re: Spinoff thread: Most isolated you've ever been?

Solo backpacking trip in the backcountry of Denali NP.

Two or three days in, I saw 3 or 4 people in a small plane while I was taking a crap on the moraine of a glacier (there wasn't a bush for about a mile in any direction). They appeared to be watching, so I waved. The pilot confirmed my suspicion when he waggled his wings. I have no doubt I'm in a vacation slide show somewhere.

The evening of day six I was headed back towards the road and ran into another backpacker. It was his first day in and he had a bunch of questions, so I stayed and cooked my dinner. When I packed up and he realized I was leaving, he practically begged me to stay. I think the poor guy was a little nervous.

On my next, and last, night, I made it to the Eielson Vistors Center about 10:00pm. I slept on a picnic table under a pavilion. A flat, level, non-rocky surface was a treat and I slept like a log. When I woke up in the morning there were about 20 people around me taking pictures of the scenery. Back to civilization!