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This is a basic learning in scouting – creating a stove made of stones or rocks. But how about if there are not rocks or stones in the vicinity? Our usual campsites are near the river so getting stones is no problem. But sometimes we chance upon a forest campsite where there are no big stones...

During my scouting years, we developed that habit of hiking in the woods with a walking stick particularly if the trails are grassy. Snakes can be everywhere according to our scout master and a walking stick greatly helps to prevent a snake bite. When walking, the stick is used to grope the...

From what I remember, I had experienced hiking at night only once. And it was not really night but after midnight. I was 12 and was a rookie in the community scouts who are high school students (I was the youngest). We left the city before midnight and had some sleep in the town near the...

From my experience, I can say that camping during my younger years taught me how to be independent. I was not a spoiled brat but I admit that I couldn’t attend to all my needs because my mother was always there to assist me. But in camping trips, I had to do everything for myself. Another...

The campsites I have been have no big wild animals except for the wild boar and deer but they are shy to people and I haven’t heard of an incident that they raided a campsite. But my father, who used to hunt wild boar and deer, said that the wild boar would fight when cornered. The most dreaded...

There was a time when the campsite we chose in the forest was infested by ants. They are actually red and black ants of different sizes. For a camper, the presence of ants is not much of a problem during the waking hours since we are active. But how do you sleep when there is the threat of ants...

When I was assistant scout master of community scouts, we went on an overnight camping trip in the mountains of Antipolo (surprisingly, it is now a city huh). At dusk, I started pitching the huge tent that will serve as shelter for all of us, we were more than 20 with scout’s age range from 13...

I had countless of camping trips when I was younger and those trips were all in the wild like forest, mountain, dam and riverside. It is just sad that I had no camera so I have lost the memories that could have been proven by pictures. In this digital age and me with my digital camera, I always...

As I had posted in another thread, we were in a camping area the other weekend but we decided to not stay overnight because of the cold weather. We live in a tropical country and temperature dipping below 20 Centigrade is already freezing to us. The ideal camping season is during summer where...

During my camping days in the mountains, we always bring along a big tent or small tents depending on what kind of tent we could borrow. And when we didn't have a tent, the lean-to is our alternative. The advantage in our camping venue is the availability of bamboo. The native bamboo called buho...

There are 2 types of camping for me. First is the camping in the wild where we have air guns. The second type is camping in a campsite where there are facilities. It was a long time since I have last experienced the first type. But we go to a campsite every year. In fact, we were there 2 weeks...

When I am on a camping trip, my appetite is hyperactive. That's why food is not an issue with me during my scouting days. Even dried fish tastes so good to me especially when the campsite is a wilderness. When I don't have the appetite now, what I do is to imagine my camping days in the forest...

I envy the posts in this thread because I miss the wildlife. In my younger days when my friends and I would go hunting in the mountains. Now our family camping is always in commercial camps with facilities. And the only wildlife we can see are birds and insects. But there is a forest...

Some years back when we were in a beach resort, we rented a small boat for cruising the area. The boatman gave the 8 of us life jackets. As the boat mived, I noticed that it was difficult to snap the velcro if the strap in my life jacket. But I didn't mind due the excitement. When we went...

I bought a tent only once in my lifetime and that was when I was already working. My camping buddies were my male friends so the tent I bought was one that was good for 4 people. When we go on camping, we were at least 4 so my tent would suffice for us. But some of my camping buddies have a tent...

The improvised fishing spear I could remember was one made of a small branch. It’s about more than an inch in diameter and the length is 5 feet with one end pointed. That camping was in a dam (water reservoir) where there were lots of fish. However, my fishing spear did not catch any fish...

What would you do when you are in a campsite and there is a typhoon? The first impulse is to leave but I guess it would be dangerous to do so because of the muddy and slippery trail. Being stranded in the campsite is not a pleasant situation paticularly when the rains are continuous. In my...

I am a fanatic of camping but when we moved to this suburban home, I was out of touch with my friends and my camping activities have stopped. There are no camping groups here except for boy scouts and I’m too old for that. My idea of camping is a group of 4 or more with air gun so we can shoot...

RV is rare in our country that’s why my dream of having one remains a dream and probably in my lifetime. But my parents used to live in an RV when they were in Orange County in California – both were seniors already so they decided to get a cheaper accommodation with that RV instead of a...

In one camping during my scouting days, we passed by a lagoon which was infested by mosquitoes. As we waded, we boys were so engrossed in driving away the mosquitoes that we were unaware of the leeches that were sticking on our legs. When we came out of the water and a bit far from the lagoon...