Peter Osman wrote: > [snip] I am about to embark on an equally hazardous initiation - but with no > prior experience of any kind. IE the first time in my life to go camping - > Could anyone volunteer the three worst mistakes I could make? Oh, boy, is my hopper full of recent experience on this one! Peter, I can't stop at just three. Please do not ask why I am so acutely tuned to these errors (especially the last one -- arrrgh!). 0. Failing to pitch your tent above the midnight high tide mark. 1. Failing to have enough dry bags to keep your gear dry. 2. Failing to run your food up high enough (and far enough from the tree trunk) that the critters (rats, raccoons, bears, etc.) won't get into it. 3. Failing to bring enough fuel for cooking. 4. Failing to bring enough drinking water (or, forgetting the filter needed to produce safe water from surface sources). 5. Forgetting the TP. 6. Leaving the tent (sleeping bag, tarp, stove, food, paddling partner, etc.) home. 7. And the worst: leaving your sense of humor at home. -- Dave Kruger Astoria, OR *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced/forwarded outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Mon Aug 14 2000 - 01:53:11 PDT
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