After well over 10 years of camping, I have acquired the knowledge of the "True Camping Necessities." Although, some items we might think are necessary; e.g. a pitching wedge; they aren't always. TCNs include: the air mattress, the griddle and the li'l brown camp table. Mind you, these are only examples. Every season, we add to the list of the TCNs - like the Canopy (which this year provided a special use for Chad. [gross, don't even think that...it was very windy in Moab and the canopy kept his tent from flying into the Fiery Furnace]). In 2010, I gained three new TCNs.
The Saucepan
The saucepan, or pot, was used to make coffee on the camping stove in Moab. We realized that it was a TCN on a recent camping trip to Deckers and we tried to boil water in an empty Captain Morgan bottle. The easy part was emptying the bottle the night before, the hard part was boiling the water. Never happened. I made a 50 mile round trip to get the proper gear to boil water for coffee. TCN, for sure.
The Windproof Lighter
I got a windproof bic lighter for Xmas ("Never X-out Christ!"). I realized that we needed it in Moab to light the only fire we had. It worked very well ("Oh, Jack can talk Thai - Jack talk Thai very well!"). This last trip, poor Kilzer tried to light the fire with a standard thumb lighter. Ouch! Bring on the windproof lighter!
The Hatchet
The hatchet that Kilzer purchased on a whim was deemed a TCM also this year. Drunk guys chopping wood for the fire? Please, what could be more fun!
I agree totaly. That hatchet was fun, the lighter was handy and coffee was perfect.
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