best and easy way to set up camp.
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best and easy way to set up camp.
what way do you folk reckon is the best way to set up camp after a hard day's cycling ,what work's best for you.do you pitch your tent first,or put the kettle on,or have a shower .cook a meal.
hope this post dosen't sound like a no brainer,but it seem's everyone has a different method of doing things .im trying to find out ,if there is a favourate way of getting you set up for the night.
hope this post dosen't sound like a no brainer,but it seem's everyone has a different method of doing things .im trying to find out ,if there is a favourate way of getting you set up for the night.
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make your riding partner do it.
I always set up the tent first.... before anything.
I always set up the tent first.... before anything.
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Usually my first move is put on camp shoes if I have them. Then set up tent. After that it may be shower or kettle depending on how I feel.
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Tent first, then food. But if I am lazy and there are a lot of mosquitoes, I will just climb in the tent and have a can of beer and a package of donuts for dinner.
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My preferred order:
Tent first, in case of rain
unpack sleeping bag/mattress into tent
find/establish bathroom area
find/get water for dinner
fix dinner/clean up (easier before dark)
shower/relax/fire/drinks
pass-out time
Tent first, in case of rain
unpack sleeping bag/mattress into tent
find/establish bathroom area
find/get water for dinner
fix dinner/clean up (easier before dark)
shower/relax/fire/drinks
pass-out time
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Rank all the tasks involved with setting up camp based on what you would least want to do in the dark, then work backwards.
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I set up my tent while snacking on trail mix. I unroll my therma-rest and slepping bag, and throw the rest of my panniers in the tent. I shower. Then I wash my clothes. And finally I cook dinner.
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My order of business:
- open bottle of beer if i got it
- Set up tent
- Get out of cycling shorts and shoes and put on camp shorts and sandles
- usually just throw tent and sleeping pad into tent without unpacking
- get water and cook dinner
- eat dinner
- shower if available, washing cycling shorts in shower with me
- put panniers in vestibule
- inflate sleeping pad and unroll bag
*subject to change based on weather and conditions
- open bottle of beer if i got it
- Set up tent
- Get out of cycling shorts and shoes and put on camp shorts and sandles
- usually just throw tent and sleeping pad into tent without unpacking
- get water and cook dinner
- eat dinner
- shower if available, washing cycling shorts in shower with me
- put panniers in vestibule
- inflate sleeping pad and unroll bag
*subject to change based on weather and conditions
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Check in.
Call room service.
Find the remote.
Ok, ok, I've never stayed in a motel/hotel while touring. My order has been:
- Cleats off, shoes on
- Tent up
- Unload bike
- Unroll sleeping bag
- Cook/cleanup
- If I'm lucky, get a shower
- Sleep
Call room service.
Find the remote.
Ok, ok, I've never stayed in a motel/hotel while touring. My order has been:
- Cleats off, shoes on
- Tent up
- Unload bike
- Unroll sleeping bag
- Cook/cleanup
- If I'm lucky, get a shower
- Sleep
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Map Tester nailed it. Get the shelter up and ready, get cleaned up and out of sweaty bike clothes, eat before dark and then relax and sleep.
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Only one person mentioned a bathroom, everybody else must hold it. : P
I had a question about that actually, If you stealth camp . . . how do you go about a bathroom? Odd question maybe, but . . . necessary question.
I had a question about that actually, If you stealth camp . . . how do you go about a bathroom? Odd question maybe, but . . . necessary question.
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Ah, that's what I was wondering, If anybody carries a military folding spade. They're surprisingly lightweight for being a big hunk of metal. : P
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I've always just dug out a hole with the heel of my boot, but that was always camping in softer soils, not hard clay or something like that.
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i use a rock or stick or whatever is handy. sometimes removing a rock will start a nice cathole and replacing it buries my poop nicely. i don't carry a trowel and have never wanted for one.
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jabantik00 i use a rock or stick or whatever is handy. sometimes removing a rock will start a nice cathole and replacing it buries my poop nicely. i don't carry a trowel and have never wanted for one.
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My system is the same as the others; set up tent, throw everything in tent (except bike and food) eat, have shower. I'm surprised no one mentioned hanging their food up! I never forget to do that.
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The same way people used to do it 100 years ago or so.
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Even in Canada, the hanging the food part doesn't happen till after supper.
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I don't worry about changing shoes since my shoes are made for cycling and hiking. But the first thing I set up is my tent just in case it may rain so I have a place to get cover and put my stuff in including the bag, and it only takes 15 minutes to get it it up. Then I set up the cooking stuff.