Into the Wild Draws Adventure Tourists Ill-Prepared for Alaska’s Wilderness

People keep making the dangerous pilgrimage to the Alaskan Wilderness where the book Into the Wild was set. Jillian Rogers / Associated Press

Skift Take: Nearly 25 years after its publication, the book Into the Wild and the subsequent movie are still beckoning novice travelers to the Alaskan wilderness. They often face injury or the same deadly fate as hiker Christopher McCandless did, and nobody can agree on the best way to stop them.

— Danielle Hyams

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