How to have a perfect outdoor camping?

In recent years, camping has become a new form of travel. With the rise of traditional travel, outdoor camping has rapidly spread across the globe. Mountain camping adds a touch of fun, but also a few challenges. Compared to tourism, it emphasizes outdoor survival skills. While anyone can easily achieve such a camping experience, the upper limit of mountain camping is high, and achieving a perfect mountain camping trip is still difficult.

This article will explain how to achieve a near-perfect mountain camping trip.

Sleeping Gear

When camping, sleeping requirements aren't high, but basic resting conditions are essential.

1.Tent

A tent is a camper's outdoor home, providing shelter from inclement weather. Without a good tent, you'll struggle to sleep.

2. Sleeping Mat

A sleeping mat, often called the Simmons mattress of campers, is what you use to cushion your body while camping. It effectively insulates against the cold ground. Without a sleeping mat, body heat will continue to drain, and you might wake up cold at night. 

3. Sleeping Bag

When camping outdoors, staying warm requires more than just a sleeping mat. This is primarily because a sleeping bag is the thermal blanket you wear while camping.

The sleeping bag itself doesn't generate heat; your body does; it simply reduces heat loss.

The thicker and fluffier the bag, the more heat it retains. However, for weight reasons, we recommend lightweight and warm down bags.

Tableware

Eating in the mountains is essential preparation, and it can also bring you a lot of outdoor enjoyment. However, essential equipment is essential.

1. Stove

A stove is your outdoor cooking utensil, allowing you to enjoy a good meal after a tiring day. Without a stove, you'll be stuck with compressed crackers and cold canned lunch meat while camping.

With a stove, you can enjoy the same meals you'd eat at home outdoors. Enjoy hot fried bacon outdoors, too. 

2. Cookware

A set of pots and pans can handle frying, boiling, and stewing. With a pot, you have a place to hold your food. With pots and pans, you have a place to store your food.

3. Tableware

Remember to bring tableware when camping. Don't use branches as cutlery; they're unhygienic and rough. Of course, if you forget, that's fine; your hands are the best tools. Remember, don't eat hot pot (just kidding).

Clothing for Mountain Camping

Properly dressing—wearing specialized outdoor clothing, shoes, and socks—can increase your camping success rate by 30%.

1. Professional Underwear

Underwear is designed to wick away perspiration. Wearing the wrong kind can leave you soaked. Therefore, choose specialized outdoor underwear that effectively wicks away sweat and keeps you dry.

Everyday underwear is mostly made of cotton, which absorbs moisture and draws heat away from the body as it evaporates. Excessive sweating can easily lead to colds, fevers, and even hypothermia when outdoors. 

2. Outerwear

Outerwear is clothing that protects you from the elements. Without it, you'll be shivering in the wind and rain. Generally, outdoor outerwear comes in both softshell and hardshell varieties, providing warmth, windproofing, and waterproofing in the mountains.

3. Warm Clothing

Due to the wide temperature swings in the mountains, even warmer weather in the city can still make you feel chilly. It's wise to bring multiple layers.

4. Raincoat

A raincoat is a backup layer of rainproof clothing. Without it, you'll be drenched in the mountains.

Even if the sky is clear when you set out, it can still rain in the mountains. Keep a raincoat in your bag just in case. Raincoats aren't breathable, so wearing them can cause sweating. Avoid wearing them for extended periods.

5. Footwear and Socks

Specialized hiking shoes and socks are designed for mountain terrain. Professional hiking shoes and socks can protect your feet and prevent blisters.

If you wear everyday sneakers and cotton socks, you'll develop blisters after just a short hike.

This is extremely important. The price of wearing the wrong shoes and socks is foot pain. Outdoor hiking requires specialized hiking shoes and socks.

Other Basic Equipment for Mountain Camping

1. Backpack

Going camping in the mountains requires a lot of carrying, so a specially designed backpack is essential.

If you don't have a backpack, you might end up carrying a mix of large and small bags, like carrying two backpacks on your front and back, or carrying things in your hands.

Not having a backpack can be tiring and inconvenient. Camping with a backpack specifically designed for outdoor activities is essential.

2. Trekking Poles

Trekking poles are used to help you walk. Long hikes require support from your arms for balance. Without trekking poles, you'll stumble.

Some people use branches as trekking poles, but this is a mistake. Not only does it damage vegetation, but it also doesn't provide a good replacement.

Trekking poles offer shock absorption and support, reducing pressure on the knee joints, something branches can't provide.

3. Headlamp and Flashlight

A headlamp provides light while walking. Without a headlamp, you'll have to use your phone in one hand for lighting while walking, which is very inconvenient.

Headlamps and flashlights are lightweight and can be used when both hands are occupied, such as while cooking and searching for ingredients, or while walking with trekking poles and keeping a clear view of the road ahead.

Without a headlamp or flashlight, you'll only be able to use your phone for lighting. Headlamps and flashlights are convenient walking tools.

VRoute and Weather Preparation for Mountain Camping

1. Weather

When camping in the mountains, the weather can be unpredictable, with weather changing from one mile to the next. Before camping, check the weather forecast and cancel your activity immediately if the weather is bad.

2. Route

Choose a suitable and familiar route; don't wander blindly.