Actually, Chris B, all one needs to do to find actual wilderness is Get Off The Trail. I particularly enjoy off-trail hiking, pick my own routes from maps, then go see what is there. Days like that give me many hours and miles without seeing anyone. All this in the Sierra in California!
I have several favorite off-trail routes that are particularly sweet.
As for government dictating: Nobody wants that -- I just wish they'd stop giving tax breaks for more kids, and more cash for more kids in AFDC.
