Camping Thread

Well, I've already learned something new.

Thanks.

And have fun!

- spray the insides of the vault toilet with bug/spider spray and then clean out any [black widow] webs with a stick before hangin' yer junk in there.

- set up a cheap beach sun shade tent next to your sleeping tent (facing towards the southeast) to keep the morning sun from cooking you too early (and no food in the tent. ever.)

- piss on some shrubs around the camp boundary to let the bears know who's boss. works best if you're an alpha (beta 6uys might want to stick to a hotel).

 (((beta 6uys)))

Love the firestarter, TH

Use a lint remover to search yourself, and especially kids for ticks etc...roll it over clothes, skin, wherever...

Spray your tent zippers w cooking spray and you ll never have that problem of zipper crimping fabric 

Campin this wknd w my son...year 13 for Memorial Day, this year turned it into a 6 day vacay...cant wait

Have a great wknd, all

White Gas > Lint Rolls

What fun is a lint roll?

Corn chips for kindling.
Bread tags make great clothespins  - they are very light weight.

Bring plenty of boomers

I like to bring this guy along in case we need fresh boar meat

Logs for fire, w pre set copper nails, wire wrapped etc....makes for great colors etc...we ve tried all kinds of metals for various colors etc...terrible for environment, and a cpl smell a lil gnarly, but the kids like to get real close so theres not alot of room for adults to inhale that crap anyway...

One of Bostons finest firefighters is our fire safety head volunteer in charge for fire pits at all sites...biggest pyro i ever met....

Oh, ya, never ever throw bee sting antidote into a fire...;)

Good thing the kids get close enough to inhale that poison.  Wouldn't want to waste any perfectly good 60 year old diseased liver carrying diabetics.  

I guess it's better than a southern bonfire.  Throwing cases of aerosol cans into a fire isn't really my idea of a fun time. 

In this neck of the woods whenever there's a pyro outbreak--usually burning vacant barns--the first(and usually last) stop is the local volunteer fire department. 

In my younger days, I used to pride myself on starting a fire in any weather conditions using a coal from the previous night's fire.   Then I was camping with some Kootenai guys way out in the deep woods of central Idaho and one of the dudes leans over and says in a serious tone "Do you want to know the Indian secret to starting fires?" I say yes, and he says "gasoline."Since then, I have not been shy about bringing a bottle of charcoal fluid with me camping.

Saw a brief bit on TV about an indigenous tribe in Namibia that has kept their fire going for more generations than they can count. The chief's wife was designated fire-keeper, and it was her job to create the fire from last night's coals every morning - ever since she inherited her job from the previous chief's wife.

Chief's wives all the way down.

No gasoline.

Bonfire of the Vanities

The 'Fire Paste'  works great in all sorts of weather,  safer than Gasoline.  Gas and charcoal-lighter fluid tend to have that eplosive flash which singes hair.

https://www.coghlans.com/products/fire-paste-8607

If car-camping,  nothing like a 'Bernz-O-Matic'  torch and small propane cylinder.  That will get a fire going quicker than a BIC.  You can always use the propane for the lantern and campstove.  (That's liek,  your basic plumbing torch)

Those little paraffin / sawdust sticks are great.  I found a box at 'Dollar Tree' not long ago.  Or you could cut slices off a Prestolog / Duraflame,  same ingredients.

Here's a whole encyclopedic review:

http://www.trailspace.com/gear/coghlans/fire-paste/

out here you can pretty much toss a lit cigarette anywhere and WHOOSH, you have fire.

COOL Thread Hall Know his stuff  - Enjoy TH !

Last night I camped out at (OP = Original Prankster) George Walkers home, with outdoor Tiki Bar and nice grill setup (bacon / swiss / bluecheese burgers, yum!).  Camping at mining claims is cool, hiking's great, but i'll take pranksters for the win!

Probably an east coast thing>>>

Nope, thats a Jambone thing.

>>Probably an east coast thing

So you collect your lint?

lol

I think those lint fire starters need a name, like wookie tampons or poor man's sterno.

Have to find the tent this weekend. Meeting friends in Felton next weekend. They have a Coleman two burner. My buddy Joe will make soyrizo burritos Saturday morning. 

Don't forget your left-handed smoke shifter.

A wide-mouth Gatorade bottle that can be emptied in the morning. Nice not to have to get out of the tent when the need arises.

Hoover add your old, extra tea light candle wax to lint rolls for a Fire-starting torch !

I just spent $800 on shit.

Biolite camp stoves are pretty cool, can generate electricity from fire

https://www.bioliteenergy.com

Or you can be a bit more formal with your power needs, solar panels and a battery...  set up with LED lights (5 watt strips)

Here's the list of "things we need" for evacuees on Hawaii, being accepted and distributed at Pu'uhonua o Puna  

Went camping last week at 10,000 feet in the Magladena Mountains in New Mexico.   We got up there in my brother's new toy - a 4x4 Sprinter camping van that takes car camping to a new level:

The van was shipped over from Germany as basically an empty shell, but the inside has been since modified for camping.  You have to keep shit tied down good to keep it flying all over the place going down rutted dirt roads.

My brother installed solar panels on the roof and set up a simple DC system for charging phones and running laptops, the fridge, lights, and the stereo:

I'm curious what the "shell" cost?

my buddy got a killer deal one one $10k for a used budweiser van.

I've seen a bunch of them on the road. I think the shell's the way to go. Build to suit...

Is that a sportmobile or did he do it himself?

He did it all himself.  There are various online forums where he got the plans for the electrical system, etc.  Its sort of a work in progress.  The more time you spend in it, the better you can dial in the interior details to fit your needs.

We had a fun camping ritual with kids and a picnic table...everybody picks up cool things on our daily hikes for the construction of the group centerpiece, then we'd talk about why we chose them at dinner.  There would be rocks, sticks, flowers, branches, leaves, pinecones, moss, you name it, even some gross beetles (thankfully gone by morning). 

Anything gathered on the ground was fair game.  After a few days this turned into pure work of woodland art.  On the last day, take a pic, then its scattered back to the woods.  

I love that idea from start to finish, jamjuice.

>>>>>A wide-mouth Gatorade bottle that can be emptied in the morning. Nice not to have to get out of the tent when the need arises.

Once bought a Pearl Jam bootleg called "Piss bottle men"

Filling it can be issue if your camel like light beer drinker

Magladena Mountains in New Mexico.   <<<<<<<<<


Apache territory- was down there  some years back --nice.