1. Saturday 18 January 2014 In Alaska's wilds, the mystic hiker's bus draws pilgrims to danger and death. By Peter BeaumontFrancesca Giusti Universit degli Studi di Firenze1

2. INTO THE WILDFrancesca Giusti Universit degli Studi di Firenze2 3. Christopher Johnson McCandless (February 1968 August 1992) He grow up in a suburban, Annandale, in Virginia. Walt, Chris' father, had a double life. So Chris grow up with an hypocritical father forced him to perfection. When Chris learns what his father have done, he decides that he can't stand human hypocrisy and he disappears.Francesca Giusti Universit degli Studi di Firenze3 4. From June 1990 to April 1992 After his gratuating in May, he stops communicating with his family, gives away his college fund of $24,000 to the association OXFAM. Later abandoning his car behind a flash flood.Travelling across western United StatesWorkingHe mets lots of people but only few people rather closely Choice to live according to his beliefs Francesca Giusti Universit degli Studi di Firenze4 5. Alaska After two years of itinerant travel he makes a plan to go to Alaska. He spends a few months preparing All people warn him that he needs to be better prepared In April 1992 Chris goes into the wildFrancesca Giusti Universit degli Studi di Firenze5 6. Into the wild He spends the next sixteen weeks hunting, foraging, reading and living in a desert bus The Magic BusFrancesca Giusti Universit degli Studi di Firenze6 7. When he try to return to the civilitation the river is overflow because of the melting of the glaciars. In late July, probably he eats some moldy seeds.Francesca Giusti Universit degli Studi di Firenze7 8. Realizing he is going to die he writes a goodbye message and few weeks later some hunders found his body in the bus. One of his last notes is Happiness only real when shared.Francesca Giusti Universit degli Studi di Firenze8 9. Last year a dozen pilgrims needed to be rescued by park authorities, local people and state troopers. Different types of visitors: for the most passionate it's like a religious thing. A very few have gone a step further by camping next to the bus and depriving them selves of food. A 29-years-old woman drowed into the river. Others have had close escapes.Francesca Giusti Universit degli Studi di Firenze9 10. Percentage of accidents close to the magic busBefore Sean Penn's movie After Sean Penn's movieFrancesca Giusti Universit degli Studi di Firenze10 11. So the question is: remove the bus or make easier for pilgrims to get there?Francesca Giusti Universit degli Studi di Firenze11