There's a right way and a wrong way, this is most definitely the wrong way. My heart always drops when I come across sights like this, as it reinforces the view that we can't allow wild camping in the forest (or elsewhere) because people can't be trusted. The truth is the majority of wild campers wouldn't leave a site like this and it's only caused by a lack of experience and education. If we were socialized from a young age as to how to camp, how to build a fire or shelter, how to clear up after ourselves, leave little, no trace and to respectfully cohabitate with nature, then things like this wouldn't happen. It's the most natural thing in the world to have the urge to camp and to live with nature, to experience that connection, after all it was our modus operandi for thousands of years. We know how to do it right. We just need to remember.
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