Outdoor Classroom: Summary of knowledge and methods of outdoor camping

1. Five things not to remember when camping

Stay away from water to avoid flooding.

Do not stay under cliffs to avoid falling rocks.

Do not stay in high places to avoid strong winds.

Do not stand under isolated trees to avoid electric shock.

Stay away from grass or bushes to avoid snakes and insects.

2. Methods and techniques for setting up tents

First decide on the location to set up the tent, and then four people will work together in order to set it up easily without spending much time. In order to consider the situation when the tent is folded up, it would be more convenient to write down the initial configuration.

There are various types of tents, and there are also different ways of making, matching, designing and combining them. Small tents, A-shaped tents, and wall-type tents are assembled in the order of their construction, and are called "set-up tents" using cables, while the recently developed and improved bullet-type and cabin-type tents are called "combination tents."

The following uses one of the basic types of tents, a wall-type tent that has been quite popular since ancient times, as an example to explain how to set up a tent.

①Determination of location

Choose a flat spot after considering wind direction and terrain.

② Inspection of tent equipment

Empty the supplies in the bag and check each part one by one. In order to facilitate the evacuation of the tent and avoid missing anything, it should be recorded first.

③ Laying the floor mat

After laying the ground mat, fix the four corners with nails. If you are in a humid place, lay the mat first and then put the cushion on it.

④Erect the support and pull the main rope

Pass the bottom of the support into the holes at both ends of the ground pad. At the same time, pass the tip of the upper part of the support into the holes of the two curtain columns, pull up the left and right main ropes to prevent them from tilting left and right. In this way, the main shape of the tent is formed.

⑤Adjust the main rope, pull up the angle rope and waist rope

Use the supporting ropes attached to the main rope to adjust the shape of the tent and place the two pillars vertically on the ground. Secondly, use supporting ropes to adjust the corner ropes and waist ropes to make the shape of the tent appear.

⑥ Fix the wall

Connect the tent base, ground mat and lower part of the wall.

The above is the order for setting up a wall-type tent. With four people working together and being skilled, it can be completed in about 10-15 minutes.

Usually, in order to reduce the impact of wind, rain, sun exposure and severe cold, a roof cover is added. In step ④, when inserting the pillars into the holes at both ends of the building, first add the roof cover, then pull up the main rope. After the main rope is fixed with nails, use the end points of the roof building as vertices to form two sides of an equilateral triangle, and pull the length of the base to be equal to the length of the pillar. Viewed from directly above the roof, the corner rope should be on the extension of the diagonal line, and the waist rope should be in a straight line with the corner rope. In the past, after the tent was set up, ditches could be dug around it. Now, we have to take the standpoint of protecting nature and no longer dig ditches unless they are in puddles.

3. Camping Discipline

1. The entrance and exit of the tent must be closed when setting up the tent. Develop a good habit of zipping up the tent when you collect the tent and close the tent opening; close the tent opening in time when you enter and exit the tent to prevent mosquitoes and other small animals from flying into the tent and harassing you, affecting your rest and sleep at night. In many cases, when camping, some team members not only fail to close the tent door, but instead open the tent door to chat. This often causes them to be harassed and photographed by small animals in the middle of the night, affecting their own and other team members' rest and sleep.

2. When you enter the tent to rest, put the tips of your hiking shoes facing outwards. Except for the sleeping bag, pillow and other items needed for camping at night, other items must be neatly packed in the backpack and placed in the outer tent eaves at the exit of the tent. In this way, if an emergency occurs at night, you can get up and put on the hiking shoes that fit your feet, carry the backpack and escape. When hiking for 100 kilometers, many hikers will randomly throw hiking shoes, backpacks, clothes, etc. outside the tent. If it rains or there is a lot of fog at night, the equipment left outside will get wet. What will you use to continue the journey?

3. Strictly follow the schedule arranged by the team leader for night duty and rest. From the night rest time to the time of getting up and closing the camp the next day, it is strictly forbidden to talk loudly or fight in the camp so as not to affect the normal rest of other team members.

4. At night (including when changing shifts), you are not allowed to open the tent of your teammates before quietly waking them up, so as not to disturb them and make them mistakenly think that someone or a wild animal is attacking them and stab them out with a knife, causing an accident.

5. All tents of the crossing team are public equipment, and the team leader has the right to make appropriate distribution. When I arrange the tents, I usually try to arrange the team members who like to sing when they sleep at night together, and arrange them outside the central area of ​​the tent, so that their singing at night will not affect the rest of the team members.

6. In principle, team members who live in the same tent should be arranged to be on night duty in the same time period as much as possible, so as to avoid waking up the successor team member during the midnight shift change and affecting the rest of other team members.

7. In principle, team members with relatively "incompetent" abilities should be arranged in the center of the tent area as much as possible. If the camping conditions are relatively poor or if you are camping in a dangerous place with a relatively low safety factor, the more capable guys and the less capable girls must be mixed together, so that if any unexpected situations occur at night, they can take care of each other to some extent.