Unpopular take: that 'leave no trace' obsession is over-the-top

Last trip at Yosemite I spent 2 hours trying to bury my campfire ashes exactly 6 inches deep, but the ground was so rocky I just gave up and scattered them wide - nobody noticed. Why do we act like a few visible ashes ruins the whole wilderness experience?

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cole_mitchell89d ago

Hold up, you spent two whole hours on that?

holly_craig8d ago

and honestly that's kind of the whole problem these days right? nobody gives themselves time to actually get into something. like you sit down to do a task and if it takes more than 20 minutes people act like you wasted your whole day. i've noticed this with everything from cooking to reading a book to even just having a real conversation with someone - everyone's in such a rush to be done with stuff that they miss out on actually enjoying it. two hours is nothing for something that matters.