Woman dies while trying to reach ‘Into the Wild’ bus in Alaska

Reuters ^ | July 26, 2019 | Yereth Rosen

[Tucker39]

The missus and I will celebrate 56 years of family circus in a few weeks, and we are still each other's BFF.....interspersed with times I felt like wringing her &#$#ed neck. As to how she's felt about me occasionally; well, I'll leave that up to her to tell.😇

[faucetman]

Stupid is as stupid does.

[Spok]

The “end of the roaders” are a headache for the Alaska State Police. Being inspired to undertake dangerous adventures by a book or movie rarely ends well.

[CaptainK]

Were we separated at birth?

[faucetman]

Watched a friend of mine get swept away in less than knee deep water, (I REFUSED to cross).

His hip boots filled with water and he barely made it back to shore. He said that even then, as I grabbed his hand, he was still in fear for his life.

Had he made it to the deeper water, he would have drowned.

[Big Red Badger]

Romanticism,,,
.
Exactly,
Like “TITANIC!”

[Notthereyet]

“We are always up for a couple of nights where the staff is highly trained in the art of *** kissing.”
_____________________________________________

Is that really how you look at people who are employed to assist you in enjoyment?

If I didn’t know you were a FReeper, I’d have pegged you for a Democrat of the Clinton/Epstein ilk.

Ugh.

JUST. UGH.

[Balding_Eagle]

Seesh what a bunch of curmudgeons.

What’s wrong with doing and seeing things for the romantic nature of the experience?

Millions do, unfortunately this woman made a fatal mistake in dangerous territory.

[Guenevere]

My idea of ‘wilderness camping’ is an RV

[Ikeon]

Yep. our idea of roughing it, is a cabin with a hot tub in the woods somewhere.. usually west Virginia. and roughing it on the road would be a holiday inn. we usually stay at a country inn and suites.

as for the poor woman who drowned... Sorry, let this be a warning to others, stupid SHOULD HURT. and a You tube video doesn't count as a "Guide" for camping.

[HonkyTonkMan]

Predicting in 10 years Instagram is no longer used. I watched the evolution from BBS, IRC, Usenet, MySpace, FB,, etc. all of these platforms reach a tipping point . Sad people are risking their lives for “likes”

[Chauncey Gardiner]

When we lived in Alaska not a week went by in the summer when there wasn’t some loss of life in the news of man vs nature. Alaskans and tourists alike — made no difference.

[Caipirabob]

I read the book as well. Extremely well written, however in my view, in the end it was simply a well stated epitaph.

[ChildOfThe60s]

When I was in grade school my dad owned a little property in the Blue Ridge Mountains. You got there on a gravel road in the woods.

We carried our water in 5 gallon jerry cans and dug our latrines. Every time we went we hand to clear our camping area with machetes.

Them days are gone forever.

[Caipirabob]

Oh, I should add that our entire family has made the journey to see Doc Holliday’s alleged grave site. Lovely hike in beautiful, yet accessible country. So yes, I can see her motivation. Sad and tragic.

[Drew68]

>What’s wrong with doing and seeing things for the romantic nature of the experience? Millions do, unfortunately this woman made a fatal mistake in dangerous territory.

I agree. It's a sad story. McCandless starved to death alone. This woman slipped and lost her footing trying to cross waste-deep water using a rope that had been placed there for that purpose. She was swept away. Her hiking companion, --her husband of one month was unable to save her.

Fatal accidents such as this happen all the time in the wilderness. The risk is part of the excitement.

[ProtectOurFreedom]

My idea of roughing it is 4 star instead of 5 star hotels :)

I had NO IDEA that Mrs. POF was here on FR writing under the pseudonym "dp0622."

[nathanbedford]

Native Alaskans warned me on several rivers there of the extreme danger. Typically they said something like this: if you fall in you will not come up; if you come up you won't make it to shore; if you make it to shore you won't be able to climb up the bank; if you're able to climb up the bank you will die of hypothermia before you can start a fire.

I've crossed rivers there on horseback and it was a parlous experience.

On one occasion in the middle of summer, a teenage boy was crossing only a small stream with an ATV and fell into the water. He nearly died of hypothermia in minutes, he was put in a sleeping bag and another person was put in there to share their warmth with him. We built a fire and got warm liquids into him.

I can imagine that falling into a river would be so much more dangerous.

[bgill]

But did her new husband get it all on video?

[ASOC]

This is the infamous Into the Wild bus the women was dying to see.

River crossing on the Stampede trail - near the bus. This is a low water pic. I check of the news stores related show people killing themseklves are getting stranded on the far side of the river - and require rescue. I've petitioned the State more than once to borrow a shithook from the Army Aviation unit in Fairbanks and recover the bus - taking to the trail head or just cutting the damn thing into pieces and flying the parts to the local landfill. You could argue the damned thing is an "attractive nuance".