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|  sweetgirlie | May 25, 2007 7:19pm | | I really enjoy camping because i enjoy the outdoors and swimming. I also enjoy bonfires!! |
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|  tomygeorge | Oct 12, 2007 10:30am | thats nice i also like
ive once been in jungle its really good feeling with all the thrill except for the mosquitoes
where all have u camped???? |
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| | MariaYG | Oct 27, 2007 1:22pm | Hi, there!
Camping is simply wonderful, giving you the freedom to be anywhere, enjoying being away from the modern conveniences, breathing Nature, sensing Its might and magnificence (of course respecting Its laws and rules). I do it each and every time I have a couple of days free to escape from the madness of the city - going climbing, hiking or simply finding a quiet place to camp for the weekend. :)
M. |
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| | Goatboy77 | Nov 16, 2007 9:36pm | I've camped a lot in Utah, Wyoming, Colorado and South Dakota. But I have to tell you, when it comes to camping, I'm a bit of a purist. Most of the time I go alone, scorning even the shelter of a tent. I don't use high-tech gear and like to carry as little as absolutely necessary. Flint, knife, canteen, blanket, compass. Usually, I carry some kind of edibles just in case foraging is bad. I try to stay away from places where it might be "against the rules" because, for me, the whole idea is to get away from society, not just go where society says is a nice place to camp.
If you wander the back country enough and you see what appears to be a white savage ghosting away from the beaten path, you may have had a Goat sighting. |
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| | grumpband | Nov 17, 2007 7:56am | I admire the purist camp, but I'm not sure I could do it. My favorite place to camp is the desert. The isolation is so apparent when there isn't a person for miles. I'm not sure how the foraging would go, though:-) I keep a blog chronicaling my camps.
Your Friend,
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| | Goatboy77 | Nov 17, 2007 4:14pm | | I'm origanally from Utah, so deserts are where I learned to forage. The desert is like New York. If you can make it there you can make it anywhere. There are quite a few edible cacti and water is not difficult if you know how to make a dry well. Lizards are tasty and so are snakes. They're the easiest to catch. Also, twine snares near grassy patches will yield jacks with a little patience. But, man, the desert at night? Stars so bright you don't need any other light. The wind whispering in the sage and down the sandstone canyons. I'm no poet but even if I were the greatest poet in the world, there still aren't words to express the calm and awe I feel in truly wild places. I think it's how we were meant to live. |
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| | grumpband | Nov 18, 2007 8:55am | I totally agree! The desert seems to be a place that really magnifies everything that is so great about the wilderness. If you wilderness camp (I could lose the tent), the miles of virgin expanse ARE poetic, especially as day changes to night. The expanse of the the landscape melts into the expanse of the desert sky. You feel so small and so connected all at the same time. I'm really interested in the experience from your point of view. I can't get it out of my head. I want to do this!
Your Friend,
Miriam |
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| | Goatboy77 | Nov 20, 2007 2:39pm | Go for it! Take as much water as you can carry comfortably, knife, flint, blanket, pot. Everything else is luxury. Some things that I always bring are salt and pepper (everything tastes better) and a ziplock bag of dryer lint(for starting fires when everything's wet0. Make sure you have a compass and know how to navigate terrain. Topo-maps. On your first time out don't go more than half a day in and pick an area you're already familiar with. Bring food but try to catch your own. Bring water but try to gather it yourself. Be prepared. IODIZE/BOIL THE WATER IF YOU FIND A POOL. I can't describe the discomfort of hiking miles back to a vehicle while your bowels feel like...well, you get the picture.
If you have questions, concerns, etc. |
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| | mgteixeira | Nov 29, 2007 10:35am | I love to camp near desert beaches. You don't need to carry much, because you do not wear much. Furthermore the sea is filled with natural resources that you can use (shellfish, fish, etc). You can use sand to clean your cooking material. Usually there is a lot of wood near by that you can use to build a safe camp fire. The only thing I have to carry around is water, cooking material, and a small tent (you'll need it to avoid bug bits).
Enjoy the sun, the sound of the waves crashing against the sand, the light whisper of the wind and peace. Take it easy and enjoy! |
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|  jpeacock | Jan 11, 1:04pm | | camping on the beach is great. nothing like going to sleep hearing the sound of the waves pounding against the shore. |
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