CHAPTER IX Tents and To
How
get real knowledge of
Red Gods
to
life
Use Them
in the wilderness
when
you, get just as far away from the de luxe, sophisticated, fashionable resort hostelry as you can and live primitively in a tent. Close contact
the
with Nature
call
instills in
you the
real
woodsman's
feeling-
out where you get full of the ozone and spicy perfumes of the timbered stretches, where you learn what weather
Being an open-air dweller should not be a It does not mean that you must "rough it", with the proper outfit you can "smooth it", this
really
is.
hardship. for
accomplishment depending upon the degree of wisdom you display in the selection and use of your outfit. One learns from experience what essentials mean, and one provides these units in keeping with the hackneyed slogan of outfitting "to adapt the equipment to means of transportation and to the character of the country to be visited and the purpose and length of the trip."
The
weight, bulk,
and
portability of one unit
the
be a decided factor in the
feasibility of the for the of one's outfit, the the trip, greater mobility is the It a far travel is greater range. cry, for instance,
tent
will
from the pup tent of the soldier to the elaborate canvas house of a permanent summer colony; but both mean comfort and protection in ratio to the exigent demands of the purpose which governs their use. Much thought and time have been expended to protect men from the
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