Memes

When I was like 7-9 I went on a "camping" trip with my football/soccer team.

Really, we were just putting up tents on the field we usually practiced at after some very tame river rafting.

It was the first time I was away from my parents. And I was inconsolable. I cried most of the night. To the point the supervisors offered to call my parents so I could talk to them. (And mobile phoning someone back then was not cheap),

In the end I just cried myself empty.

Because I was asleep so late, I slept into the morning and my "tent mates" pulled down the tent around me while I was sleeping.

So I woke up in drizzling rain, lying in my sleeping bag on a thin plastic sheet with no tent around me. While all my "friends" were in the club house having breakfast.

I did not stay in the soccer club long after that.

I love camping, and have had some great trips in the rain. Can be very comfy even with a backpack setup if you know what you're doing.

That being said, this is hilarious.

And at least you have enough unsolicited advice to make it more comfortable if you want to go again 😅

This entire post reads "I don't know how to camp/go backpacking.

Get yourself a travel air mattress or sleeping pad, probably a better sleeping bag. Solves the lack of sleep and sore back.

Get a proper tent that's water proof and learn how to set it up properly so water doesn't pool under it. Make sure the vents have good mosquito netting to keep bugs our, and never have the entry unzipped a second longer than it takes to get in and out of.

For the mice, don't have food in unsealed containers and if you're in bear country you should be hanging a bear bag at least 100 feet (30m~ ) from you campsite, make sure cook wear and utensils are all properly cleaned too. Some newer tents even have a pouch built in near the door to seal a bag into, minimizing the chance of something deciding to make it a new home.

This is a very inefficient method of telling everyone that you don't know how to camp for shit.

Skill issue

Go to bed earlier

Never leave your tent open longer than the time necessary to get in or out of it.

Store your equipment in sealed containers when not in use (make sure to wash and dry it first!)

Self-inflating sleeping pad + better tent location solves the painful and damp sleeping conditions.

You can have an equally bad time staying at a hotel, if you do it wrong too.

It's a meme but you just tickled my autism.

It gets better with every single trip. I remember my first wilderness backpacking. Horrible. No sleep. Anxiety. Sun stroke.

Hundreds of trips later I sleep out of my backpack than I do in my apartment in the city. Every time you go out you dial in your gear and strategy a little more.

The thing I hate the most is not being clean which is why I don't usually do more than 3 nights out there alone anymore. After several days of sweating I just stop having any sort of fun. And I'm a wimp for cold water and have no idea how these people are jumping into alpine lakes.

That said, though, I like your meme because it discourages other people to try it. It's hard enough to get permits for certain trails!

Someone wasn't in the scouts.

I wouldn't want to camp either if I was the kind of person who doesn't plan ahead and also crumbles at the slightest inconveinience, I don't want people like that camping with me either so go ahead and stay home please and thank you.

1. Air mattress and a good sleeping bag.
2. Use a candle and a spray. You also shouldn't get bites inside your tent.
3. Fucking how? Also, if your backpack has food, it should either be in your car, suspended in the air between trees or in a locker provided by the campground.
4. See 1.
5. Tarps exist for several reasons, putting them above your tent and your eating area is one of them.

I hated camping as a child because I had no say in where, when, or for how long. As an adult I'm not camping alone as a woman. My husband would just die in the wilderness, it's not kind to a guy with cerebral palsy.

So many fragile campers in the comments. It's ok if people don't like your hobby. They might not find it worth the time, money, and effort to "get good". You don't have to defend the things you like from people who aren't into it.

I used to hate camping for this reason.

Then I learned how to set up a hammock. It's (roughly) the same amount of effort to set up, but I actually sleep better than in a bed.

Tell your friend to gitgud

The only thing I really struggle with is shitting in the woods. Everything else is manageable.

You wouldn't have made it though the paleolithic era bro. You don't have the survival instincts ᵃⁿᵈ ᵃˡˢᵒ ᶦᵗ ˡᵃˢᵗᵉᵈ ˡᶦᵏᵉ ³ ᵐᶦˡˡᶦᵒⁿ ʸᵉᵃʳˢ ᵒʳ ˢᵒᵐᵉᵗʰᶦⁿᵍ ᵃⁿᵈ ⁿᵒᵇᵒᵈʸ ʰᵃˢ ᵉᵛᵉʳ ˡᶦᵛᵉᵈ ᶠᵒʳ ᵗʰᵃᵗ ˡᵒⁿᵍ ˢᵒ ᶠᵃʳ

all of that and yet somehow i feel better than ever