Dude this must be car camping because no way anyone could carry all that shit? Also: pot holder totally asinine: get one sock douchebag!
― quincie, Wednesday, 23 April 2008 13:58 (sixteen years ago) link
this is a pot holder
http://www.webbmilitary.com/camping/potholder.jpg
― gabbneb, Wednesday, 23 April 2008 13:59 (sixteen years ago) link
sorry, but pot holder is U & K, socks can get wet.
― Ed, Wednesday, 23 April 2008 14:00 (sixteen years ago) link
proper name for it - A bulldog
How is it that socks can get wet and potholders can't? OK I guess if you're talking a gabbneb potholder but for realz how many single-purpose items do you really want to climb mountains with?
― quincie, Wednesday, 23 April 2008 14:05 (sixteen years ago) link
A potholder is made of metal so being wet will not increase it's conductivity. Any kinds of fabric heat protection is potentially useless. (TBH I tend to just use my leatherman most of the time but it is not as convenient, but does have a million other uses)
― Ed, Wednesday, 23 April 2008 14:07 (sixteen years ago) link
OK but to reiterate for realz how many single-purpose items do you really want to climb mountains with?
― quincie, Wednesday, 23 April 2008 14:10 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm taking a firm stand against these contraptions, folks.
are you him?
― blueski, Wednesday, 23 April 2008 14:11 (sixteen years ago) link
no backpacker brings an oven mitt along, but a lightweight pot holder is a standard part of a camping cookset. some people would forgo it, but food and basic cooking tools are pretty important when you're walking all day in the middle of nowhere, and wetness is the enemy. i guess we should give up the single purpose of eating - food accounts for a lot of the weight in your backpack.
― gabbneb, Wednesday, 23 April 2008 14:12 (sixteen years ago) link
My list from tramping round wales last summer (admittedly with a bunch of kids would have been lighter if it were just me)
Tent (Macpac microlight) Sleeping bag (Rab I forget which) Thermarest Shorts 1 pair trousers one pair baselayer trousers Short sleeve base layer 2 off. Long sleeve base layer 2 off. midlayer top waterproofs top and bottom Underpants 4 pair socks 3x 2 pair sandals hat (rain and sun) sunglasses Sunscreen (buckets of) first aid kit (comprehensive) MSR stove Fuel bottle Pan set with insulator Leatherman Sheath knife head torch watch maps compass Camelbak Bowl song book
between us we had an axe, a saw some bigger cooking pots, matches, more fuel etc.
― Ed, Wednesday, 23 April 2008 14:21 (sixteen years ago) link
all hail the leatherman supertool!
― andrew m., Wednesday, 23 April 2008 14:43 (sixteen years ago) link
amen
― Ste, Wednesday, 23 April 2008 14:51 (sixteen years ago) link
It is not surprising that most ilxors are unacquainted with the arcane lore of backcountry camping,as practised far from campgrounds and vehicles. It is an specialized hobby quite remote from the knowledge of the vast majority of Americans and Europeans.
Even the majority of people who have done it at some time are just tyros and novices compared to the true adepts. It takes a real nut like me to devote a large chunk of one's life and energy to this pastime.
(he wanders off muttering incoherently about gram scales and trekking poles)
― Aimless, Wednesday, 23 April 2008 17:59 (sixteen years ago) link
So are you for or against POTHOLDERS? Help me out here!
― quincie, Wednesday, 23 April 2008 18:23 (sixteen years ago) link
I am ecumenical. Potholders are are respectable choice, for those who desire them, but I favor bales over potholders. Bales are light, compact and integral. They also facilitate hanging one's pot over a small woodfire in a situation where one's stove has failed.
Such are the arcana of backpacking.
― Aimless, Wednesday, 23 April 2008 18:35 (sixteen years ago) link
bales heat up
― Ed, Wednesday, 23 April 2008 18:40 (sixteen years ago) link
Being remote from the heat source (base of the pot) and connected to the top of the pot only at two small points, they are somewhat analogous to the handle of a spoon, when the bowl of the spoon has something hot on it. Some heat is conducted to the handle or the bail, but not much.
However, if you are happy with a potholder, far be it from me to attempt a conversion.
― Aimless, Wednesday, 23 April 2008 18:47 (sixteen years ago) link
Look guys, I'm just saying, make the croissants like I said. You all ignore me now, but you will hail me at 9AM on day two of camping!
― Finefinemusic, Wednesday, 23 April 2008 19:05 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm taking a firm stand against these (single-purpose) contraptions, folks.
-- quincie, Wednesday, April 23, 2008 7:10 AM (2 days ago)
OTM. wtf potholder? That's what calluses are for.
Also: scattered thunderstorms all weekend. Should be rad. though apparently we're down to like 10 planned miles...
I'm taking: Hammock, tarp, associated rigging sleeping bag knife matches dice whiskey
― Kerm, Friday, 25 April 2008 16:16 (sixteen years ago) link
Got rained on something fierce, heard the coyotes at night, legs aren't speaking to me at the moment. Good times.
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3092/2451070216_91209c3161.jpg
― Kerm, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 02:34 (sixteen years ago) link
"Ask before you hunt and fish on private land"
I have a bumper sticker that says this.
― Abbott, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 02:35 (sixteen years ago) link
Sausages!
― Ste, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 14:36 (sixteen years ago) link
http://i31.tinypic.com/4fzifm.jpg Sausages, Central Oregon Desert, May 5, 2007
bell pepper, onion, kielbasa, beer to cover; simmer til hungry; bun, mustard; de(mo)lish
Technique perfected in Southwestern Virginia, 1999-2002
― Kerm, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 16:34 (sixteen years ago) link
I approve of these sausages.
Made a killer stroganoff last time camping. Also a great pork and chicory beer stew too.
― Ed, Tuesday, 29 April 2008 16:35 (sixteen years ago) link
gong camping here at the weekend.
only for one night, we have tents and sleeping bags and guitars and several bottles of whiskey, is there anything important we're not thinking of?
what foods do people recommend bringing? no cooking equipment.
― socks & pwns may break my bwns (darraghmac), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 23:40 (thirteen years ago) link
lol maybe i'll just read the thread tbf
― socks & pwns may break my bwns (darraghmac), Tuesday, 10 May 2011 23:44 (thirteen years ago) link
Bring enough whiskey and breakfast becomes superfluous. You might consider an electric torch (what we yanks call a "flashlight"). This can facilitate an egress from the tent in the hours of darkness, should such become necessary.
― Aimless, Wednesday, 11 May 2011 00:25 (thirteen years ago) link
a very good point, and one that has the ring of truth about it
torch was on the list, as i don't have a light for my kindle.
― socks & pwns may break my bwns (darraghmac), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 00:30 (thirteen years ago) link
headtorch headtorch headtorch
― ledge, Wednesday, 11 May 2011 08:35 (thirteen years ago) link
Food: a medium or hard cheese, summer sausage, and some nice commercial bagels that won't turn to rock overnight. That's my favorite "Day 3 of no refrigeration" food.
― Back up the lesbian canoe (Laurel), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 10:58 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.treepee.com/
― StanM, Wednesday, 11 May 2011 11:08 (thirteen years ago) link
http://www.shepee.co.uk
― ledge, Wednesday, 11 May 2011 11:15 (thirteen years ago) link
that's the kind of concise rundown i need laurel cheers
you others, not so much tbh
― socks & pwns may break my bwns (darraghmac), Wednesday, 11 May 2011 16:25 (thirteen years ago) link
ps there are no trees just fyi
pls to update for motorhome tour of poland
Just on the of chance we have an expert, like
― i'd love to but i'm on break (darraghmac), Wednesday, 18 January 2012 12:55 (twelve years ago) link
how do I set up a tarpaulin? what knots do I need to learn to tie?
― example (crüt), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 18:56 (nine years ago) link
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/6c/73/0e/6c730eecfea6f146dba7c630b7aa6580.jpg
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 19:19 (nine years ago) link
http://www.proknot.com/assets/images/tautline_hitch.jpg
You're taking a tarp because why again?
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 19:20 (nine years ago) link
because there will be rain, and i don't want there to be tears.
― example (crüt), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 19:46 (nine years ago) link
But you do have a tent, right? The tarp is just for extra?
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 19:47 (nine years ago) link
yes! the tarp goes over the tent.
this is the first time either of us have been camping as adults so it will be uh quite an adventure, but i think once the tent is set up properly we'll be fine. i just want to make sure i come prepared.
― example (crüt), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 19:50 (nine years ago) link
thank you for the knots!
― example (crüt), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 19:57 (nine years ago) link
Put the tent in a high place with lower ground all around it so you won't end up sitting in water if it rains. If you're not sure water won't collect underneath, put another tarp under the tent as a groundsheet. Fold it so it doesn't stick out from under the sides of the tent, you don't want the groundsheet to catch any rain.
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 20:03 (nine years ago) link
^otm
If such a high spot completely surrounded by lower ground doesn't present itself, a less attractive but useful alternative is to pitch on a broad, slight slope without much higher ground above it, and slanted enough that any water that may run toward the tent does not collect there, but continues on its merry way. You do not want to pitch in a place where you are in a watercourse that funnels water toward your tent.
― Giant Purple Wakerobin (Aimless), Tuesday, 21 April 2015 21:51 (nine years ago) link
I have a tent bought in a camping sale about two years ago. Great tent but it now has a broken pole and a few missing inner clip (which hold the inner lining to the outside?). Try as I might, I can't seem to find spares for it anywhere. Maybe the model's been discontinued or something. Any ideas what I can do?
― but then again, who really cares? I don’t. (dog latin), Wednesday, 22 April 2015 09:21 (nine years ago) link
reevaluate the tent.
― estela, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 09:24 (nine years ago) link
loool
― young ruffian - sick banter (imago), Wednesday, 22 April 2015 09:36 (nine years ago) link
I still have my sister's tent in my basement, should I return it or would it entice her to rejoin the debaucherous world of camping?
― mh, Wednesday, 22 April 2015 14:19 (nine years ago) link
Resurrecting...
We - me (40yo dad), E (36yo mum), N (4yo daughter), and C (17mo son) - are going to camp this weekend as a dry-run for Green Man, where we are going in August.
Apart from one abandoned (after one night) trip to Cornwall (inclement weather) when N was about 2, we've not done this before (E and I camped for about 4 nights in Ibiza once when we were younger, but no kids, tiny tent, years ago = doesn't really count compared to life as it is now).
We are playing it safe by not going too far, and by camping near to where E's dad owns a restaurant (so we can eat out for free!), as we are V New to this.
We have a big new bell tent, inflatable sleeping matts, sleeping bags, and that's about it. We'll be in North Devon. Please give bespoke advice for our situation!
― Hey Bob (Scik Mouthy), Monday, 8 July 2019 09:52 (four years ago) link