Christopher McCandless

ellisd wrote:its was a still taken from a home movie

Yes but the footage is taken from a higher elevation and I was just curious if taken from plane or hill/mountain. I suppose only the filmmaker can say.

projectaero wrote:it almost has an eerie feel to it.

It does have an eeriness to it. And almost a sense of foreboding in the abandoning of the bus.

That is an amazing photo ellisd! How was it taken? By airplane?

Same guy was apparently selling a piece of the mattress that Chris slept on in the bus. As the article in the link below points out, if this person was cleaning up the bus, then why did he then not throw the stuff out? Instead he sells it on ebay? And who would take Chris' boots? These items were la...

Sadly in October of 2007, parts disappeared from Bus 142, by way of a thief's hand, and were listed on Ebay. One man, Bernie Maletsky, a banker from PENNSYLVANIA, was outraged enough, when he discovered the Ebay listing, to alert the proper people about the auction. The instrument panel was sold fo...

Curious to know if you ended up going and how you made out getting to the bus. Hope you had (or are having) a good experience. :) Hi there! I am flying to Anchorage on July 7th, and have my flight back on the 12th. Anyone would like to join me? For now im planning everything all by myself but i know...

I was kind of surprised to see Krakauer putting forth the idea on Oprah (when the movie Into The Wild was released theatrically) that Chris died because a mold was on the seeds Chris had been eating. People on this forum know much more than me on this topic, but I thought Ron Lamothe's documentary T...

I thought Emile did a good job as Chris McCandless in the movie. However, I rightly or wrongly always had the sense - ever since reading Jon Krakauer's book Into The Wild back when it first came out - that the real Chris McCandless was more intellectual seeming than Emile's portrayal of Chris, a bit...

I've never understood the level of condemnation towards Chris McCandless that many people seem to have. He made mistakes no doubt, which cost him his life - but many view his mistakes with a harshness that in my view, is a bit extreme and almost hateful.

Absolutely. There's also a note to this effect that can be found in the bus. The constantly degrading condition of the bus, though unavoidable, can certainly be slowed by as many of us as possible doing our best to keep it clean, and respecting it and encouraging others to do so as well. The unfort...

While thinking about and anticipating Chris' new book and dvd, I got to wondering what kinda of footage would be on the dvd. maybe footage at the bus, or of the places where he took pauses from tramping. but what i really hope would be included in the dvd is the footage Ron Franz shot while taking ...