Comments on: Streamline Your Next Camping Trip http://artofmanliness.com/2008/04/10/streamline-your-next-camping-trip/ Men's Interests and Lifestyle Sat, 11 Feb 2012 22:41:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: dan http://artofmanliness.com/2008/04/10/streamline-your-next-camping-trip/comment-page-1/#comment-112938 dan Mon, 02 Aug 2010 05:13:24 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/2008/04/10/streamline-your-next-camping-trip/#comment-112938 I'm planning to go for another camping trip next month but I'm still thinking of great place where.I appreciated our post it so helpful for me,since this would be my first time in going to camping.Need to have this check list to consider importantly.So excited,I know this gonna be a be much more fun! I’m planning to go for another camping trip next month but I’m still thinking of great place where.I appreciated our post it so helpful for me,since this would be my first time in going to camping.Need to have this check list to consider importantly.So excited,I know this gonna be a be much more fun!

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]]> By: Michael http://artofmanliness.com/2008/04/10/streamline-your-next-camping-trip/comment-page-1/#comment-106849 Michael Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:37:52 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/2008/04/10/streamline-your-next-camping-trip/#comment-106849 A lot of these comments have helped me make my pack for backpacking a little more lightweight. There's a 16 mile trail in a state park nearby that I went on earlier this year, but I used a heavy pack that made the trip miserable (45 lbs). I think I've got the pack down to 20 lbs now. Last trip I had a small propane stove, carried all the water for the whole trip, a tent, 2 extra pairs of clothes, a small cooler with some refrigerated food, just a bunch of ridiculous stuff. This trip (coming up next weekend), I'll have none of that stuff, and it's not winter so I won't need the winter gear. Also means it'll be nice and green this time around. It should be really fun. A lot of these comments have helped me make my pack for backpacking a little more lightweight. There’s a 16 mile trail in a state park nearby that I went on earlier this year, but I used a heavy pack that made the trip miserable (45 lbs). I think I’ve got the pack down to 20 lbs now.

Last trip I had a small propane stove, carried all the water for the whole trip, a tent, 2 extra pairs of clothes, a small cooler with some refrigerated food, just a bunch of ridiculous stuff.

This trip (coming up next weekend), I’ll have none of that stuff, and it’s not winter so I won’t need the winter gear. Also means it’ll be nice and green this time around. It should be really fun.

]]> By: L MacLellan http://artofmanliness.com/2008/04/10/streamline-your-next-camping-trip/comment-page-1/#comment-103705 L MacLellan Sat, 05 Jun 2010 14:08:14 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/2008/04/10/streamline-your-next-camping-trip/#comment-103705 WATER! You forgot that fairly important detail....also newspapers are helpful as well as rope. WATER! You forgot that fairly important detail….also newspapers are helpful as well as rope.

]]> By: Sam http://artofmanliness.com/2008/04/10/streamline-your-next-camping-trip/comment-page-1/#comment-103251 Sam Fri, 28 May 2010 21:05:47 +0000 http://artofmanliness.com/2008/04/10/streamline-your-next-camping-trip/#comment-103251 For the record, real men do not camp at pre-fab campsites. I understand if you're taking your girlfriend, wife, or daughter along; but if the only person/people going camping are males, then a homemade campsite is the only way to go. My dad and I and his high-school buddies all go camping in early to mid spring, every year. We have a few favorite places to go--all of them out in the wilderness--but sometimes we just drive around in the general area, pick a likely spot, and pack our stuff in. If it turns out to be a dud, sometimes we pack our stuff back out and repeat. It's awesome. But really, nothing is worse than a pre-fab campsite where the area is stripped of firewood, littered with trash, and a bunch of noisy campers less than 100 yards away. Oh, and did I mention that the "pad" for your tent is always made of gravel? Who's idea was that, anyway??? For the record, real men do not camp at pre-fab campsites. I understand if you’re taking your girlfriend, wife, or daughter along; but if the only person/people going camping are males, then a homemade campsite is the only way to go.

My dad and I and his high-school buddies all go camping in early to mid spring, every year. We have a few favorite places to go–all of them out in the wilderness–but sometimes we just drive around in the general area, pick a likely spot, and pack our stuff in. If it turns out to be a dud, sometimes we pack our stuff back out and repeat. It’s awesome.

But really, nothing is worse than a pre-fab campsite where the area is stripped of firewood, littered with trash, and a bunch of noisy campers less than 100 yards away. Oh, and did I mention that the “pad” for your tent is always made of gravel? Who’s idea was that, anyway???

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