{"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

    \n
  1. Channel lock pliers make good pot holders.<\/li>\n
  2. Nylon rope can be used as shoe laces.<\/li>\n
  3. Use a large zip lock plastic bag, filled with air, as a pillow.<\/li>\n
  4. A plastic bottle makes a good latrine for cold weather camping. (You don’t
    \nhave to ‘go’ very far from your sleeping bag). Keep it just outside the tent flap.<\/li>\n
  5. Carry several pieces of lumber cut into two-inch squares to summer camp and
    \nuse these to level platform, tent, and cot.<\/li>\n
  6. Old shower curtains make great ground tarps.<\/li>\n
  7. Waterproof matches by dipping them in nail polish.<\/li>\n
  8. Waterproof matches by dipping in melted paraffin.<\/li>\n
  9. Make fire starters by filling paper condiment cups with saw dust and pouring
    \nparaffin into the cup.<\/li>\n
  10. A length of chain and a piece of coat hanger bent into an S-shape will allow
    \nyou to hang your lantern from a tree limb.<\/li>\n
  11. Keep batteries in prescription bottles.<\/li>\n
  12. Prescription bottles also make good match safes.<\/li>\n
  13. In fact, prescription bottles (or 35mm file containers) make good storage places for small items of all sorts.<\/li>\n
  14. A frisbee will add support to paper plates when the plate is placed inside
    \nthe frisbee.<\/li>\n
  15. Laundry lint makes good tinder.<\/li>\n
  16. Keep the water in your canteen cooler by wrapping the canteen in foil.<\/li>\n
  17. When it comes time to pack up at the end of a camp, a wet toothbrush, face
    \ncloth and bar of soap wrapped in foil won’t dampen the other things in your
    \nkit.<\/li>\n
  18. To prevent batteries from wearing down if a flashlight is accidently nudged
    \non while you’re traveling, put the flashlight batteries in backwards.<\/li>\n
  19. To protect your feet from blisters, smear soap on the inside of your inner
    \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
  20. To keep mosquitoes away rub the inside of an orange peel on face, arms and
    \nlegs.<\/li>\n
  21. Wrap fishing gear in foil to keep line from tangling and hooks from rusting.
    \nBy lining the compartments of a tackle box with foil, you can prevent rust
    \ndamage to plugs and other equipment.<\/li>\n
  22. To remove musty smell from canteen, put three teaspoons of baking soda into
    \nthe canteen with a bit of water. Swish it around and let sit for an hour,
    \nthen rinse out the canteen.<\/li>\n
  23. An empty plastic soda bottle, cut off to a convenient height, will work as a
    \ncamp bowl. You may want to sandpaper the cut to smooth the edge.<\/li>\n
  24. Save inner cardboard tubes from kitchen and toilet rolls, stuff with waste
    \npaper and use as fire-lighters.<\/li>\n
  25. Use zip-lock bags for mixing foods, be sure it is closed tight and the top
    \nis held shut before shaking or kneading.<\/li>\n
  26. Duct tape can be used to repair most everything on a trip. Use it to patch
    \ntents, mend poles, hold up schedules, patch torn shoes, hold poles for
    \nmosquito nets to cots, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\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

    \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}]}}