Okay... I did that shit when I was 8 (grew up in Wyoming) and have done it pretty regularly in the following several decades. Christ, we used to use this book to find places to get away from people (in Wyoming, in the 80's ~ think we were still more populated than Alaska then...): https://openlibrary.org/books/OL2231518M/8_000_miles_of_dirt Wife and I are taking a trip to Montana soon and her co-workers were aghast at the idea she'd be without cell service. And how would she deal with problems? Um, personal responsibility? Not like this is our first time doing this kind of rodeo, not like we're clueless to the risks, or unprepared for them. But that stuck me as an insight to modern youth (lets put that as ~35 and under, knowing there are some outlying idiots older than that and wisdom beneath that) that they don't understand personal accountability. They think reaching out with a cell phone is being responsible for ones self. *sighs* Can hardly fucking wait to spend a week at our favorite secluded spot and detox from humanity. Last time we saw 1 person in a weeks time, and they just drove on by (USFS truck).