Winter Camping Application
It is always fun to take a novice winter camping. Expectations are all over the place. We had a lot of fun sitting around a fire at night discussing why we go winter camping and what our expectations where and how much can we get the new (or youngest) person to put up with. Not that anyone would admit to wandering around unable to locate the trail head, but most of these strike close to home and come from past experiences.
Please answer the following questions to the best of your ability. There is no scoring system, penalty or reward. But if you think you have the right stuff we will take a look at your application and post the good stuff. Hopefully, we will all share a chuckle.
I want to go winter camping because:
What is your personal space limitation when sleeping with strangers?
When setting off on your last backpacking trip which of the following best describes you?
Winter Camping Application
It is always fun to take a novice winter camping. Expectations are all over the place. We had a lot of fun sitting around a fire at night discussing why we go winter camping and what our expectations where and how much can we get the new (or youngest) person to put up with. Not that anyone would admit to wandering around unable to locate the trail head, but most of these strike close to home and come from past experiences.
Please answer the following questions to the best of your ability. There is no scoring system, penalty or reward. But if you think you a have the right stuff we will take a look at your application and post the good stuff. Hopefully, we will all share a chuckle.
I want to go winter camping because:
What is your personal space limitation when sleeping with strangers?
When setting off on your last backpacking trip which of the following best describes you?
Shamelessly stolen from the Winter Campers web site
It is always fun to take a novice winter camping. Expectations are all over the place. We had a lot of fun sitting around a fire at night discussing why we go winter camping and what our expectations where and how much can we get the new (or youngest) person to put up with. Not that anyone would admit to wandering around unable to locate the trail head, but most of these strike close to home and come from past experiences.
Please answer the following questions to the best of your ability. There is no scoring system, penalty or reward. But if you think you have the right stuff we will take a look at your application and post the good stuff. Hopefully, we will all share a chuckle.
I want to go winter camping because:
- I enjoy winter camping
- I like doing manly things with manly men
- It gives me and my friends something to talk about
- I have no idea what I am getting myself into
- There is a hotel there right?
- Relax in my sleeping bag with a warm cup of coffee
- Rave one of my fellow campers cook me breakfast so that I can have breakfast in bed
- Get up and start the stove so that everyone has hot water for their breakfast
- Get the heck out of there and drive to the diner
- I have never peed outdoors
- I have never slept on the ground
- I have never camped in a place without and outhouse
- I have gone camping several times just not in the winter
- I have gone winter camping and wish to do more
- Just call me Rip Van Winkle
What is your personal space limitation when sleeping with strangers?
- I have none
- It is measured in inches
- It is measured in feet
- It is proportional to temperature
- …before I answer when was the last time they changed their poly pro long johns?
- Never
- Sometimes a light snore
- Constant
- Prodigiously with volume
When setting off on your last backpacking trip which of the following best describes you?
- I went through my equipment list and consulted my trail guide and maps
- I asked my companions if we had everything and knew where we were going
- I figured we were only going for one night and someone must know where we are going
- I shouldered my pack and wandered around the parking lot looking for a trailhead sign
- I’m a strong young buck, I’d be happy to carry it
- Give it to the boy. He won’t carry his own weight but maybe he will carry someone else’s
- Why do we need to carry all these pots and pans just to cook hot dogs?
- Cast iron pots? I only carry ultra-light titanium pots. Sure they cost a little more but it is all in the name of comfort
- Pull the sleeping bag further over your head and lay as still as possible
- Jump up, flashlight in hand and search the darkness for the source of the sound
- Go about your normal sleeping believing it is one of your fellow campers stumbling around outside looking for a suitable spot to pee
- Throw a wild elbow or foot toward your neighbor because you believe it is just another of their persistent and nasty body habits
- It shouldn’t be a problem since you normally leave a candle lantern burning and sleep with a gun
Winter Camping Application
It is always fun to take a novice winter camping. Expectations are all over the place. We had a lot of fun sitting around a fire at night discussing why we go winter camping and what our expectations where and how much can we get the new (or youngest) person to put up with. Not that anyone would admit to wandering around unable to locate the trail head, but most of these strike close to home and come from past experiences.
Please answer the following questions to the best of your ability. There is no scoring system, penalty or reward. But if you think you a have the right stuff we will take a look at your application and post the good stuff. Hopefully, we will all share a chuckle.
I want to go winter camping because:
- I enjoy winter camping
- I like doing manly things with manly men
- It gives me and my friends something to talk about
- I have no idea what I am getting myself into
- There is a hotel there right?
- Relax in my sleeping bag with a warm cup of coffee
- Rave one of my fellow campers cook me breakfast so that I can have breakfast in bed
- Get up and start the stove so that everyone has hot water for their breakfast
- Get the heck out of there and drive to the diner
- I have never peed outdoors
- I have never slept on the ground
- I have never camped in a place without and outhouse
- I have gone camping several times just not in the winter
- I have gone winter camping and wish to do more
- Just call me Rip Van Winkle
What is your personal space limitation when sleeping with strangers?
- I have none
- It is measured in inches
- It is measured in feet
- It is proportional to temperature
- …before I answer when was the last time they changed their poly pro long johns?
- Never
- Sometimes a light snore
- Constant
- Prodigiously with volume
When setting off on your last backpacking trip which of the following best describes you?
- I went through my equipment list and consulted my trail guide and maps
- I asked my companions if we had everything and knew where we were going
- I figured we were only going for one night and someone must know where we are going
- I shouldered my pack and wandered around the parking lot looking for a trailhead sign
- I’m a strong young buck, I’d be happy to carry it
- Give it to the boy. He won’t carry his own weight but maybe he will carry someone else’s
- Why do we need to carry all these pots and pans just to cook hot dogs?
- Cast iron pots? I only carry ultra-light titanium pots. Sure they cost a little more but it is all in the name of comfort
- Pull the sleeping bag further over your head and lay as still as possible
- Jump up, flashlight in hand and search the darkness for the source of the sound
- Go about your normal sleeping believing it is one of your fellow campers stumbling around outside looking for a suitable spot to pee
- Throw a wild elbow or foot toward your neighbor because you believe it is just another of their persistent and nasty body habits
- It shouldn’t be a problem since you normally leave a candle lantern burning and sleep with a gun
Shamelessly stolen from the Winter Campers web site