ADJon Krakauer, the author of “Into the Wild,” said McCandless’s sister Carine McCandless was distraught and blindsided by the removal. The family was in talks on what to do about the bus, he said, after years of calls to have it removed. ADMany Alaskans decry McCandless as naive and suicidal, Krakauer said, and some have even vandalized the bus. ADBut on his first visit to the bus in July 1993, Krakauer found a nearly untouched, accidental shrine. ADAD“No more blank spots on the map — not in Alaska, not anywhere,” Krakauer wrote.

Source: Washington Post June 19, 2020 17:01 UTC