Ohio Hiker
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- First Name
- Kevin
- Joined
- Apr 5, 2020
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- Location
- Lebanon, Oh
- Vehicle(s)
- 2020 JLUS Billet Silver
- Occupation
- Computer nerd / Retired US Air Force
Who needs this? I go out backpacking in the backcountry for days on end without a bath/shower. Yes, I'm gross but thats the hiker's life; everything I need for 5 days strapped on a pack to my back. Please dont take that personally, its just a joke. But I do go out and not shower for 5 days. If I'm near a stream I will wet a cloth and clean up, with environmentally safe soap of course.Yes, I totally get that. I guess it's just that I avoid official campgrounds as much as possible so it's not something that's on my radar. But when there is a concern about losing the site, this does the trick...https://www.nemoequipment.com/product/heliopolis/
Anyway, I just got my first Jeep so incorporating "overland camping' to my backpacking seems like a no-brainer. I cant justify spending mucho dinero on a rooftop rig. Now if I were someplace that doesn't have tree (I'm a hammock camper) I might have to get me something like this:
https://www.eaglesnestoutfittersinc...b1Q2jlLeCX0aX8VneFXxc8COJyf55_UxoC4nwQAvD_BwE
If push comes to shove I also have my two person tent, which really only sleeps one nicely. Backpacking doesn't cater to creature comforts and that's how I roll, at least solo. My wife's idea of roughing it is staying at a lower-mid price hotel. I will say that overland camping will allow me to carry things I wouldn't normally carry, like extra water, but I'd still take along my water purification devices in case of emergency.
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