7 Reasons Why Camping Sucks

[wayno]

When a friend recently invited me to tag along on his upcoming camping trip, I didn’t give it a second thought before agreeing to go. Never having been camping before, I needed to at least try it despite friends and family hysterically laughing at the thought of me camping and placing bets on how long I’d survive. Unfortunately, they were all right. I am not a camper. I cannot rough it. And I did not last more than 24 hours. Camping sucks. I hate camping. Here’s why:

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[Ellobuddha]

Reading her article shows exactly why I love camping...... To get away from people like that.

[wayno]

Reading her article shows exactly why I love camping...... To get away from people like that.

amen...

[walkon]

Ditto

[walkerchris77]

Brainless bimbo.lol

[wayno]

Brainless bimbo.lol

how dare you, take that back, i'm a brunette...

[walkerchris77]

Lol.

brunettes rock!

and not trying to offend any bimbos. With out them my wife would not have no reality tv to watch while I go walking.

Gotta love it how she complains about the sun coming up in the morning.
Been happening for a while now. He he.

[DanShell]

Nothing more annoying than a negative person, I think the comments in regards to her article suggests she has not convinced her readers.

[walkerchris77]

I guess if you went camping and had a crap tent, sleeping bag, mat etc you could be excused to think its not much fun

[sim1oz]

I guess it takes all sorts and she said clearly up front none of her family and friends could imagine her camping..... AND I agree with all the other posts!

Funny thing about the sun. When I'm packwalking I go to sleep much earlier than I usually do so I tend to wake up well before the sun rises and just lie there relaxing. When the sun starts to light up the tent I feel like I am in a heavenly place. Love it!

[neilmny]

What's everyone looking at nothing loads just a loading spinner in the middle of the page.

[Hallu]

Well first you don't have to camp AND hike. It is possible to camp near a lake and just enjoy nature. Climate control ? With a good ventilated tent, and a spot away from the rising sun, you're fine. In the cold ? Well you just need a good mat and sleeping bag that's all. As for the smelly person next to you, you can bring your own tent, or limit yourself to campgrounds with showers. I never do like 7 days straight of camping, I like to alternate between lodges/BnBs and camping.

Anyway, the point is to persevere until you have all the comfort you need. You're gonna start collecting lanterns, pillows, chairs, coolers, external USB batteries etc... but once you got all you need, and get used to waking up with the sun, it's the best. Get an app like WikiCamps to find showers, and you're all set. The last thing you can't really make go away, especially in Australia, are flies. They don't stop annoying you until sundown, unless you start a big fire.

[Kainas]

Loved this comment in the comments section

"I think you're just *&%$#! at camping."

[icefest]

What's everyone looking at nothing loads just a loading spinner in the middle of the page.

One of the combination of addblock, disconnect, and Ghostery does that for me too.
Just open in an incognito tab to fix it.

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When a friend recently invited me to tag along on his upcoming camping trip, I didn’t give it a second thought before agreeing to go. Never having been camping before, I needed to at least try it despite friends and family hysterically laughing at the thought of me camping and placing bets on how long I’d survive. Unfortunately, they were all right. I am not a camper. I cannot rough it. And I did not last more than 24 hours. Camping sucks. I hate camping. Here’s why:

1. Finding the Right Camping Spot

Seriously? How can this plot of dirt be any better than that one over there? After all, you are sleeping on the ground. Nothing about this is going to be comfortable. After spending a billion hours driving in the car, you have to drive around the campgrounds five times inspecting every available campsite over and over again to find one that’s just right. It’s ridiculous.

2. Getting Drunk Has Some Serious Ramifications

For anyone who has difficulty falling asleep in a bed, falling asleep while camping is impossible. This is where booze comes in handy so you can drink yourself into a coma. Fast forward to the next day and the hangover you’re rocking on the 11-mile hike is just about the worst possible combination. But there’s more! Combine that with the scorching sun and you have a preview to what hell would be like.

3. Forget Sleeping In

One great thing about taking a vacation is sleeping in. Not when camping. At the crack of dawn, the beaming sun is there to greet you. There is no cherry and bright-eyed glorious morning kind of feeling just the desire to shout at the sun, curse at it and wish it would go back to where it came from for a few more hours.

4. No Such Thing as Climate Control

Those tents are either freezing cold or hot as hell. Either one is anything remotely close to comfortable. You then realize that sleeping outside in a tent is for amateurs as it becomes apparent that neighboring campers in giant RVs know a thing or two about the importance of “climate control.”

5. Cleanliness Is Nonexistent

After hiking for miles and spending all day sweating, you have to go back to a dirty campground where you can’t shower. Then you have to sleep in a tent next to someone who is also in the same state of cleanliness and then the whole no sleeping thing comes back into play because they wreak so bad you can’t sleep. Confined spaces and smelly, unwashed people are not a good combination.

6. Weather Permitted

There is no argument that weather can create some hiccups in any vacation. But when it comes to camping, rain just ruins it. Nothing about camping in the rain is fun.

7. No Cell Service

Ok, it is possible to live without a cellphone for a few days but if you get lost in the woods, you’re kind of screwed. Then flashes of NBC’s nightly news special report with the headlines “Blonde Girl Lost in Woods Found Dead” pop into your head as you think about how you should have paid more attention when someone was explaining which side of the rock moss grows on.

[neilmny]

Thanks icefest I sorted it out, it was ghostery that was blocking it. Haven't had that happen like that before.

[north-north-west]

Stupid broad can't even spell: it's 'reeks' not 'wreaks', you dumb bimbo!

[Kainas]

Thanks icefest I sorted it out, it was ghostery that was blocking it. Haven't had that happen like that before.

That whole site is really kind of heinous. I clicked a link and got treated to a long diatribe about how awful women are and how they need to practice more personal hygenie (that is my polite version of what I read... it was like the proverbial train wreck, I could not take my eyes away).

[perfectlydark]

Oh dear...
+1 to ellobhudda. Going with someone like that would ruin the trip

[walkerchris77]

Wont be clicking on that link then, eeeww

to much info for me.

[Happy Pirate]

7 Reasons Why Camping Never Sucks

Whining Princesses never venture out twice

[icefest]

The author of this also has these gems of wisdom:

[Happy Pirate]

Stupid broad can't even spell: it's 'reeks' not 'wreaks', you dumb bimbo!

Don't call even the worst of women a "broad" please.....let alone the rest of it...

[DanShell]

The author of this also has these gems of wisdom:

OMG she has insinuated that she is going to breed!

[Picaro]

This is the fruits of the Cartesian paradigm in all its ignorant glory.
Once people take the perspective that they are separate from the natural world, they, well, don't fit in anywhere.