How to Respect Other Campers while Camping

Video Transcript

" Hi, this is Bruce Lessels from Zoar Outdoor on behalf of expertvillage.com, talking about low impact camping methods. So when you’re camping in a area where there are other campers as well you want to make sure that you respect them and then they’ll respect you hopefully and you get along fine and you all enjoy the solute of being outdoors as well, also going to be enjoying each other company. A couple things about respecting other campers, if we’re camped over here and couple of people are camped nearby, you want to keep the noise to a minimum and certainly after dark it’s a good time to be really quiet and just kind of do quiet things like read and hang out. Boom boxes are often a source of conflict in campsites and music in general, amplified music is probably not a great idea when you’re trying to get along with other campers and certainly in the back country and areas where people are looking for a more pristine camping experience, amplified music really has not place. It’s a great idea to bring along a guitar, bring along some other musical instruments and as long as you keep that to a reasonable level and it’s in a place where other people aren’t being impacted or people can sleep after a certain hour, that’s probably fine too. Other ways to respect other campers are respect the boundaries of your campsite, don’t go outside the boundaries of your campsite and let them have their space and you have your space as well. All the other low impact ideas are also ways to respect other campers because you want to respect the campers that come after you and the way to do that is to make sure that you have as low impact on the campsite as you can, so the next people come back and see a pristine campsite the way you found it."