Moment of contemplation.

[darksideofstorm]

Life Lessons Learned From Doing Care Work

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[nezumiko]

I don't know if tent costs are comparable, but the price of a new two person summer-weight tent here is pretty low. Low enough, if you go for one of the el-cheapo Walmart versions, that I'd prefer buying a new one over sleeping in one missing parts and still smelling like 1999. Another option here is renting a very nice tent from a mountaineering store, which I have done

[ferox]

I also thumbs up the air pads. If nothing else, it cuts down on the cold from the ground; you don't think it's possible for the ground to put out that much cold but it DOES. We used to have these amazing little cots that were SO COMFY to sleep on, but fit into a teenytiny yoga bag size like bag, but the weave on them must have been very open(?) because I remember chattering in freezy death the first night and then being just peachy the next, where the only different was a ratty old sheet on the bottom.

/random!

[jbmcdragon]

Ha ha, you should hear the things she's been doing. It's gone something like this:

Me: We're going camping? In Sept? Isn't it cold in Sept?
Dark: Not that cold!
Me: You do realize who you're talking to, right?
Dark: ...

*several weeks later*
Dark: Okay, I've got four sleeping bags, two duvets, five thermal heaters good down to minus twenty, and nine hundred sweaters!
Me: That might be enough... >.>

*grins*

J

[darksideofstorm]

Hey, it was only eight-hundred sweaters. I'm not completely mad.

[darksideofstorm]

Ha! Good advice. Though teeny cots would have the minor issue of cutting down on snuggling ease with the significant other. >.> Even if they do sound nifty.

Fortunately, we have groundsheets, duvets, and a buttload of spare sleeping bags. So breathing space might be an issue, but we shall not suffer for heat!

[darksideofstorm]

I looked around a bit (read: I glanced through a leaflet) and discovered that I could pick up a decent four-man tent for about £30, which is awesome in any language. But it turns out that buzzruth is just going to borrow one off a co-worker, and free!tent totally tops cheap!tent any day of the week.

Though I'm almost tempted to buy one anyway, just so I can own a tent.

Temecula Tent Collapse -- I'm sure I've heard this story before. I remember talk of photographic evidence.

Air pads -- we have groundsheets, duvets, and a buttload of spare sleeping bags, so I think we're golden. :D And JB always has me to cuddle up to, too. So I'll die of heatstroke, but she'll be nice and toasty.

[nezumiko]

Owning a tent IS indeed an awesome thing :D

If JB has pictures, I want to see them! I was engulfed by a completely collapsed ten-man tent. It's too bad there's not video of the chaos of me attempting to get back out.

Seriously do not underestimate the hardness of the ground. Warmth is a factor, yes, but it is astonishing just how uncomfortable dirt really is, even with a few layers of blankets under you. For extra warmth with not much weight, those reflective emergency heat blankets placed under you are remarkably effective.

[buzzruth]

I bought the tent. £5- me loves bargains. Will be amusing seeing your brother fit in it though. It's big enough for me to lay full length pretty comfortably, but he's got almost a foot on me. Ready to point and laugh? :)

Thanks for trying to find us a tent though.