Use a large zip lock plastic bag, filled with air, as a
pillow.
A plastic bottle makes a good latrine for cold weather
camping. (You don’t
have to ‘go’ very far from your sleeping bag). Keep it just
outside the tent flap.
Carry several pieces of lumber cut into two-inch squares to
summer camp and
use these to level platform, tent, and cot.
Old shower curtains make great ground tarps.
Waterproof matches by dipping them in nail polish.
Waterproof matches by dipping in melted paraffin.
Make fire starters by filling paper condiment cups with saw
dust and pouring
paraffin into the cup.
A length of chain and a piece of coat hanger bent into an
S-shape will allow
you to hang your lantern from a tree limb.
Keep batteries in prescription bottles.
Prescription bottles also make good match safes.
In fact, prescription bottles (or 35mm file containers) make
good storage places for small items of all sorts.
A frisbee will add support to paper plates when the plate is
place inside
the frisbee.
Laundry lint makes good tinder.
Keep the water in your canteen cooler by wrapping the
canteen in foil.
When it comes time to pack up at the end of a camp, a wet
toothbrush, face
cloth and bar of soap wrapped in foil won’t dampen the other
things in your
kit.
To prevent batteries from wearing down if a flashlight is
accidently nudged
on while you’re traveling, put the flashlight batteries in
backwards.
To protect your feet from blisters, smear soap on the inside
of your inner
sock at the heel and underneath the toes. Carry along a bar of
soap and,
when you feel your feet become tender, give it a try.
To keep mosquitoes away rub the inside of an orange peel on
face, arms and
legs.
Wrap fishing gear in foil to keep line from tangling and
hooks from rusting.
By lining the compartments of a tackle box with foil, you can
prevent rust
damage to plugs and other equipment.
To remove musty smell from canteen, put three teaspoons of
baking soda into
the canteen with a bit of water. Swish it around and let sit for
an hour,
then rinse out the canteen.
An empty plastic soda bottle, cut off to a convenient
height, will work as a
camp bowl. You may want to sandpaper the cut to smooth the edge.
Save inner cardboard tubes from kitchen and toilet rolls,
stuff with waste
paper and use as fire-lighters.
Use zip-lock bags for mixing foods, be sure it is closed
tight and the top
is held shut before shaking or kneading.
Duct tape can be used to repair most everything on a trip.
Use it to patch
tents, mend poles, hold up schedules, patch torn shoes, hold
poles for
mosquito nets to cots, etc.
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