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As a former boy scout, my least favorite kind of person to go camping with is anyone who never bothered to figure out how any of their gear works. They inevitably show up in the dark and gripe about stuff like it’s in Swedish Ikea directions format, start off the first day grumpy as hell cause they froze their asses off on the hard ground and didn’t get any sleep. What’s worse is this turns them against the prospect of ever visiting the outdoors again and they leave the gear to rot in their garage instead of donating it to someone more responsible and with a more enthusiastic joie de vivre than them, namely small, poor children.
People who don’t ever use their toys prior to executing the camping trip are probably amateurs in more ways than just camping.
As a former scout myself, I am perfectly fine with just a sleeping bag on the ground unless it is likely to precipitate in any way. But I could also build a simple shelter using materials from around the area if I really had to.
In North Ontario, the black flies want to know your next campsite location.
I got a really nice bivvie bag with a single tent pole and an integral bug net. It has been fantastic when the deer flies wanna know what your eyelids taste like.
Probably first time doing it and he didn’t even try at home before going camping. When those foldable kayaks started popping out on Amazon, I saw a couple arriving with two at a lake. They spent like 20 minutes trying to assemble them and ended up giving up.
The first thing I did when I got my inflatable kayak was to inflate it in my living room for the reason you are describing.
Nah, you did it because it’s fun to have a kayak in the living room! Learning how was just a bonus.
