Backpacking: A Different Way of Camping
What is camping? To most people, it is perceived as a time to pack up the car,
drive to local camp grounds, and spend the weekend in the great outdoors. It is
a time to frolic with family and friends around a campfire, singing songs,
playing games, and roasting marshmallows while listening to ghost stories that
can only be heard while camping. However, to the avid backpacker, camping takes
on a different perspective. While experiencing the great outdoors is very
similar to car camping, backpacking is very different in many respects.
Preparation for backpacking and car camping and the locales where one can set up
camp are very different. In either case, experiencing the great outdoors and
its natural beauty cannot be surpassed. With car camping the only real
limitation is one's vehicle. A person is limited to the vehicle's capacity to
carry or tow. For example, a camper will bring a stove, a twelve man tent, two
coolers of meat and......
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