A bear bag keeps your food protected from animals when camping. Learn how to hang a bear bag with tips from an outdoor activity expert in this free camping video.
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my uncle and my self plan to go camping/atving this summer
The best gear to use for first time campers can be just what you already have around the house. If you need a pot, bring an old pot from home. If you need a tent, use the old one you still have up in the rafters in the garage or borrow one from a relative or friend. You can get by with the clothes you have in your closet. There may only be a couple of things you might want to buy to be safe in the woods, such as a poncho or rain wear, emergency fire starter, and whistle.
sierratradingpost .com
campmor.com-also send out a catalog
ebay.com
amazon.com
or google hiking/camping gear
These are discount sites that run specials regularly. If you buy older equipment they are trying to dump for new items and in the off season you can save a ton. I purchased most of my gear from the 2 sites listed above.
You can also save a lot of $$ by taking time to buy things (if you have time) It took me 5 months to purchase all that I needed, but I waited until certain items went on sale or clearance. For example $250 boots for $99, $350 Pack for $89. If you have the time to wait for sales, you can save a lot.
Another idea is to look at army surplus stores for old army gear, and thrift stores for clothes.
My Hiking Gear Closet, Rhon Bell, Outdoor Camping Gear, L.L. Bean
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This ain’t no big and fancy motorbike, but don’t let that put
you off. I bought my CMX 250 Rebel after my bike accident, due
to it’s light weight, forward pegs which reduced the bend in my
dodgy knee, and the fact it was for sale at a cracking price.
The bike was delivered to me and I took the thing for a ride,
first time in 7 months. I was all scared and nervous…for about
3 minutes then it all started to fall back into place again. I
remembered why I liked to do this, what it meant to me and why
I’ll risk everything again.
I had some understanding of what to expect from the motor,
having owned a CD200 “Benly” from where the CMX 250 motor is
derived. It’s a small and compact motor with 2 pistons rising
and falling together and only 1 carburettor. Having 1
carburettor is unusual for a twin, and it does reduce available
power, but in return you have no need to balance the carbs, and
GREAT fuel economy. I could easily return 90mpg whilst 2 up with
camping gear, 97mpg was the best I achieved. The motor is quite
buzzy, not very fast and not very powerful. But it is smooth,
solid and feels like it will take you on forever…slowly. But
this bike was never meant to set the road on fire!, it’s a
cruiser, for cruising. You can’t get the motor running slowly,
well you can but you’ll only be doing 20mph.
It’s difficult to comment on it’s comfort, as I was still never
comfortable from my accident on or off the bike. That said I was
no worse on the bike so I guess it can’t have been that bad. I
didn’t do any great distances but I could take an afternoon out
with the gf and not suffer later. 2 up the bike was just fine, a
little less power but still stable and easy to ride. I would
suggest for regular pillioning a “sissy bar” of some kind would
be required. The laid back position of the rider causes the
pillion to lean back, which means they have to crunch thier
stomach muscles to avoid falling backwards. Might be handy if
the pillion’s tummy is getting flabby…
Free. Your first time should always be free, especially for kids. In other words, you should go with an experienced camper(s) or a camping organization who will let you borrow their gear, since almost all campers have extra gear, the very thing you're trying to avoid by first borrowing.
After a couple of "free" camping trips under your belt you'll start to get an idea of what kind of gear you might want to purchase, and start to research materials, quality, prices, and reviews to determine the right choice for you, your camping style, level of comfort, camping plans, and budget. Reading books about camping and backpacking at your local library is a good start along with popular camping websites.
A mistake some people make is to try to buy the biggest and most expensive gear, which is usually overkill. Similarly, don't expect Wal-Mart gear to get you through more than a weekend or two. Somewhere in the middle is where I aim, in size, quality, weight and price.
How else would you define a clear cord used to suspend something or everything? Actually, the term is as old as shipping, or perhaps older. Nautically, a lanyard is a short rope or wire rove through deadeyes to hold and tauten standing rigging.
Today, people from practically all walks of life are using lanyards today, and oh! So creatively:
1. Promotions: This, probably, is the widest use today after shipping! Be it trade fairs or office, you can see people walking around with multicolor strings around their necks, nametags or ids dangling from them.
These are the lowest cost and most attractive way of promoting your business in a large gathering. There isn’t anybody that misses the vibrant colors of lanyards and you can personalize the lanyards with your company name and message. Many firms offer them free to visitors at trade fairs and some even use them in mailers.
After all, all of us can use a nametag! Schools use lanyards to identify different grades and these are specifically helpful when organizing large events.
2. Camping: Losing a knife, compass or any other vacationing gear is a nightmare only campers relate to. The solution again is a lanyard. Secure everything. People even use it to hang washed vessels from tree branches to air dry them, and spiffy a wine bottle in the river!
3. Boating: This more than likely is the only line of action that cant do without lanyards. From paddles to map cases to water bottles, everything needs to be secured with lanyards for a successful adventure!
4. At home: Have you ever wanted to pull the house down because you couldnt locate the nail cutter or the can opener or the bottle openerthe list goes on! And, only because you forgot lanyards! Hook up your kitchen and hang everything where you can see it. Just like keys, gadgets have a way of vanishing when you need them the most!
5. Even the garage! Thats true. You need lanyards here too for the same reasons as you do in the kitchen. In this Do it yourself age you need to be prepared and your resources should be handy.
6. Just for fun: Creativity makes the world go in dimensions other than round! Lanyards have become an avenue for expression and you can now pick up beaded lanyards, leather lanyards, plastic lanyards and much more in a good amount of knots, braids and shapes!
7. And this: You cant really walk around today without a lanyard holding your camera, your goggles, your spectacles, whistles (if you are a coach!), cell phones, I-pods, PDAs, pagers, in fact basically everything thats become a necessity today.
A easy piece of string has turn out to be a large part of life but like everything else useful, you need to be careful with lanyards. A short lanyard is useless but a longer than required lanyard is an accident waiting to happen. On a boat, it could entangle the gear and become unsafe, on the road it could wind around the wheels!
My friend and I are going camping in Grand Canyon (south rim). We don’t want to haul our own camping gears as we will be flying into Arizona. Are camping gears (such as tent) available for rent?
Thanks!
I have heard that the Canyon Village Marketplace (the general store at Grand Canyon Village in the park) rents some camping equipment, but I am not positive and don’t know the prices. I would definitely call first and verify (see number below).
If you are flying into Phoenix, than the REI store in Tempe (not far from the airport) rents camping equipment including tents, backpacks and sleeping bags.
Also, in the town of Flagstaff (halfway between Phoenix and the canyon) is a great outdoors equipment store called Peace Surplus (the name is because it started as a military surplus store long ago, but it is now a fairly high-end outdoors and sporting goods shop).
I have had friends rent gear from REI and it was fine (although obviously not new or high-end). I have never rented from Peace Surplus, but they have been there for a long time and I have purchased things from them on many occasions.
When selecting your clothing and gear, remember that the rim of the canyon is at 7,000 feet elevation and is starting to get quite cool (especially in the evenings) – the bottom of the canyon will still be warm more Phoenix-like temps.
Have fun!
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