{"id":194,"date":"2006-06-17T07:47:12","date_gmt":"2006-06-17T14:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/getrichslowly.org\/blog\/2006\/06\/15\/26-cheap-camping-tips\/"},"modified":"2019-09-26T22:02:23","modified_gmt":"2019-09-27T05:02:23","slug":"26-cheap-camping-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/26-cheap-camping-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"26 cheap camping tips"},"content":{"rendered":"
Backpacking and camping are awesome frugal activities. It costs nothing to take a hike. It costs a bit more to camp overnight, but even that can be done inexpensively. While browsing the web for camping stuff, I stumbled upon a great list of frugal suggestions that were originally posted to the Usenet group rec.scouting on 03 December 1994<\/a>!<\/p>\n According to the original poster:<\/p>\n These low-cost equipment\/ideas\/fixes for Scouting and camping in general [were] originally found on a F-Net Scouting board and [were] reposted on Fidonet on Nov 11\/92 by Steve Simmons. The file evidently originated with BSA Troop 886 in the USA.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n This list is HUGE<\/b>. Here are my favorite ideas:<\/p>\n If you like these, check out the entire list<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Backpacking and camping are awesome frugal activities. It costs nothing to take a hike. It costs a bit more to camp overnight, but even that can be done inexpensively. While browsing the web for camping stuff, I stumbled upon a great list of frugal suggestions that were originally posted to the Usenet group rec.scouting on 03 December 1994<\/a>!<\/p>\n According to the original poster:<\/p>\n These low-cost equipment\/ideas\/fixes for Scouting and camping in general [were] originally found on a F-Net Scouting board and [were] reposted on Fidonet on Nov 11\/92 by Steve Simmons. The file evidently originated with BSA Troop 886 in the USA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3287,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[476,485],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3287"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=194"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/194\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.getrichslowly.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
\nhave to ‘go’ very far from your sleeping bag). Keep it just outside the tent flap.<\/li>\n
\nuse these to level platform, tent, and cot.<\/li>\n
\nparaffin into the cup.<\/li>\n
\nyou to hang your lantern from a tree limb.<\/li>\n
\nthe frisbee.<\/li>\n
\ncloth and bar of soap wrapped in foil won’t dampen the other things in your
\nkit.<\/li>\n
\non while you’re traveling, put the flashlight batteries in backwards.<\/li>\n
\nsock at the heel and underneath the toes. Carry along a bar of soap and,
\nwhen you feel your feet become tender, give it a try.<\/li>\n
\nlegs.<\/li>\n
\nBy lining the compartments of a tackle box with foil, you can prevent rust
\ndamage to plugs and other equipment.<\/li>\n
\nthe canteen with a bit of water. Swish it around and let sit for an hour,
\nthen rinse out the canteen.<\/li>\n
\ncamp bowl. You may want to sandpaper the cut to smooth the edge.<\/li>\n
\npaper and use as fire-lighters.<\/li>\n
\nis held shut before shaking or kneading.<\/li>\n
\ntents, mend poles, hold up schedules, patch torn shoes, hold poles for
\nmosquito nets to cots, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n