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No I wouldn't. I won't even go camping. If I'm travelling nowadays I like comfort, electricity, bathrooms and food served to me.
I spent some time in rural India. That cured me of any desire for going back to basics. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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I’m pretty good at fasting so only need coffee and to eat one day for survival kit I’ve got my hammock bungee cord and tarp, I’ve got a axe and knife and a pan to boil and purify water and to also cook food, did I mention I got a fishing rod so I’m thinking I’m pretty set haha |
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did the whole "sleep on the ground and you might die tonight" thing for years, so cant see why I would now do it again.
Id do a bear grylls though, eat mcdonalds while running around pretending I am in the thick of nowhere. |
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By *asmeenTV/TS
over a year ago
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"I’m pretty good at fasting so only need coffee and to eat one day for survival kit I’ve got my hammock bungee cord and tarp, I’ve got a axe and knife and a pan to boil and purify water and to also cook food, did I mention I got a fishing rod so I’m thinking I’m pretty set haha"
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Did a full survival course in the Army. I could survive but wouldn’t do it as a voluntary holiday type of thing.
I do enjoy camping at a festival or bike rally, even some wild camping occasionally but at my age and lack of free time, prefer something more comfortable these days.  |
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"Camping is wild it’s all about getting back in touch with your animal side , realising we don’t need all these items we fill our house with "
I can see the attraction.
I think you can realise that material possessions mean very little without forgoing them though.
I find that I can reset by visiting nearby woodland. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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A friend of mine who's 50 went to a private school in the 1980s where at 15 the kids were bundled into the back of a van, driven to a remote location then abandoned with £5 in 10p pieces to phone the school each evening. They had a week to make it back and had to find work to blag meals. It would never happen these days but I can't help thinking it would of been a great character building exercise. I need to complete a catalogue of Risk assessments just to take my kids to the local park lol. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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That sounds perfect I guess I gain my experience from being ex army, it’s not like people are soft nowadays they just lack true meaningful experiences for good or worse, I just believe you gotta get out there and experience the world and confront fear and that is pure wisdom and teachings in itself |
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"That sounds perfect I guess I gain my experience from being ex army, it’s not like people are soft nowadays they just lack true meaningful experiences for good or worse, I just believe you gotta get out there and experience the world and confront fear and that is pure wisdom and teachings in itself"
If you use reply+quote we know who you're replying to |
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"That sounds perfect I guess I gain my experience from being ex army, it’s not like people are soft nowadays they just lack true meaningful experiences for good or worse, I just believe you gotta get out there and experience the world and confront fear and that is pure wisdom and teachings in itself
If you use reply+quote we know who you're replying to "
thanks wish I should of been doing this the whole time |
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"That sounds perfect I guess I gain my experience from being ex army, it’s not like people are soft nowadays they just lack true meaningful experiences for good or worse, I just believe you gotta get out there and experience the world and confront fear and that is pure wisdom and teachings in itself"
What qualifies you to say that people lack true, meaningful experiences? I'm genuinely interested in opening up that discussion |
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"That sounds perfect I guess I gain my experience from being ex army, it’s not like people are soft nowadays they just lack true meaningful experiences for good or worse, I just believe you gotta get out there and experience the world and confront fear and that is pure wisdom and teachings in itself
If you use reply+quote we know who you're replying to thanks wish I should of been doing this the whole time"
 it took us ages to suss it out. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"That sounds perfect I guess I gain my experience from being ex army, it’s not like people are soft nowadays they just lack true meaningful experiences for good or worse, I just believe you gotta get out there and experience the world and confront fear and that is pure wisdom and teachings in itself
What qualifies you to say that people lack true, meaningful experiences? I'm genuinely interested in opening up that discussion "
I just believe that even I don’t have true experiences and that we were never meant to stay in the same place for long , there’s not many times if any where your life is truly in danger and we’re the only species that lives this easy , it may seem dangerous but it’ll make you a better person but there’s a balance between the ties of society and the ties of nature |
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By *batMan
over a year ago
Alicante, Spain. (Sometimes in Wales) |
I'm up for this. I'm well travelled and love to get way off the beaten track.
A bit of hardship is okay, but I wouldn't want to end up with a daily fight for life.
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Id be dead soon as I need to put the tent up.. I was born to be in total comfort everyone knows that
We’ll get a nice hotels nearby and join in every now and then for the fun stuff  "
That’s cheating at least you can straighten your hair |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Id be dead soon as I need to put the tent up.. I was born to be in total comfort everyone knows that "
We’re all getting out of our comfort zones here really  |
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"That sounds perfect I guess I gain my experience from being ex army, it’s not like people are soft nowadays they just lack true meaningful experiences for good or worse, I just believe you gotta get out there and experience the world and confront fear and that is pure wisdom and teachings in itself
What qualifies you to say that people lack true, meaningful experiences? I'm genuinely interested in opening up that discussion I just believe that even I don’t have true experiences and that we were never meant to stay in the same place for long , there’s not many times if any where your life is truly in danger and we’re the only species that lives this easy , it may seem dangerous but it’ll make you a better person but there’s a balance between the ties of society and the ties of nature"
I doubt the citizens living in war zones would agree that having your life truly in danger makes you a better person.
I don't hold with the theory that hardship builds character. |
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"That sounds perfect I guess I gain my experience from being ex army, it’s not like people are soft nowadays they just lack true meaningful experiences for good or worse, I just believe you gotta get out there and experience the world and confront fear and that is pure wisdom and teachings in itself
What qualifies you to say that people lack true, meaningful experiences? I'm genuinely interested in opening up that discussion I just believe that even I don’t have true experiences and that we were never meant to stay in the same place for long , there’s not many times if any where your life is truly in danger and we’re the only species that lives this easy , it may seem dangerous but it’ll make you a better person but there’s a balance between the ties of society and the ties of nature
I doubt the citizens living in war zones would agree that having your life truly in danger makes you a better person.
I don't hold with the theory that hardship builds character. "
it’s not just hardship there’s beauty in the world and if there wasn’t a thing called ‘nations’ driving separatism then people would be able to freely leave these places of war zones would they not? Even if it was by walking our ancestor not 400 years ago travelled by foot , god Hannibal walked elephants through the Himalayas |
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"That sounds perfect I guess I gain my experience from being ex army, it’s not like people are soft nowadays they just lack true meaningful experiences for good or worse, I just believe you gotta get out there and experience the world and confront fear and that is pure wisdom and teachings in itself
What qualifies you to say that people lack true, meaningful experiences? I'm genuinely interested in opening up that discussion I just believe that even I don’t have true experiences and that we were never meant to stay in the same place for long , there’s not many times if any where your life is truly in danger and we’re the only species that lives this easy , it may seem dangerous but it’ll make you a better person but there’s a balance between the ties of society and the ties of nature
I doubt the citizens living in war zones would agree that having your life truly in danger makes you a better person.
I don't hold with the theory that hardship builds character. it’s not just hardship there’s beauty in the world and if there wasn’t a thing called ‘nations’ driving separatism then people would be able to freely leave these places of war zones would they not? Even if it was by walking our ancestor not 400 years ago travelled by foot , god Hannibal walked elephants through the Himalayas"
They would be able to freely leave war zones if there were no nations but there are.
Didn't Hannibal cross the Alps with elephants in pursuit of war? |
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By *batMan
over a year ago
Alicante, Spain. (Sometimes in Wales) |
" [ ... ] if there wasn’t a thing called ‘nations’ driving separatism then people would be able to freely leave these places of war zones would they not? Even if it was by walking our ancestor not 400 years ago travelled by foot , god Hannibal walked elephants through the Himalayas"
If you had an elephant, then maybe you could pack up your four kids, elderly parents and blind grandparent and walk them to somewhere else. You might even be able to fit some meagre but precious possessions in your "trunk" (See what I did there!).
Then you could sell the elephant to get enough money to have a roof to live under, access to water, some food for your family. Then get a job so that you've got money coming in after the "Elephant Trust Fund" dries up.
Or maybe not as borders actually do exist and elephants are not that easy to come by in the first place. And of course the baddies with guns might also stop you, with or without an elephant in your possesion.
Thanks for joining in though,
Gbat
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Start in Britain then travel cross country ? The Amazon, the Congo,etc"
Yes I would love that off grid self suffiency without the government and tech sticking there nose in is an ultimate dream for me specially making a community with real values and people |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
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"Start in Britain then travel cross country ? The Amazon, the Congo,etc
Yes I would love that off grid self suffiency without the government and tech sticking there nose in is an ultimate dream for me specially making a community with real values and people "
Couldn’t agree more |
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