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Summary: Campers choose different kinds of shelter. Some options are tents, hammocks and shelters that are constructed on site. Learn how to select shelter equipment for camping in this free outdoors video.
John Stewart is an Eagle Scout with the Boy Scouts of America and has instructed boy scouts on climbing, outdoor skills, pioneering, wilderness survival and kayaking for the past nine...read more
"Hi, this is John Stewart, and this is how to select and pack your shelter equipment for a weekend camping trip. What I mean by shelter equipment is what you're going to stay in. Are you going to take a tent, a hammock, or are you going to build your own shelter out there. The easiest thing to do is to take either a hammock, or a tent. When you pack your tent, instead of taking and rolling it to where it's a long cylinder, most of the times you're going to take and compress your tent down. You don't want to roll it, just stuff it into a stuff sack, compress it down to where it takes up less volume than it did before, ok? With your tent, you always want to put it right on the top of your pack. This is the first thing you're going to' take out every night, because you're going to set your tent up so that you can put everything else inside of it. So it's going to go on the very top inside of your pack. If you choose to take a hammock, it goes in the very same place. It's normally going to be a lot smaller than your tent, so it takes up a little less room, but always put it on the top. You also want to take materials, just in case you do have to build a shelter, even if you don't plan on it. But always put whatever shelter equipment you're going to take right on the very top of your pack. And this is how to select and pack your shelter equipment for a weekend camping trip."
eHow Article: How to Select Shelter Equipment for Camping