The main premise for the film drew upon the nightmarish ordeal that two teenagers faced on 21 December 2003. Realism to this premise by basing it on real accounts of crocodile attacks in Australia. The production, filmmakers David Nerlich and Andrew Traucki added an extra Hunt, Black Water is an effective and fun horror. With the boat just out of reach and the croc unrelenting in its Their boat is attackedīy a crocodile, killing their guide, and leaving the holidaymakers stranded onĪ nearby tree. When they go on a fishing trip deep into a mangrove swamp. The trip gets off to a good start but takes a disastrous turn If the bus is moved, people will simply erect a memorial in its place and continue to go there.Those films are completely fictional, however, those in indie Aussie flickĮmbark on a holiday alongside her husband (Andy Rodoreda) and sister (Meeveĭermody). “And as far as the lure of the bus - it’s not about the bus, either. “It is not Chris’s story they are following, it is their own, even if they don’t realize it at the time,” she said. She said people send her messages every day from all over the world, identifying with her brother’s story, and she understands why people continue to make the trek. Carine McCandless believes people will keep trying to reach the site, regardless of what locals decide. I am skeptical about the wisdom of either of these proposed measures, however.” “I have no objection to removing the bus, or building a bridge to it, if a persuasive argument can be made that doing either of these things would solve the problem. “I really don’t know what can be done or should be done about the unprepared ‘pilgrims’ who get into trouble and perish or need to be rescued,” he said in an email to The Associated Press. He’s also skeptical building a bridge or moving the bus will solve the problem. It’s outfitted with a barrel stove and bunks, and McCandless wrote in his journal about living there for 114 days, right up until his death.Īuthor Jon Krakauer, who wrote “Into the Wild,” said he is “saddened and horrified” by the deaths of people trying to cross the Teklanika. Travelers often traverse park land to get to the bus, which was left in the wilderness to house construction crews working to improve the trail so trucks could haul ore from a mine, according to the book. The long-discarded bus sits in a clearing on state land roughly half a mile (0.8 kilometers) from the boundary of the Denali National Park and Preserve. Some attempting the trip are ill-prepared. There are other hazards, including harsh weather and dangerous terrain. It involved five Italian tourists - one with frostbitten feet - who were rescued Saturday after visiting the dilapidated bus. “This bus has meaning to a lot of people, and the challenge will be to put together a plan that works for all,” Walker said.Ī bridge would not have made a difference in the latest rescue. “It’ll only encourage more people to go,” says Denali Assembly member Jeff Stenger, who rejects the bridge idea and would prefer to see warning signs posted in the area.īorough Mayor Clay Walker wants to see the bus relocated to a safer location on the other side of the Teklanika with the help of federal and state agencies. ![]() ![]() It is also a constructive and humane way to learn from people who died there.”īut some local officials in Denali Borough in Healy, about 25 miles (40 kilometers) away, fear a footbridge could give people a false impression of safety that doesn’t exist. “Making the crossing safer is a social responsibility. “People keep going there despite multiple accidents reported,” said Piotr Markielau, who was with his wife Veramika Maikamava when she was swept away by the river. ![]() The effort is led by the husband of a 24-year-old newlywed woman from Belarus who died last year trying to reach the bus. Now families of some of those who died are proposing looking at building a footbridge over the Teklanika. ![]() It is marked by no cell phone service, unpredictable weather and the raging Teklanika River, whose swollen banks prevented the 24-year-old Virginian from seeking help before his 1992 starvation death. But scores of travelers following his journey along the Stampede Trail just outside Denali National Park have been rescued and others have died in the harsh reality of back-country terrain, ANCHORAGE, Alaska: For more than a quarter-century, the old bus abandoned in Alaska’s punishing wilderness has drawn adventurers seeking to retrace the steps of a young idealist who met a tragic death in the derelict vehicle.įor many, Christopher McCandless’ legend was cemented in the “Into the Wild” book and movie.
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