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comment by elizabeth
elizabeth  ·  3496 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: I'm in Seattle please save me [edit: fukken saved]

Glad you found a place, sleeping outside kinda sucks.





galen  ·  3496 days ago  ·  link  ·  

One of the weirdest memories of my childhood is the time little-me decided he wanted to be a "badass" (probably didn't use that word tho, I was like 9) and sleep outside on a cub scout campout. As far as I can remember, there was no reason for me not to use the standard sleeping bag/tent setup; I had both of these things, and my dad was at the campout with me. But I told him and the other adults that I wanted to sleep under the stars (again, probably didn't use that phrase at 9), and that's what I did. For like half the night I was just curled up in a nook in a tree, until finally at around 1 or 2am someone came and shepherded me into a fellow scout's tent (since setting up my own tent was impractical). What the fuck, little me?

user-inactivated  ·  3496 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It's alright, just not in a city

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elizabeth  ·  3496 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah, camping is awesome. I meant something more along the lines of "sleeping outside without any camping gear sucks".

Had to do that a couple of times this summer and ended up putting on all the clothes I had with me towards the end of the night. It gets cold.

Next time I'm buying a thermal blanket and a mini tent.

user-inactivated  ·  3496 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Oh I've got tons of camping gear in a frame pack, just left the woods in fact. Gave my tent away though.