A Belarusian woman was swept away and died while trying to cross a fast-moving river in Alaska in search of an abandoned bus made famous by the book and movie “Into The Wild.”
Situated along the Stampede Trail, the abandoned Fairbanks City Transit bus 142 has become somewhat of a pilgrimage spot in recent decades, sometimes with a devastating ending. The trail is over 100 miles southwest of Fairbanks.
"The river has always been kind of the deadly aspect of that trip," said Eva Holland, who has written about McCandless pilgrims. "It's fast and it's cold.