The camping and other outdoors thread -

[The Dude]

This is the thread where we discuss camping, hiking, hunting, fishing, ATVs, and other outdoorsy activities.

I enjoy them all. Mrs. Dude and I are planning on going on a camping trip soon, just the two of us. We've got this nice Kirkhams springbar tent that we bought last year and have yet to take out. We Also own a few ATVs and I do enjoy hunting, though I haven't gone since my Dad passed away.

What outdoors stuff do you like?

 

[exball]

I enjoy outdoors activities that involve me being indoors.

Seriously though, my spring break just started and I was going to go camping but I caught the flu.

 

[The Hunter]

Fishing has been a hobby of mine for as long as I can remember. Camping's nice, hiking's better, and we lost the ranch before I could get into hunting, but I never really had it in me to kill an animal anyways. Haven't rode an ATV ever since my cousin trashed my granddad's. Although I really just do anything as long as I get to be outside and surrounded by nature. Just wish I lived in a forest area instead. As much as I love this area, it's still balls.

 

[Dollars2010]

I do love camping and spending time outdoors. Growing up in northern Minnesota, I used to go fishing and camping all the time, though wasn't too much into hunting. It was nice living the midst of a forest, seeing all the deer, bear, wolves, and all those critters. So spending time outdoors has always been something I thoroughly enjoyed and certainly do miss now that I live in a city.

 

[Arkangel]

I used to hate camping when I was younger, but I was a different person (angry kid) back then. Nowadays I enjoy camping; fresh air, fishing, hiking, etc.

The last time I went camping was last summer with my family and step brothers up in Burney Falls near Mt. Shasta. We stayed at a private camping ground that had showers and stuff, so we weren't exactly roughing it. We fished for trout in the streams and lakes and ate them for dinner most nights. Good times.

This coming May, I'm going camping in Oregon with my Adult Cousin and his friends, but this is going to be more of a Drunken Party instead of fishing and relaxation.

 

[c-no]

I'm kinda mixed on camping. The first time, which was about ten years ago, it was a hot night sleeping in a tent in Ohio, especially since there were mosquitos outside but I enjoyed camping with my dad and my cousin. The second and third time however, I did not enjoy, not because I didn't like camping but because something bad happened to me (It was family drama, and that I do not need when I go out to camp). I'm not much of an outdoors kind of guy but I would like to give hiking a chance, I would like to just go out to the woods here in California and take a small walk to enjoy the scenic nature of the woods and maybe have some target practice with a shotgun I own, just shooting non-living targets.

 

[Judge Holden]

I have only been camping 3 times. This is a brief account of the tragedies which occured

1) cub camp: age 8.
Here I took my first steps from the innocent child to the monster that is judge holden. On the first night I got lost in the woods during an ill-advised game of hide and seek, and apparently emerged screaming and crying about something i cant even remember.

For the next 3 days I learned how to fight for my life the hard way, learned slmost every single swearword, sexual concept, and obscene idea that I know today, suffered tests of pain and determination with stolen lighters, led my colleagues in wholesale thievery ofthe foodtent at midnight, and finally took part in my first sexual assault, making our "tent leader" lick my anus with the aid of my colleagues. Halfway through the week however the river-bank flooded and we were all sent home.

I had left home a boy....but returned home a monster. and yet it was still the best camping trip I ever took

2) Survival camp: age 12.
Here I learned the art of wilderness survival....from some cunt reading from an SAS survival guide whenever he thought we were not looking. 3 nights of tedium with people I hated eating shit scraped from the forest.

3) Family camp in cornwall:
Age 14. Here my parents decided out of pure cruelty to not get a cabin or such to spend our holiday in this year, instead to force us to pitch a tent in the middle of a campsite filled with chavs. The endless guforring and babbling of essex cunts drove me near to madness, the cold made me loathe my parents with a burning rage. the sound ofmy sister trying to molest my mother still has left me deeply scarred...but all of this could not compare to the horror of what was happening to me.....

Every time I masturbated I got a migrane.

I still dont know how it happened...but the 2 disks of porn I took with me to serupticiously enjoy with my ps2 could not be consumed without me blacking out in pure agony.

Wanking was so horrifically painful that only a madman would consider it....but it was the only thing I could do to escape the madness that surrounded me.

and so the small hours were for the next 2 weeks rent with the tearful wimperings of a 14 year old risking brain haemorages just to enjoy his collection of straponlesbians videos.

4) First High school era camp: age 16.
This is when my tastes in booze and women were immature, venal, and utterly idiotic. Thus when my psychopathic girlfriend suggested we join some of our other friends in camping in a nearby forest, I said hellz yeah and took with me the finest tescos vodka i could find.

Much drinking, nickelback (yes...dont ask) and one lost virginity later when my teenage mind was going through seven different kinds of shitting itself, me and my girlfriend were roused by the sound of one of our friends shrieking. Her boyfriend was choking on his own puke and thus we had to summon an ambulence...to a desolate fucking field. And guess who I should run into at the hospital but my own fucking mother whom I had promised that I was going to be staying with friends for studying and that I would not drink a drop

5) Second high-school era camp: age 18.
Almost 10 years to the day of that fateful cup camp I returned to the river by wheich we had camped all those years ago. This was the night I lost my fucking mind, ran into the woods near naked after drinking copious ammounts of vodka.

then something.....bad happened in teh woods. I have no idea what i saw or what i thought I saw but I just remember screaming and running as fast as I could. didnt stop running till i emerged 2 hours later onto the highway, walked up that for 10 minutes till a police car stopped to help. after spending a night in a cell I was able to prove I was of drinking age and let off with a warning to return sheepishly to my friends.

 

[TrippinKahlua]

We do a lot of camping where I live, there are plenty of secluded beaches and small islands for us to take over for a few weeks. In the tropical climate, however, you gotta be prepared with citronella. Unless it's breezy, the mosquitos and other insects are killer. Our camping activities include spearing and eating turtle (which isn't legal ), shooting rifles and waking up at 5AM to shoot pigeons. Also, we carrying boards to go "hydra sliding" with. Also, all the "adult-only activities"

Me, however, I'd go camping, but after a day, I'm sure tired of it. Last time I went, I put on a few game shows on my iPod and had the Alec Bensen Leary phone calls to keep me entertained out in the wilderness.

 

[Grand Number of Pounds]

My mom was a nurse at a summer camp this week and tomorrow when it ends my dad and I are going down to join her. Tomorrow night and tomorrow morning we'll have the place to ourselves

 

[The Dude]

My mom was a nurse at a summer camp this week and tomorrow when it ends my dad and I are going down to join her. Tomorrow night and tomorrow morning we'll have the place to ourselves

Sounds like the setup of every horror movie of the 70's and 80's.

 

[OtterParty]

I hate camping. Nature is icky and humid and full of bugs and especially mosquitoes, and people come back smelling bad with suitcases full of dirty crapped briefs. The horrors of adoption are potatoes compared to camping. Die, camping.

 

[The Dude]

I hate camping. Nature is icky and humid and full of bugs and especially mosquitoes, and people come back smelling bad with suitcases full of dirty crapped briefs. The horrors of adoption are potatoes compared to camping. Die, camping.

Dude...I was adopted.

 

[OtterParty]

Dude...I was adopted.

(I was kidding.)

 

[cheersensei]

I have a few weekends I've requested off for camping this summer. I love it. Had the pleasure of doing a lot of it growing up and some with Girl Scouts too. Girl Scouts sucked because it was mostly in various town parks or near facilities that we could easily just walk to. Family was more fishing and trying to avoid severe storms in Nebraska. Nothing says "pack your shit and get out of here" than torrential rain pouring down and heavy lightning in the middle of the night while trying to pack up an 1970s pop up camper.

The best however is with friends. Finally got to drive up to Mt. Rainier last year and see my friend enjoy her first s'more. The face she made was of pure ecstasy. Going with family is fun, but most of it consists of sitting at the campsite, drinking from dawn til dusk.

I hope to eventually upgrade my gear, but I'm quite happy with what I have now. Just purchased a Coleman Weathermaster II tent from Costco last year, and this year invested in a shower tent. Just need to get a new camping stove and maybe an additional sleeping bag or two, and I think I'd be happy.

 

[Some JERK]

Love camping/hunting/fishing. in the last 10 years or so I've been reading the ultra-light backpacker forums and even though backpacking really isn't my thing, I've learned a lot. (because ounces=pounds and pounds=pain and all that.) Those guys have some seriously awesome Ideas like penny stoves made from soda cans. Light and cheap as hell and burns for about 10+ min on 3 TBSP of 91% rubbing alcohol. You guys ever make a penny stove?

Spoiler

Anyway, I love the solitude of solo-camping. There's something about not having to talk to anyone for days on end that I really enjoy. I also enjoy fishing and hunting because both my dad and my grandfather used to take me and it's kind of my way of connecting with them now that they're both gone. (and also y'know... free fuckin' food. That's kinda' nice too.)


The best camping spot I have ever seen. Someday I'll find the guts....

Spoiler

It's also zombie-proof.

 

[Grand Number of Pounds]

Sounds like the setup of every horror movie of the 70's and 80's.

Maybe Holden can comment on that.

If I run into any demons, the souls of lost camper or homicidal maniacs I'll let you know.

 

[Ariel]

I like camping at the beach. Theres this camping ground I go to thats between Torquay main beach and a few bars.

 

[hellbound]

The GF and I keep making vague plans to go camping but have yet to follow through. I haven't yet but I would love to. There's a flooded quarry about an hour away where I've done some SCUBA diving, and it has a campground. Love to go there, spend a night or two, swim and snorkel during the day...

 

[Grand Number of Pounds]

Just came back. The only bad thing that happened was that I didn't sleep too well. I also had a dream where I was turkey hunting, but I've never been hunting before.

 

[Something Vague]

Love camping, the upper peninsula is an awesome place to go for camping, it is simply breath-taking. I do, however, have the worst luck with weather, there is always that one day when it rains or in one case hailed in the middle of July for some weird reason, I dunno.