The Sad Story Of Christopher McCandless, The Man From ‘Into The Wild’  

The Sad Story Of Christopher McCandless, The Man From ‘Into The Wild’  

Trista - November 12, 2019

The Sad Story Of Christopher McCandless, The Man From ‘Into The Wild’  
The abandoned bus, number 142. Credit: LA Times

He Lived in an Abandoned Bus for Over 100 Days

An old blue and white bus with the number 142 stamped on it was Chris’s shelter from the absolute wilderness. For the first 67 days of his trek, he hunted and poached small wild animals like porcupines, ptarmigan, and squirrels, denoting them in his journal. After about two months, he packed up what little belongings he had and decided to head back to civilization. He even shaved his head! However, upon reaching the Teklanika River, he found that it was swollen with glacier melts and was completely uncrossable, so he turned back to the bus.

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