> Am I in the minority in thinking that if someone wants to go out into the wilderness with little or no preparation for months at a time, that it's no one else

> Am I in the minority in thinking that if someone wants to go out into the wilderness with little or no preparation for months at a time, that it's no one else's business? The quote in the GP explicitly mentions why it is someone else's, namely the taxpayer's, literal business: > spending a lot of government money on helicopters and overtime If you choose to go off into the wilderness ill-equipped, that is indeed your choice. But if you do so, I trust you then have no expectation of being rescued should you come into trouble, and I trust you made this clear to any friends or family ahead of time.