A Guide to Primitive Camping: Tips For Any Type of Outdoor Camping
By Jerry Darsey
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This author hopes that everyone from the casual camper to the very ambitious camper will find some useful nuggets within the pages of this book, which will make any camping trip a more enjoyable experience.
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A Guide to Primitive Camping - Jerry Darsey
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1: Building a Shelter
Chapter 2: Building a Fire
Chapter 3: Finding and Purifying Water
Chapter 4: Obtaining Food
Chapter 5: Review of Signifcant Tips
Additional Reading
About the Author
Index
cover.jpgA Guide to Primitive Camping
Tips For Any Type of Outdoor Camping
Jerry Darsey
Copyright © 2024 Jerry Darsey
All rights reserved
First Edition
NEWMAN SPRINGS PUBLISHING
320 Broad Street
Red Bank, NJ 07701
First originally published by Newman Springs Publishing 2024
ISBN 979-8-89061-353-0 (Paperback)
ISBN 979-8-89061-354-7 (Digital)
Printed in the United States of America
To the many fellow Boy Scouts, I went camping with.
Preface
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.
¹ These words were written by the great author Charles Dickens. They could easily describe many, if not most, campouts. Those who go camping on a regular or even an infrequent basis can relate to both the best of times
and the worst of times.
If one is on a camping trip where the weather is good, the temperature is mild, there are few, if any, biting insects, and you're camping on a lake, river, or ocean, you would consider this camping trip the best of times.
However, if you go camping where the temperature is hot and steamy, the insects are eating you alive, and it starts raining, you probably would consider this camping trip the worst of times.
I have personally experienced both of these situations.
This book is primarily inspired by the TV show, Naked and Afraid. There were many instances where the participants did not seem to know many survival techniques. I have never appeared on this program, but I have been on many campouts, including survival campouts, while in the Explorer Boy Scouts. These campouts were mostly in the swamps of Louisiana. In Louisiana, we experienced many of the conditions seen on Naked and Afraid. I must confess that I have never tried to survive naked. I don't see any situation where one would find themselves without any clothing in a survival situation. I don't think even cavemen and cavewomen would need to survive naked. Therefore, I will not address any situation where