{"id":3256,"date":"2009-06-25T15:23:51","date_gmt":"2009-06-25T20:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theworldbyroad.com\/?p=3256"},"modified":"2009-06-25T19:24:33","modified_gmt":"2009-06-26T00:24:33","slug":"into-the-alaskan-wilderness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/expedition\/2009\/06\/25\/into-the-alaskan-wilderness","title":{"rendered":"Into The Alaskan Wilderness"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Off in the distance were rapids.\u00c2\u00a0 The Teklanika River raged.\u00c2\u00a0 The volume and force of the water was powerful.\u00c2\u00a0 There was nothing that could be done.\u00c2\u00a0 We were 16 miles out on the Stampede Trail, now called the Stampede Road, 8 miles from the \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Into The Wild\u00e2\u20ac\u009d bus, and there was nothing we could do.\u00c2\u00a0 Craig, with a rope tied around his waist, attempted to wade across, but to no avail.\u00c2\u00a0 It could not be done.<\/p>\n

My eyes looked across the river and I envisioned Christopher McCandless, who years previous, was unable to cross this same river, forcing him to return to the bus in which he was living.\u00c2\u00a0 I felt for him.\u00c2\u00a0 I could not even imagine the feeling he felt, coming up to the river, trying to get out, and then not being able to.\u00c2\u00a0 That sense of helplessness, of not being able to continue on, is more than terrible, and I could see why he went back to the only place he knew out there, the bus.<\/p>\n

Christopher McCandless\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 story is one of intrigue and mystery.\u00c2\u00a0 People debate many points of his story, and many have very strong opinions on the matter.\u00c2\u00a0 To each their own, and everyone is entitled to them, but I think there are lessons to be learned from this story, which is one of the reasons we headed to Healy, Alaska.\"ChrisI\"<\/p>\n

McCandless\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 story spans from a rough childhood with a lot of family issues, to a college graduation, to donating his entire savings to charity, to criss-crossing the nation trying to find adventure, himself, and to explore nature by the means of California, Arizona, South Dakota and finally Alaska, where he got his chance to live simply in the wild.\u00c2\u00a0 It was here that he hitched a ride on the Stampede Road, and hiked into the wilderness in April of 1992.\u00c2\u00a0 His sense of adventure, the sense of not conforming to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153everyday\u00e2\u20ac\u009d structure of things, and his sense to break out of his comfort zone is something that I believe a lot of us admire.\u00c2\u00a0 He lived in an old abandoned bus from April to August in the Alaskan wilderness, with very little supplies, surviving off the land, and was able to document his experience with journal entries and self-photographs.\u00c2\u00a0 His intention was to cross back across the Teklanika River in July of 1992, but was deterred by the raging river, which forced him back to the bus.\u00c2\u00a0 His body was subsequently found a couple months later in the beginning of September in his sleeping bag, with starvation being the official cause of death, but speculation arises on the exact cause, with some believing it was a result of a poisonous potato seed.<\/p>\n

On August 12, according to Outside Magazine, McCandless wrote what are assumed to be his final words in his journal: “Beautiful Blueberries.” He tore the final page from Louis L\u00e2\u20ac\u2122Amour\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s memoir, Education of a Wandering Man<\/em>, which contains an excerpt from a Robinson Jeffers poem titled “Wise Men in Their Bad Hours”:<\/p>\n

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Death’s a fierce meadowlark: but to die having made<\/div>\n<\/dd>\n
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Something more equal to centuries<\/div>\n<\/dd>\n
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Than muscle and bone, is mostly to shed weakness.<\/div>\n<\/dd>\n
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The mountains are dead stone, the people<\/div>\n<\/dd>\n
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Admire or hate their stature, their insolent quietness,<\/div>\n<\/dd>\n
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The mountains are not softened or troubled<\/div>\n<\/dd>\n
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And a few dead men’s thoughts have the same temper.<\/div>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

On the other side of the page, McCandless added, “I HAVE HAD A HAPPY LIFE AND THANK THE LORD. GOODBYE AND MAY GOD BLESS ALL!”<\/p>\n

His experience, no matter how you take it, brought about a book (Into the Wild, by Jon Krakauer), a movie (Into the Wild, film by Sean Penn), a documentary (Call of the Wild, film by Ron Lamothe), controversy, pilgrimages to his final resting place, and many discussions on what he stood for, who he was, what he did, and made many people take a good, hard look inside themselves.\u00c2\u00a0 The vastness of this rarely happens, but unfortunately noted, is the fact that many times its the result of a tragedy.\u00c2\u00a0 On that day, at that time, he made his decision and walked down the Stampede Road, into the wild.<\/p>\n

\"P6150025\" He began his trek on the Stampede Road 17 years ago, and would have had to walk right by Coke Wallace\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s place, the last place on the road at that time. Wallace was living in a wall tent, and as he said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153I must have just missed the kid walking by, as I was probably putting up fence posts.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n

With the help of Craig, I was able to make the contact with Coke Wallace, an experienced hunter\/trapper\/guide, and owner of Midnight Sun Safaris<\/a> in the Healy area, who still lives on the same piece of property.\u00c2\u00a0 The majority of his business is guided hunting tours and trapping, but he occasionally brings people out to see the bus.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 He was an incredible person to get first hand information from, chat with, hear stories from, and get a guided trip from.\u00c2\u00a0 We loaded up his Polaris 6X6 Ranger, and attempted our journey to the bus.\u00c2\u00a0 He had warned us from the start that his buddy had said the Teklanika River was raging, but was willing to check it out, for which we were very grateful.\u00c2\u00a0 The bus is 26 miles from his doorstep, and the Teklanika River, the troublesome spot, was 18 miles down the road\/trail.<\/p>\n

\"P6150048\" Coke skillfully maneuvered his tough as nails Polaris Ranger through where he believed McCandless was initially dropped off (pictured above), small creeks, mud bogs, and swamps along the narrowing trail.\u00c2\u00a0 We successfully crossed the Savage River, but a bit further down encountered the mighty Teklanika River, which would be as far as we would get.\u00c2\u00a0 It was so close, but yet so far away.\u00c2\u00a0 The bus, only 8 miles now away, was up over the ridge that was right in front of us.\u00c2\u00a0 The toughest ATV I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ve ever seen, and even a beyond adventurous\/no water fearing Craig, had to bow down to the whims of Mother Nature.<\/p>\n

Lessons are sometimes easily found in hindsight, which by no means am I degrading McCandless, but just using his experience to try to help that of others.\u00c2\u00a0 It was here, on the banks of the river, that one of the biggest lessons was seen firsthand that one has to truly be prepared to do battle with Mother Nature.\u00c2\u00a0 Just as Coke said, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Rivers out here can change by the\u00c2\u00a0 hour.\u00c2\u00a0 In the morning I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll wade it calf deep and then come back in the afternoon to come back across and its up to my chest.\u00c2\u00a0 You just never know, and got to be aware.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d\u00c2\u00a0 Being prepared is essential, especially in dire conditions.\u00c2\u00a0 Testing one\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s self gets a person close to their limits, but one has to be aware of that line, with deadly consequences a possible result if that line is broke. Problems, hard times and family issues find their place in all of our lives, with each person dealing with them in different ways.\u00c2\u00a0 Running from them, as many of us do, rarely ever finds its solution.\u00c2\u00a0 Taking an issue head on and getting it resolved may be tough, but it can be done.\u00c2\u00a0 Youthful souls, as well, sometimes don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t realize the hearts they effect in their actions.\u00c2\u00a0 Make sure to make people aware of where you\u00e2\u20ac\u2122re at, and tell the people around you how much they mean to you, for one never knows when that time, may be your last.<\/p>\n

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Photos:<\/p>\n

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\"chrisII\"<\/p>\n

Christopher Johnson McCandless, one of his last photographs<\/p>\n

\"P6150031\"<\/p>\n


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Coke Wallace and his Polaris Ranger 6X6<\/p>\n


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\"P6150027\"<\/p>\n

Stampede Road<\/p>\n


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\"P6150037\"<\/p>\n

Craig, tied at the waist, begins his attempt to cross the Teklanika River<\/p>\n


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\"P6150044\"<\/p>\n

A place a little upstream where Coke sometimes can cross with his ATV, obviously not today with the river in this condition<\/p>\n


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\"P6150034\"<\/p>\n

As far as we could make it, next to mighty Teklanika River<\/p>\n

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