I had heard about this book many times, and had it on my shelf for a long time as well before I picked it up to read. It was an interesting book, which has been made into a movie. I found myself thinking throughout that this guy was a space cadet. He made the craziest choices, but who am I to judge. His choices were his own, and he lived and died as he wanted to do. I saw that not terribly long ago they hooked this bus up and flew it out via helicopter to keep people from hiking to this place and getting lost and injured.