Me too. If I had the gear and experience W_D at that age I would've taken my daughter, but I had neither. I did know how to drive and fix a car though, so I did get into some pretty remote places to camp out. I had people get on me for taking my daughter out like that, but they didn't really have the experience and gear I had, so I didn't pay much attention to them.

To be fair, I got my tail chewed quite a few times by moms when I was a single parent, but I mostly deserved it and they were trying to teach me when they did it, and without them I'd have been a mess.

My daughter survived me. She still backpacks, so I guess I never traumatized her too awful much.