Terms like guerrilla camping and stealth camping are better. I hit on commando camping for its alliterative aspect. When the book first came out I ran into the editor of Messing About In Boats, Bob Hicks, whom I know from symposia and other venues. He said when he saw it he told his wife "Gee, and Ralph Diaz seemed like such a law-abiding individual." :-) As some one said here in such stealth camping you pick your time and place. I know of some not-so-stealthy examples. Years ago when I worked near the UN, my two mile walk to work each day took me through Central Park past Sheep's Meadow in the southwestern part of the park. One day I spotted a tent smack in the middle of Sheep's Meadow. Two park rangers were rapping on the aluminum frame to wake the guy up. The sun was bright that morning and I could see his silohuette clearly inside the tent; he seemed startled to be discovered. From his head scratching he seemed to be thinking to himself "this sure seemed to be a quiet meadow when I pitched my tent". :-) A similar thing happened to a friend when he paddled up the Hudson a decade ago. One night he found what seemed a quite spot where he pulled up about midnight. The next morning the local constable was rapping on his tent. Seems it was the town square!! (The constable was so intrigued by his kayak and kayaking trip that he bought him coffee and donuts.) I suppose this type of camping might be termed clown camping :-) ralph -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ralph Diaz . . . Folding Kayaker newsletter PO Box 0754, New York, NY 10024 Tel: 212-724-5069; E-mail: rdiaz_at_ix.netcom.com "Where's your sea kayak?"----"It's in the bag." ----------------------------------------------------------------------- *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Thu Jul 06 2000 - 16:12:48 PDT
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