How do you go camping (I've never been)?

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askerthon1

I live in Philadelphia and wanna go camping next weekend with my bf when he comes to town (It'd be really hot to f*ck outdoors and sleep naked under the stars). I don't own a tent or a lantern or anything that has to do with camping...should I just forget about it? I really don't have much money to blow...and I don't know where we'd go...

If you say camping is a no-go, do you have any other ideas for things to do? We've already been 4x4-ing, shooting and crabbing....so I'm at a loss as to what to plan....
@Peter: That the bird is the word?

Answer
My college always had tents we could rent, along with assorted supplies like camp stoves, lanterns and coffee pots. Rent all and we were out like $11 a day. You could even rent a canoe if you wanted. (Don't, canoes are a pain.)

Rent some gear, let Wal-Mart or if you don't mind dumping some money, REI set you up with some sleeping bags. Take some basic tools, take some canned goods, you can even take stuff from your own kitchen if it can handle natural gas heat it'll get from the camp stove.

You can pick up ice chests for next to nothing at your local convenience store.

One of my dumb, favorite camp meal specials is to simply brown some ground beef, and add a can of Ranch Style Beans.

Don't forget a mutlitool, first aid kit, toilet paper and a shovel. The latter you can pick up at an army-navy surplus store, ask for an entrenching tool, you know where to get the former. They go hand in hand.

Just for another idea, there's a couple places near me that rent RV campers small enough to be towed behind a small car. I was always partial to the Chalet RV's that I could tow behind my little Jeep Wrangler. They rent for about as much as a motel room does per night.

http://www.chaletrv.com/

And for the love of all things Holy, I wish Peter would put The Bird in a suppository configuration. Presumably, next to his head.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4fpTpTDSqs

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Backpacking UK (Equipment Check)?

WishIwereE

Ok, so my friend and I, both 17, girls, and American, are going to backpack the UK very cheaply this summer.This is our plan:

Fly into london from Philadelphia, stay in the piccidilly backpackers hostel in London for two weeks, then hitchhike/walk to Edinbourough, Scotland, then down through Wales and eventually back to London. The exact routes haven't been determined yet, but we will have maps and an international cell phone with gps capabilities.


This is what we think we are going to bring: (please tell me if you have anymore suggestions on what to bring, or if we don't need an object, or any advice you have)

In nice hiking backpack with shoulder support:

Light two person tent (if you know of any, please tell me)
Small LED flashlight
1000 matches
foldable pocket knife
Mace/pepper spray
Four water bottles
Ramen noodles and fruit snacks
small silver pot thing for ramen noodles
International Cellphone
Solar charger for cellphone
battery powered electric razor
extra batteries
regular razor
foldable toothbrush
facewash
roll of paper towels
wetones wipes
hand sanatizer
small bottle of shampoo
bar of soap
two of those tiny thin blankets that are like a sheet of metal, keep your body heat in

Nice shoulder support hiking back pack number two
Four tee-shirts (two for each)
Two pairs of cut off jeans shorts (one for each, etc)
Two pairs of nice skinny jeans
two nice blouse shirts (for bars in london)
two warm sweatshirts
six pairs of socks, one pair for each of us being long
six pairs of underwear
two thermal shirts
two tank tops
two gym shorts
Some extra cash, about 100 dollars, and like 300 pounds, and 100 euros (incase we end up taking the chunnel to paris or a day trip to ireland)

Side messanger bag (me)
camera
the cellphone (we will only have one) (has gps and money converter)
a notebook
pens
another space blanket

Purse (my friend)
basically all of her medications, and a two month supply of inhalers
mace
maps, pamplets, other random stuff


So what do you think of our supply list?

Any thing else we need/don't need?

Answer
Short rule for safety, DO NOT HITCH HIKE
The long rule, hitch hiking is not safe. You might get away with it for a short while, but going long distance, as London-Scotland-London is, you do run risk a lot of times. Specially for two girls of just17 it is NOT a good plan.

From your list delete, either as not allowed to transport by plane or as not allowed in the UK:
matches, mace, peper spray, knife if longer than 2 inch, mace again.

Add whole lot of money. For food alone you need 20 pound per day, and do not count on being able to sleep somewhere without having to spend money.
Forget being able to travel casually to Ireland or the continent, take all your money while on the bank, apart for that first bit of 300 pound. Expect to use about 100 pound per day between you in the Uk, 100 pound per day each in London.
And from 'basically all of her medications, and a two month supply of inhalers' I get the impression that your friends health is not top. In that case, camping wild and roughing it should not be in the plans at all.
Think what would happen if a driver is having 'fun' with her, his friend holding you, and she getting an attack?

If you want to hike, or travel rough in an other way, do it near home, where you know the place, the speak and the people. If you think it is not safe enough why do you think you can get away with it abroad, where you will have money problems on top of it.
If safety is not a concern for you, have you done it near home? I think not, seeing your list and additional questions. It will be more of an adventure even hiking from your house to hers, if you have no experience.

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