| Most everyone loves to go camping, but what | | | | such a trip. After you think you wrote |
| happens if you arrive to your campsite and | | | | everything, you divide it into categories |
| discover that you forgot some essential | | | | like "essentials," "emergency," and |
| camping gear? The drive back home may be way | | | | "may-be-needed" categories. Include all the |
| too long to return, and the nearest store | | | | items that fall under the "essentials" and |
| might be miles away. Therefore, it is | | | | the "emergency" categories. Take the |
| essential to always be prepared when camping | | | | "may-be-needed" category and ask your friends |
| outdoors. This means that you need to plan | | | | their opinion. Based on your own experience |
| properly to include all necessary camping | | | | and any response you get, you will be able to |
| gear. | | | | make a well-informed decision about the rest. |
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| First of all, it should be a very safe place | | | | Some Things you Should Keep in Mind While |
| ' both from people and animals. And here is | | | | Packing Your Camping Gear |
| one fact that you should not ignore. | | | | |
| Sometimes people are more dangerous than the | | | | The unexpected can happen (and the chances |
| animals. Second, you should be carrying | | | | are that will happen if you are not prepared |
| sufficient (if not more) food and water | | | | for it). Hence, be prepared for rain, for |
| supplies. | | | | loss of food or water, for running into a |
| | | | wild animal or a terrible human being, and so |
| If you are planning to use the water at the | | | | on. |
| source, you should carry along with you | | | | |
| sufficient water purifier tablets (or any | | | | Be prepared how to handle any and all the |
| other way to have the water purified at | | | | situations, and have each member of your |
| source). Water purification is one of the | | | | family be equally prepared. Sometimes, this |
| most critical aspects you should pay | | | | could be the difference between life and |
| attention to, and the other is packing the | | | | death. Preparation is the key, so be sure to |
| right camping gear. | | | | carry some extras and be ready for rain, even |
| | | | if it never rains, when you go camping. |
| How to Make Sure That You Have All the | | | | Sometimes out of the blue it will rain ' and |
| Camping Gear You Need for the Trip | | | | it should not catch you unaware in this case. |
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| Often you will find, much to your chagrin, | | | | Carry some type of protective gear against |
| that the exact thing you decided to leave out | | | | fire. It is imperative that every member of |
| from your camping gear is what is needed when | | | | your "camp family" knows how to handle and |
| you reach your camping spot. What if | | | | douse a fire effectively! This basic |
| something out of the ordinary would happen | | | | knowledge is essential and can prove to be |
| that would require your intervention using a | | | | life saving since fire is one of the most |
| specific camping gear that you just never | | | | potential hazards during a camping trip. This |
| thought to bring along on the camping trip. | | | | is again a very critical aspect, because a |
| So, how can anyone make sure they are ready | | | | carelessly drawn fire can spell disaster not |
| all the time? | | | | only for you but for the whole forest, and |
| | | | sometimes the entire region. Thus, be |
| First of all, draw up a list with all the | | | | prepared, and be safe. |
| things you would think would be needed for | | | | |