #26759295 - 06/20/20 07:36 AM (3 years, 7 months ago)

Every time i see rust it scares me and i run :coffee: :picard:


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Re: army national guard removes 'into the wild' bus [Re: Texas Honey Badger]
    #26759298 - 06/20/20 07:39 AM (3 years, 7 months ago)

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Every time i see rust it scares me and i run :coffee: :picard:




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Re: army national guard removes 'into the wild' bus [Re: Niffla]
    #26759442 - 06/20/20 09:17 AM (3 years, 7 months ago)

Rust trap? Hardly.  I was more thinking a barrier between you and the elements/ wildlife. Wouldn't be the same In a tent . A bear would tear thru that so easy. I wanted to go on an adventure into the bush. I literally have nothing better to do on my time off than to chase these crazy ideas. I might go to the empty field where the bus was , but it's not gonna be the same.


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Re: army national guard removes 'into the wild' bus [Re: Ogla]
    #26760195 - 06/20/20 04:07 PM (3 years, 7 months ago)

If a bus drove there once, a bus can drive there again :shrug:


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Re: army national guard removes 'into the wild' bus [Re: Tripsurfer] * 1
    #26760340 - 06/20/20 05:41 PM (3 years, 7 months ago)

Not sure how it got there in the first place. From stampede road it's a 20 mile hike that crosses two rivers. No way around it that I know of


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Re: army national guard removes 'into the wild' bus [Re: Ogla]
    #26760365 - 06/20/20 05:51 PM (3 years, 7 months ago)

Maybe the rivers had a super low water level that year?


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Re: army national guard removes 'into the wild' bus [Re: Ogla]
    #26760415 - 06/20/20 06:20 PM (3 years, 7 months ago)

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losfreddy said:
Not sure how it got there in the first place. From stampede road it's a 20 mile hike that crosses two rivers. No way around it that I know of



They were cutting a trail back there in the 60’s and just left it back there when they left..


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Re: army national guard removes 'into the wild' bus [Re: Amanita86]
    #26762006 - 06/21/20 01:14 AM (3 years, 7 months ago)

I see the possibilities for a gofundme to airlift a new and safe bus into place

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Re: army national guard removes 'into the wild' bus [Re: Tripsurfer]
    #26762009 - 06/21/20 01:15 AM (3 years, 7 months ago)

I bet it would actually pool enough cash to get one back there...:smilingpuppy:


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Re: army national guard removes 'into the wild' bus [Re: Amanita86]
    #26762552 - 06/21/20 09:18 AM (3 years, 7 months ago)

You guys are a bad influence. Haha. I'll set that up when I get some free time. See if it kicks off

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losfreddy said:
Not sure how it got there in the first place. From stampede road it's a 20 mile hike that crosses two rivers. No way around it that I know of



They were cutting a trail back there in the 60’s and just left it back there when they left..





I know , but across two rivers?  How?


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