Camping

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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”₯this person documented every established campsite in the US national forests, shows elevation and water access, huh πŸ•οΈ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.watched 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 tripSpent 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 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˜€set up a tent in the backyard to test it out. realized after an hour the rain fly was on backwards the entire time xDthis person built a entire camp kitchen out of scrap metal and now documents every meal cooked on it πŸ”₯✨Set 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!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 freezingbought 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 thatMSR'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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