Chris McCandless with Blair Braverman
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A Bus in the Wilderness
The bus is a remnant of an old construction project from the 1960s that was abandoned and it got left behind as a shelter cabin. A shelter cabin is basically a very simple cabin in the wilderness where anyone can stay. There's kind of an etiquette like you want to leave kindling for the next person. So he writes this inside the bus, capital letters. Alexander Supertramp May, 1992. No phone, no pool, no pets, no cigarettes. Ultimate freedom and extremist. Escaped from Atlanta, thou shalt not return because the West is the best.
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