JoePrep
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I started posting this thread last week and it got long. It was too long for a forum post so, I ended up writing a blog post instead. The gist is that sometimes I go camping and in doing so, I use the equipment that I purchased for off-grid life. Then I learn things about it that I didn't think of before. Some of them seem obvious afterwords and some are things that I already knew about but the lessons didn't sink in without experience.
For example, I learned that cooking with a dutch oven over coals is both time and fuel intensive and although I may use it in a grid down scenario, I need a rocket stove for daily use. I already knew that rocket stoves save fuel but it wasn't until I got to feeling lazy about making coals, that it sank in.
So, my question is, what have you guys learned by camping? Did you learn things that you kind of knew but didn't sink in before?
If you have rocket stove tips and links, I'd like to see them. In the next few months, I'll be looking at getting one and will probably write about my shopping experience. There are so many to choose from, on Amazon.
For example, I learned that cooking with a dutch oven over coals is both time and fuel intensive and although I may use it in a grid down scenario, I need a rocket stove for daily use. I already knew that rocket stoves save fuel but it wasn't until I got to feeling lazy about making coals, that it sank in.
So, my question is, what have you guys learned by camping? Did you learn things that you kind of knew but didn't sink in before?
If you have rocket stove tips and links, I'd like to see them. In the next few months, I'll be looking at getting one and will probably write about my shopping experience. There are so many to choose from, on Amazon.
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