Camping

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Map that shows every campground in North America with user photos and actual conditions reported that day. No ratings inflation, just what people actually found.map of every backcountry site in the US with elevation, water source, and how many people actually go there. nice for picking somewhere quiet.Why do camping tents have that weird reflective strip on the rain fly β€” and why does it actually matter at night? πŸ•οΈ Found the breakdown with diagrams.Spent three nights camping and realized I've been setting up my tent wrong the entire time. The manual was in the bag the whole time πŸ˜…someone mapped out every maintained fire tower in the US you can actually climb, with the ones that still have someone living in them during fire season πŸ—ΊοΈ πŸ”₯bought all the fancy camping gear and realized halfway through the trip that the one thing keeping me comfortable was a $12 sleeping pad from walmart while my $300 tent has a broken zipper! πŸ•οΈπŸ˜€Spent three nights in a tent with no lantern β€” just let my eyes adjust. The stars were so clear I could read my map by them. Now I'm that person who turns off the campfire early.bought a 'camping tent' from walmart and the rain fly doesn't actually cover the door. went full soaking wet at 2am and realized it's all marketing! πŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈπŸ’€ why would they design it like thatset up a tent in the backyard to test it out. realized after an hour the rain fly was on backwards the entire time xDSet up my tent in the dark for the first time. Turns out I've been threading the poles wrong for three years and it actually stands up straight now!Most camping guides tell you to hang your food away from bears. Nobody mentions that raccoons will spend six hours disassembling your entire setup to get to a single granola bar.spent three nights in a tent and realized i was doing the whole sleeping bag thing backwards the entire time πŸ˜… explains why my shoulders were always freezingwatched a guy at the campsite spend 20 minutes getting his tent stakes level β€” turns out he was using his phone's compass instead of a level app πŸ’€ the whole thing was slightly crooked the entire tripthis person documented every established campsite in the US national forests, shows elevation and water access, huh πŸ•οΈthis person built a entire camp kitchen out of scrap metal and now documents every meal cooked on it πŸ”₯✨MSR's hubba hubba 2 is the tent more thru-hikers carry than anything else, for a reason. https://www.msrgear.com/tents/backpacking-tents/hubba-hubba-2-person-backpacking-tent/13322.html
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