pleasestopasking@reddthat.com to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agoWhat's your best tip or hack for camping?message-squaremessage-square101fedilinkarrow-up1140arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1137arrow-down1message-squareWhat's your best tip or hack for camping?pleasestopasking@reddthat.com to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 2 months agomessage-square101fedilinkfile-text
Any kind–drive-up camping, backpacking, RV camping, in the woods, at the beach, in a shelter, let’s hear it all.
minus-squareTakapapatapaka@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoIf you go for a tent, first don’t forget the tent pegs, and then it’s always comfortable having a tiny mallet to plant them, rather than using a rock or your bare hands.
minus-squarekalkulat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-22 months agoFind a -soft, dry- spot for the tent. And pound the pegs in first, then the rest of the tent goes up more easily. Oh … and if it’s -really- cold out, put a handwarmer, or two, in the toe of the sleeping bag. (Good to well-below zero F)
minus-squarebluGill@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoDepends on the tent. Some stakes first some last. Dome tents stakes last, most everything else first
minus-squareOka@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoWe had a roofing hammer. Half hammer, half handaxe
minus-squarechicken@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoYou can also take off your shoe and use that
If you go for a tent, first don’t forget the tent pegs, and then it’s always comfortable having a tiny mallet to plant them, rather than using a rock or your bare hands.
Find a -soft, dry- spot for the tent. And pound the pegs in first, then the rest of the tent goes up more easily.
Oh … and if it’s -really- cold out, put a handwarmer, or two, in the toe of the sleeping bag. (Good to well-below zero F)
Depends on the tent. Some stakes first some last. Dome tents stakes last, most everything else first
We had a roofing hammer. Half hammer, half handaxe
You can also take off your shoe and use that