Monday, May 27, 2013

Knowing Survival Camps

By Patricia Clark


Camping is a fun and interesting experience either for children or adults. The feeling of being close to nature and enjoying what nature has to offer is truly an experience difficult to resist. Most people who are accustomed to living a city life, still looks forward to spend some time in the forest or woods to take delight in being near the tall trees and wonderful flowers, breathing in fresh air and listening and enjoying the calmness of the sound of nature.

Success and enjoyment of your camping trip depends largely on proper preparation and planning. People who are planning to go on a camping trip, either beginner or veteran camper, should make sure to do proper planning and preparation to ensure that your camping trip will be an experience that is both fun and enjoyable and will not turn out into a horrible camping experience.

Important reminders to make sure that you will survive your camping experience:

-Checking the location and area which you are planning to do your camping trip is always necessary to ensure that the place is not only safe but also for you to know what resources are readily available in the are hence, you will also know what you need to bring on your trip.

-Make sure that you know what clothes to wear when camping. Typically, a shirt that can cover your neck up to the wrist is recommended because there are usually a lot of insects in campsites that may cause you skin infections and may even bite you and would give you harmful diseases if you are not well-covered. Aside from protection against insect, wearing long sleeves can also protect you from sunlight. You also need to wear pants if you don't want your legs to be scratched with grass and other plants in the forest.

-Knowing the expected kind of weather on the date is also important so that you can also plan properly on what types of clothes to bring and what kind of shelter or tent to build. Aside from that, this will also help you and make you decide early on whether to cancel your camping trip or not if you tre is a possible storms coming into the location of your camping trip.

-Plan on what food and beverages you will need to bring on your camping trip. Also make sure to bring sufficient supply of food or at least bring more than enough food for you and your companions.

-Be sure to plan the activities that you are going to engage in once you are on your camping trip. doing this will make you manage your time properly and prepare the necessary materials needed for the activities you wanted to do.

-Be sure to bring clothes for warm and cold weather. Though you have checked the expected weather for that dates, there is still a big possibility that the predicted weather is not accurate so it's better that you are prepared whatever weather will be.

-During your camping trip, there is a possibility of experiencing any untoward situations or accidents, that is why it is always necessary to bring along your medicine and first aid kit. This will help you provide basic first aid application in case there are accidents while you are on your camping trip.

The ability to survive camping depends on your ability to plan and be prepared for your trip. You need to plan not only for those things that you expect to happen during the trip but make sure to be prepared for any untoward incidences, be it minor or major, that may happen.




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