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<blockquote data-quote="Rancocas" data-source="post: 5071395" data-attributes="member: 2871"><p>My parents began camping on a regular basis back in the mid-1950's when I was only a small child. They started with a tent, but soon graduated to camp trailers. I have been camping ever since then.</p><p>One thing we learned, if you are in a tent, is to; </p><p>1st pitch the tent on high ground, even if its only a foot above the surrounding area, that could be enough to keep you out of a puddle if it rains.</p><p>2. Don't lay directly on the floor of the tent. Use a sleeping pad, an air mattress, or a low, folding cot. Also, newspapers are good insulation and help keep you warm when spread several layers thick under you.</p><p>3. Condensation can be a problem in a tent, especially in the winter. During the night your own breathing can form frost on the inside of the tent, and once you get up, moving about, cooking, etc. the frost melts and it can drip like rain inside your tent. Good ventilation helps.</p><p>However, I have done some back country hunts in the west and in the "great white north", with lots of snow on the ground. Most of those times I hiked in, miles from any road, but other times I was able to canoe into some really remote areas. Instead of a tent, I cut some poles and set up a tarp lean-to. I closed off the sides with either smaller tarps, or cut brush, but the front was left open. (the old long-hunters such as Daniel Boone would call it a "half-face" camp or an "open-faced camp") A fire in front provided the only heat. I cooked over the open fire. No camp stove. A small ground pad, with a good sleeping bag rated for below freezing temperatures, and I was quite comfortable. No condensation in an open lean-to. I once sat out a 3-day blizzard in northern Michigan in such a camp.</p><p>Ah, but I was a much younger man in those days. Now, I like my pop-up camper. ():~)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Rancocas, post: 5071395, member: 2871"] My parents began camping on a regular basis back in the mid-1950's when I was only a small child. They started with a tent, but soon graduated to camp trailers. I have been camping ever since then. One thing we learned, if you are in a tent, is to; 1st pitch the tent on high ground, even if its only a foot above the surrounding area, that could be enough to keep you out of a puddle if it rains. 2. Don't lay directly on the floor of the tent. Use a sleeping pad, an air mattress, or a low, folding cot. Also, newspapers are good insulation and help keep you warm when spread several layers thick under you. 3. Condensation can be a problem in a tent, especially in the winter. During the night your own breathing can form frost on the inside of the tent, and once you get up, moving about, cooking, etc. the frost melts and it can drip like rain inside your tent. Good ventilation helps. However, I have done some back country hunts in the west and in the "great white north", with lots of snow on the ground. Most of those times I hiked in, miles from any road, but other times I was able to canoe into some really remote areas. Instead of a tent, I cut some poles and set up a tarp lean-to. I closed off the sides with either smaller tarps, or cut brush, but the front was left open. (the old long-hunters such as Daniel Boone would call it a "half-face" camp or an "open-faced camp") A fire in front provided the only heat. I cooked over the open fire. No camp stove. A small ground pad, with a good sleeping bag rated for below freezing temperatures, and I was quite comfortable. No condensation in an open lean-to. I once sat out a 3-day blizzard in northern Michigan in such a camp. Ah, but I was a much younger man in those days. Now, I like my pop-up camper. ():~) [/QUOTE]
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