I have extensively traveled out east and west in some really remote areas and remote trailheads in Zion, Grand Canyon, Havasu Canyon, Appalachian Trailheads, Glacier, Tetons, and Sierra Blanco.
I have a Ram 4500 with a Northstar Truck Camper. I can live off grid for as long as I need or want and have an available stream, lake or river for water to purify. I use a joolca on demand water heater made in Australia, Solar with Battle Born Lithium batteries and wash clothes in a military grade scrubba bag.
Being nimble and able to leave at the drop of a pin when you even sense trouble is imperative. Two deer cameras that are extremely difficult to see give me 360 degree coverage. Iridium 9575 Extreme satellite phone, bear spray in two large cannisters, and I carry two cans of wasp/hornet spray capable of spraying 50 feet.
I have encountered about every situation imaginable out in the middle of nowhere. Normally when I set off the siren mounted in a very hidden place with it's own power source, people will leave quickly. I have sprayed two guys in the face with wasp spray and then when they were writhing and couldn't see I unloaded a canister of bear spray on them and as I climbed in the truck to get out of there they were begging for me to call an ambulance. Weapons are begging for more trouble than worth. Normally a tidy sober person will avoid the break ins. NEVER camp where you hike or by the trailhead you will use. Rangers, police, and camping with people who just camp and are almost always willing to take you to a trailhead, give you people to leave an itinerary with.
Never have had anyone try to break in. I can be very intimidating in person when people first meet me. More people probably are wary of me than the other way around. Small bear spray and satellite phone when hiking. I have been more nervous on a trail in the middle of nowhere than anywhere else. Most would assume it would be two males, but it is more so a male female pair that make you queasy.
