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UsuallyARabbit
Camping tip: bug repellent is a real and important item to pack.
TlsGrz
Yeah, I‘m not gonna throw flour in a fire.
KnotsAreMySpecialty
Im so fucking glad someone said that. Good way for the ol dust explosion
Allgoodnameslonggone
The rappel one is only for skilled climbers! In alpine environment carry a harness and a Grigri or an eight and some carabiners along with..
Allgoodnameslonggone
your rope and know how to use them. A lot of climbing deaths happen while rappelling! If there's a way around, the longer way is better!
laughinggas
Another addition : Into the wild shouldn't be an inspiring tale for camping , it should be a remainder that going without prep is stupid
mewmewmowmew
Kythulhu13
I miss camping so much.
onesidedsquare
So many campsites are right on top of each other now or glorified trailer parks with all the "long term RVs", such bs
magicrhombus
#5 don't do either of these things. Use a fire pan, and put the ash/coals in the trash. Don't leave that shit all over the beach.
gamblingpoet
Remember to soak your logs in wood before set up a campfire
xj4low
If at a state park, can't gather wood locally. Bring what you burn. Down trees and part of habitat and needed for good local growth.
mewmewmowmew
Came here looking for this! +1
FuzzyX
Best use dry wood for fires and not fresh green wood.
eratosthenesearth
Now you tell me.
ehosca
what about corks though?
onecowboytoo
Your mom was the best cork soaker of all time.
icer190
An older meme sir, but it checks out.
Paulyseggs
Not bad. One tip from me. Always look up before you set your tent. Could be a dead branches, hornet nest, dead tree, etc.
ReginaKasteen
Ah, the experienced D&D player. Always check the ceiling for traps.
BlueWater321
Looking down is good too. Could be a hole, rock, or pack of wolves.
BeardedViking
No, by all means set up your tent on a pack of wolves. Establish dominance, let them know who's in charge. Maybe wear something digestible.
BlueWater321
I've got my meat pants ready to go.
seerofsorrow
Don't forget about the Widow Makers!
Lampmonster
Four Ws to choose a camp sight. Water, wood, wind and widow makers. Widow makers are trees that might fall on you.
hootimcowlface
Absolutely, and it doesn’t take much time to check and it could save your life
Paulyseggs
People get killed every year cause of falling tree or branches. And now with all the beetle probs. Lots of dead standing timber.
aSheepAmongWolves
Bitch ass spider just bit me! Lemme count its eyes to see if its a brown recluse. Ahhh bitch bit me again!!
gamedesignchicago5
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HogWashDiddler
Camping tip 11: if you dont have basic survival skills, keep your camping to spots that you drive up to
MinnesotaMathew
this is why in my older age I glamp instead of camp
SerialChickenLover
Ain’t nothing wrong with using an established campground.
TikkaMasalaBaby
Ooh that’s why my family’s version of camping was best western inn for the weekends *sigh* .. :/
90sWereGold
As long as you were doing outdoor activities during the day I see no problem. I'd miss the nighttime fires tho
practicallyperfect
Or... recognise that camping is not your thing and don’t try it, like me! ?
seerofsorrow
Or start off small and try a "wilderness area" where you are like 100 ft away from the car. And then very slowly work your way in.
imakeurglassesfoggy
Read up on tips then go somewhere you can easily walk out of in an emergency. Gotta start somewhere
ImNotStalkingYouBTWYoureOutOfMilk
Camping tip 12: Have all episodes of Yuru Camp downloaded to watch during your downtime. (Or some other entertainment, if you're a monster)
Colopty
That's how to camp like a king. Gotta figure out how to power my electronics through it though.
ImNotStalkingYouBTWYoureOutOfMilk
battery packs are necessary to have with you, since it's dangerous to let your phone die
Colopty
Indeed, but a battery pack for a phone won't cut it to power a computer. With larger packs weight is a concern though, so the problem is \1
Colopty
figuring out the smallest pack I could get away with, possibly with the added assistance of a solar panel. \2/2
boblives
Is there gonna be a season 3 just finished last night it's really good
ImNotStalkingYouBTWYoureOutOfMilk
probably
isaypoopythingabecausemostofyouannoyme
If you see a man in a hockey mask, and there are no ice rinks in sight, run.
FriscoCorvinus
Nah, too late already by then, better hope you're the protagonist.
thisgoesto11
Naah, have sex with your gf/bf first. Somewhere out in the open.
isaypoopythingabecausemostofyouannoyme
Don’t ask the man “who are you” or “what do you want.” Because the answer is “a killer” and “to kill you”
LateNightBunnyParty
#27 *person
CountSpooku
Famously, only men ever find themselves in survival situations.
KalliJ
It's more that the average woman can already survive a day or so on the everyday contents of her purse and a mom can last a week or more.
Fistouille
#9 Sadly if you took the time to read this and agree with it, you don't need it
ldjolovic2006
This one is a keeper. Amazing. Do you camp a lot?
TheVaal
Grew up in the forest, 21 years in the army. This post is for my DIL who wants to go, away from camp sites.
wurth
#1 means a trusted friend or relative. Don't let all of Facebook know your house will be unattended.
abitskeptical
#1 is ridiculous - turn off your phone, leave it at home, and tell no one!
CurrentLevelOfAdulting
Also, if you decide to go somewhere else, holy fuck tell someone!!! That’s why 127 hours happened.
AMRIV
geoffreyfourmyle
Always upvote Oglaf, but especially this one.
ramblercomet5772
Learn 3 guitar chords, sing badly. This will keep other campers away and you can enjoy solitude.
Counterfit
I recommend Cdim7, Eb dim7, and Gb dim7
dbdenton
Do you know any Wings?
Counterfit
Did you know Paul McCartney was in a band before Wings?
Counterfit
(A nearly direct quote from a student my uncle had in the 80s)
AyaElemelon
Why kitty litter in the car for winter? Traction for tires stuck in ice?
dreamsnottheresultofwhatweeat
Yes. Nothing worse than getting stuck in snow or on ice and seeing your tires turn. Sand or kitty litter are the best.
Ricobe9
#6 side tip: a used sock will not make an awesome meal, even if it's wrapped in foil and thrown in the coal
Counterfit
What about
ActionJohnnie
Do not camp next to a cliff. View is great until night and you get up to pee. Lost a friend to this.
MediocreExtremist
#5 why?
nero4ty2
stays hot and if people walk over it can cause serious burns
AntaNce
sand makes it invisible, insulates the coals, and then someone's kid step in it, or a doggo, no more fun!
nosadpandas
Only one I’d add is a source of fresh water. Water purifier, purifying tablets, something. Always need a source of clean water.
onecowboytoo
Can't I just drink my own piss?
Norwegurian
Here in Norway almost all water is clean, so if you are hiking and run out of water you can just refill your bottle in the nearest stream
boogiemanspud
Here in the US, you grow a new limb from the farm chemical runoff.
onecowboytoo
You haven't been to places like the Rocky Mountains where you get water fresh from the snow pack.
SBlueberry
Lost mobile signal in the woods, can't view further camping tips and tricks - send help
brobinson2001
FM 21-76 app. It's offline & is a US Army Field Manual
CuRVyStella
#22 is a list of your most common spiders, right? It can't be the most dangerous? Only one Is life threatening??? Asking as an Aussie.
planetfinder
A widow bite did give me a seizure as a kid and put me in hospital.
Evi1Gav
Yeah, but Australia is easier - is it moving? It's dangerous. It's it staying still? It's dangerous.
DoktorWeasel
This looks like it's only for North America. Australia is basically another planet.
Asterboy
Honestly enough Aus spiders are venomous that you should really treat them all as such. Hell your skin will start to visibly die after some.
zhukoz
Tbh brown snakes are far more common and much more dangerous
aThingWithTheStufAndTheJunk
Rofl, not everyone lives in a vast terra incognita with danger lurking around every corner.
CuRVyStella
Sorry, that should be #23
huskypaws
#22 Just learned I'm attractive to mosquitos because they dig blondes so I have that going for me.
AntaNce
which is nice. how do they know if i dye it green?
icomeheretobedistracted
Mosquitoes, the other way to get a disease by "injection ".
Idabeard
This is good stuff but do you know any cool campfire tricks?
sdfsfsfsgs
The star does as advertised, it is even more efficient and you can use the tactic with other fires prior to heading to sleep.
sdfsfsfsgs
This is a top-down fire. It can also be a good fire to build before heading to sleep, as it burns slower.
Avialle
OP prolly forgot about the flour and stuff you can throw into the fire
FsImgur
Sure, piss directly into the fire. Keeps your balls toasty warm.
AoxomoxoA35
I wish they had included some tips about how to change the color of the fire
sdfsfsfsgs
Bring steel wool and a 9v battery with you. They are easy to use as tinder when it's wet out.
boogiemanspud
Careful, any wetness on tinder is probably a bot.
sdfsfsfsgs
The lean-to campfires work fairly well in poor weather, and are more efficient than the teepee.
sdfsfsfsgs
This is a self-feed fire. It will last longer than any of these other versions.
hirosjimma
SOAK LOGS IN WOOD
brobinson2001
If you soak your logs in wood they'll last longer (this is literally the exact picture that spawned that meme)
FsImgur
I made the mistake once of soaking my wood in logs. Doh!
sdfsfsfsgs
I left the fun for you. lol I googled "soak your logs in wood" to get the screen cap
mattinglyssideburns
When you want 5% heat and 95% smoke
sdfsfsfsgs
THe main purpose of the fire is that it can easily last for 12 hours. YOu can always add logs directly to the fire itself manually.
sdfsfsfsgs
If you also use large logs you'll get a pretty decent fire.
theshinobi23
To add to #5 we were taught to always stir up the ashes and add more water. This applies to every campfire, not just beachside.
Ninjainslippers
Yep. To really put it out properly you have to make an ash smoothie.
somewhatparanoidpanda
As a kid I got 2nd degree burns walking where a large bonfire was the night before because someone didn’t add the water. It was unpleasant.
bmouse127001
Aaaah, I was wondering why not to use sand. I'm guessing the sand doesn't really smother the fire and put it out then?
localsurfer
Sand stays hot for hours.
InboxMeGreatDanes
Both have separate jobs. Sand smothers the fire and puts it out quickly, water cools the embers off
khakzoy
Camp next to a river and you will sleep. Yeah right.
turmosoritilaatio
Slept three summers in a row next to rivers. You get used to it and the mornings are pretty nice. Ofc some rapids are just too damn noisy!
brobinson2001
3 am, and a raccoon will find a bullfrog and the whole river/creek goes "BWRAAAAAAAAAAP! BWRAAAAAAP!" til sunrise & the ducks wake up
TautologyIsWhatItIs
#6 a few hours?!
boogiemanspud
All burnt ashes taste the same.
sdfsfsfsgs
lol I'm glad I'm not the only one that doesn't eat burnt to a crisp food when I camp. I can go back and finish the post now.
aThingWithTheStufAndTheJunk
Foil wrapped food in coals shouldn't be burnt to a crisp.
sdfsfsfsgs
YOu are cooking on temps upwards to 2,000F, in a couple of hours your foil will probably no longer even be foil.
sdfsfsfsgs
Well, you wouldn't say that if you cooked with foil wrapped food on coals. (i often do).
sdfsfsfsgs
1 Jeez, I said "probably" but what I really meant is that your foil will no longer be foil. It will have completely fallen apart. Just
sdfsfsfsgs
2 influencing people to ruin their food. Even aluminum cans will 'burn' to a crisp.
Fistouille
#8 Why?
spontaneous9
Just put on jeans & a t-shirt, step into the shower, fully immerse, try to dry off, & see how long you can keep wearing them afterward. 1/2
spontaneous9
If it isn't 100F & sunny, you will not only regret getting them wet, they'll take forever to dry and weigh a ton while still damp.
Cranbananarama
Wore a cotton hat while camping once. There were no survivors and life refuses to grow in the place anymore.
BrovoFoxtrot
You should also consider where you’re going: big bend and it’s over 100? Wear a cotton shirt to stay cool a bit longer
jackmiton
It's god awful when wet
seerofsorrow
So, it depends on where you're going. If humid it gets so damp you'll feel it, hardcore. I live in the SE USA. So I backpack in linen + poly
Honrddge
Cotton is rotten.
xirbitzy
Cotton soaks up water like a sponge and can take in many times its own weight in water, should it rain you will regret using it.
ScrapyardCosmonaut
We wear the nylon pants shorts combo with zip off legs to protect our precious virginities
mukon
Cotton kills.
buddhabud11
Most of the time you want material that will "wick" moisture away from the body, instead of holding onto it close to the skin.
ThomasThundersword
Counter point. synthetics will catch fire more rapidly and cause far more damage burning on your skin. so if your tending a fire, balance>
ScrapyardCosmonaut
As a welder who hates nylon I’m with you
CommentBot3000
The only answer is "wool". Only use synthetics for hardshell/softshell + pants.
xo66nt
wool though
ThomasThundersword
the risks. it’s less never wear cotton, and more. dress for the weather and hazards you are most likely to encounter.
MadeYouLookAgain
That’s why I always catch on fire when I’m camping. Thanks!
Findrek
Exactly. I wear cotton all the time camping, but not where/when it gets cooler.
ThomasThundersword
same. i’m usually cabin or RV camping so never far from a change of cloths and warmth. but when i am out hiking or in riskier spots. 1: it’s
ThomasThundersword
summer anyway. but 2: i either change into not cotton, or make sure my pack has a set of synthetic to change into and just eat the weight.
Dracalia
Stays wet longer and is harder to dry. Wool is the best.
TheAnswerWasAlwaysMoreLube
Yeah, but avoid relying on synthetics for heat as well.
razorgirl1066
I have a merino wool t-shirt and it feels no different than cotton, I love it.
sdfsfsfsgs
Also, Alpaca Wool > merino wool in all aspects for warmth and repelling water.
TheAnswerWasAlwaysMoreLube
How is comfort?
sdfsfsfsgs
A lot more comfortable that sheeps wool.
sdfsfsfsgs
1 Alpaca wool especially. I have an alpaca wool hoodie my friends all thought was cotton or something, and always thought I was insane
sdfsfsfsgs
2 going snowshoeing at elevation in obviously sub-freezing temps, with nothing but a light shirt (also wool) underneath.
Dracalia
Or long johns. Long johns rock!
sdfsfsfsgs
The shirt was in fact thermal underwear and so was what I had on under my ski pants.
MisterReak
Cotton loses all insulting value when wet. Once wet it will cause hypothermia if touching your skin. Wool or synthetic materials is king.
Lampmonster
If anyone is wondering why, wool has long strands that wick water away while cotton has short strands that do not.
captjons
So great for hot climates?
MrFireworks
Absolutely! In southern Utah and Arizona cotton is preferred since getting it wet can help you stay cool longer.
TheAnswerWasAlwaysMoreLube
Wool, just wool with a wind/water resistant layer on top. But remove wool layers if you are on the move. Source: Norwegian army.
FsImgur
Screw you cotton!
aSheepAmongWolves
Ikr? I had a fight with cotton one day and he was calling my mama all sort of names. But he was wet so his insults were hurting nobody
doyouguysrememberpogs
CirB
Cotton doesn't dry on you, so if it gets wet and you cannot dry it or change clothes, it'll leach your body temperature down, even in 1
CirB
warm(ish) weather. Been there, done that mistake on a mountain trek (in my defense, I thought it was a technical shirt, but it was a 2
CirB
cotton mix :P ), ended up with (luckily mildish) hypothermia. Almost knocked me out, and at the end of the trek I just shivered for an 3
CirB
hour or two next to a fireplace and wrapped in quilts. Never gonna make that mistake again. /4
MisterReak
Even sweaty cotton clothes can end up causing hypothermia.
mynameisnotphoebe
And (merino) wool is less stanky when you sweat
BOSSMOPS
Damn expensive though
ReleaseTheBeeees
Thought that said wood. Was wondering how you'd wear wood
aristera
I'd start with a nice pair of trunks.
ReleaseTheBeeees
Oh you
SlimSam
Wool also loses all "insulting value" when wet...
vikintommy
Im sorry. But cotton? The fire resistant, material? Does no one pack more then one change of cloths?
kaoticgirl
Came here to say the same!
iTakeQuotesOutOfContext
You can pack whatever you want to carry, but I tend to think clothes catching fire is less likely than getting wet/cold outdoors
Crazyaussiecanadian
It's camping, not hiking. You don't need to carry everything.
aristera
You still need to get to camp.