What should I need on a camping gap year?

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Rosie

My friend (who's a guy) and I are planning our gap year away together....we want to travel around europe. We are going to camp and want to no what stuff we will need to take...like what type of tent, what clothes etc etc

Rennette
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Answer
Daily Life
Shade Canopy / Rope & Clips ; Sleeping Bags
Air Mattress; Chairs; Table; Tarps; Pillows; Air Pumps; Hatchet ; Tent; Gun; lights; Wind curtain

Food
Sides - Potatoes, boxed potatoes; Smoresâ Makings; Snacks - pudding, fruit snacks; Meat for meals -6 meals; Soda /Juice; Ice; condiments - ketchup, Milk, butter; Eggs; Bread Hot Dog/Hamburger buns; Coolers; ICE

Cooking
Flipper for potatoes ; Gas for range Range Grill
Charcoal Lighter Brush, grill brush, tongs Skewers
BBQ Sauce Matches; Bacon tongs ; Frying Pan
Can Opener; Pot Holders; Tablecloth

Night Life
Lantern Holders; Mantles ; Lanterns; Gas for lanterns; Drinking / Cooking Water ; Firewood; Flash Lights
Kindling - Newspapers &/or; Old Phonebooks

Individual Bags
Clothes for each day - Hat, jacket, swim suit; long sleeve shirt, socks ; Underwear for each day ; Shoes - flip flops, water, tennis & beach towel

In Personal Care Bag
Shampoo, Soap & Hand Sanitizer; Washcloth & Dish Towel, Toothbrush, Toothpaste; Hair Brush, Medicines - antacid, Tylenol, Sunscreen deodorant


Other
TV/Radio; Camera w/film ; Toilet Paper in plastic baggie
Map; Weed Eater with gas!!;;; Money; Extra Batteries; Spare flashlight Bulbs; Shovel ; Trash bags; Ziploc bags; Aluminum foil

Cleaning
Baby Wipes ; Dish Detergent; Scrub brush;
Dish Rack; Dish Towel; Big Pot ; Small Broom & Dustpan for

Dishes
Cups; Plates; Plastic Wear; Bowls; tupperware
Paper towels / napkins;

Fishing equipment
poles, tacklebox, worms, fish net, minnow bucket, license to fish


TIPS: freeze your water/milk/meat before hand so it helps keep everything in the cooler cold. Try to prepare foods ahead of time, so it's easier to make meals when you camp. (like browning your ground beef ahead of time)
You can NOT have enough lanterns or flashlights!!

Do I need a sleeping bag when camping in Indonesia?

I'm traveling to Indonesia this January and planning on doing some camping. I'm taking my tent with me but do I also need a sleeping bag? I already have one but it would be easier to not carry it around backpacking.
Thanks

Answer
When I've traveled in tropical areas I use a sleep-sheet rather than a sleeping bag. This is like a double sheet (mine is a poly/cotton blend) that is folded ove and stiched across the bottom and halfway up one side, with a pocket at the top to insert a pillow. CampMor's online catalog has about a dozen different models, most under $30

http://www.campmor.com

I also carry a very lightweight polyester fleece sleeping bag of the same design (also available at Campmor for around $20 to $30). This is handy for traveling because you can open it out flat to use as a regular bed blanket or a beach mat, even as a bath towel in a pinch.

Both of these roll up very small. The sleep-sheet is less than the size of a can of soda and I can carry it in my purse or daypack. The fleece blanket/sleeping bag rolls up about the size of a loaf of bread. The sleep-sheet is handy when you sleep in a hotel, too -- I don't trust the cleanliness of the beds in a lot of cheap places so I use the sleep-sheet and my travel blanket on top of the hotel bed so I don't have to contact their bedding.

On hot nights camping I lie on top of the fleece bag with my body inside the sleep-sheet. If I wake up cold in the middle of the night I crawl inside the fleece bag or pull it up over me and I'm fine.

Much easier to carry and to keep clean than a sleeping bag and more versatile in a range of temperature conditions.

Campmor also sells nylon or Goretex bivouac sacks that go over your bag, including some that have light tent poles and mosquito netting over the head area. One of those would be a good idea for traveling in Indonesia if you plan on sleeping outdoors without a tent.

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Do I need a sleeping bag when camping in Indonesia?

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I'm traveling to Indonesia this January and planning on doing some camping. I'm taking my tent with me but do I also need a sleeping bag? I already have one but it would be easier to not carry it around backpacking.
Thanks

Answer
When I've traveled in tropical areas I use a sleep-sheet rather than a sleeping bag. This is like a double sheet (mine is a poly/cotton blend) that is folded ove and stiched across the bottom and halfway up one side, with a pocket at the top to insert a pillow. CampMor's online catalog has about a dozen different models, most under $30

http://www.campmor.com

I also carry a very lightweight polyester fleece sleeping bag of the same design (also available at Campmor for around $20 to $30). This is handy for traveling because you can open it out flat to use as a regular bed blanket or a beach mat, even as a bath towel in a pinch.

Both of these roll up very small. The sleep-sheet is less than the size of a can of soda and I can carry it in my purse or daypack. The fleece blanket/sleeping bag rolls up about the size of a loaf of bread. The sleep-sheet is handy when you sleep in a hotel, too -- I don't trust the cleanliness of the beds in a lot of cheap places so I use the sleep-sheet and my travel blanket on top of the hotel bed so I don't have to contact their bedding.

On hot nights camping I lie on top of the fleece bag with my body inside the sleep-sheet. If I wake up cold in the middle of the night I crawl inside the fleece bag or pull it up over me and I'm fine.

Much easier to carry and to keep clean than a sleeping bag and more versatile in a range of temperature conditions.

Campmor also sells nylon or Goretex bivouac sacks that go over your bag, including some that have light tent poles and mosquito netting over the head area. One of those would be a good idea for traveling in Indonesia if you plan on sleeping outdoors without a tent.

A lightning storm is coming up, and you and your friends are outside picnicking. What would you do?

Terry P

Your gear is spread around you. It includes steel knives and forks, a metal esky with a plastic cover, remains of food and drink,and a beach umbrella. The metal pole of the umbrealla is driven deep down into the Earth. Your tent is nearby.
Your friends are all wearing metallic watches. One girl has a metal clip and the other is wearing metal earrings. There are trees in the distance and a small metal shed near.

Answer
As Gary says, get in your car, if you have one nearby. But - contrary to what he says - it is not the rubber tires that will save you. That is an urban legend.

It is the fact that the metallic body of the car works as a Faraday cage that will lead all the energy of an eventual lightning bolt outside the car and keep you safe inside.

If you are in a mountainous terrain, seek a low point in a valley or hollow and, of course, not a hill top.

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