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☆ You can soon book luxury Airstream campgrounds through Hilton. I've stayed at 2 of the 'glamping' resorts and loved them more than traditional hotels.
▼ + stars: | 2024-04-22 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Travelers can soon use Hilton Honors points at AutoCamp's popular "glamping" resorts. The rapidly expanding luxury camping chain has seven locations, many near national parks. As someone who's stayed at two of AutoCamp resorts, I think the mutually beneficial partnership is a great idea. AdvertisementLike other "glamping" and campgrounds, AutoCamp experienced a windfall in bookings during the COVID-19 pandemicTravelers will soon be able to book AutoCamp's resorts through Hilton's website. The glamping company's properties are the perfect compromise between the invigorating seclusion of camping and the indulgences of a traditional Hilton hotel.

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☆ Electric vehicles are changing how America goes camping
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-31 | by ( Peter Valdes-Dapena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

While still a small minority, campers are more likely to own an electric vehicle than those who don’t go camping, according to a survey by Kampgrounds of America, the nation’s largest campground operator. Only about 1% of Americans currently have an electric vehicle, according to KOA, but about 4% of regular campers do. “We’ve had customers cross coasts, all the way up to Canada, all the way across Canada and back down, all with an electric vehicle,” said Bowlus CEO Geneva Long. Courtesy RivianThe physical layout of most EV chargers can be a challenge for campers. The vast majority of EV chargers are placed at the ends of parking spaces so vehicles have to either pull in, nosing the front bumper up to the charger, or reverse back in.

Persons: I’m, ”, Matt Linn, Linn, Mike Kowal, McKay Featherstone, They’ve, Bowlus, “ We’ve, Geneva, It’s, Toby O’Rourke, KOA, O’Rourke, it’s, Rivian, Sara Eslinger, ” Linn, Rivian’s Elsinger Organizations: CNN, Ford, Rockwood, Thor Industries, Designers, Airstream, KOA, don’t, EV Locations: America, Texas, Central Coast , California, Canada, Yosemite, Big Sur , California, who’s

☆ Costco sells emergency meal kits that cost up to $6,999 — and it freaked people out. Naturally, we had to try them.
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-17 | by ( Kelsey Vlamis | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

A TikTok about Costco's emergency food kits went viral, sparking some panicked speculations. But emergency meal kits are handy during emergencies and natural disasters, not just the apocalypse. AdvertisementWhen a TikTok showcasing some of the emergency food kits for sale at Costco went viral, people in the comments had questions — and some mild panic. Related storiesReadywise's emergency meal kits can last up to 25 years, while Mountain House says it has a 30-year taste guarantee. Mountain House Breakfast Skillet Kelsey VlamisThe breakfast option from Mountain House was also a winner.

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☆ The Trump-supporting governor of Montana is staking his reelection on a set of 'miracle' YIMBY housing policies
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-09 | by ( Eliza Relman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

Greg Gianforte blames Paramount's hit 2018 soap opera "Yellowstone" for what he calls his state's most pressing crisis: housing affordability. The so-called Montana Miracle has been celebrated by progressive housing advocates across the country. The policies are supply-side fixes for the crisis — creating more housing to drive down costs — rather than subsidizing renters or lower-income homebuyers. Education Images/Getty ImagesRunning on housingGianforte was "pretty distant" when it came to overseeing the housing task force, Dugan said. Last June, he extended the housing task force through the next legislative session.

Persons: —, Greg Gianforte, Paramount's, Kevin Costner's, Gianforte, It's, it's, Kelly Lynch, who've, Mary Vanier, Kendall Cotton, Nathan Dugan, Daniel Zelnikov, Zelnikov, Lynch, Dugan, trickier, I've, he's, That's, Karlen, George Nikolakakos Organizations: Service, Business, Big Sky, Montana League of, Republican, Democratic, Montana, Frontier Institute, GOP Locations: Montana, Bozeman, and Towns, Montana's, Missoula, California, Whitefish, Washington

☆ What it's like to take the Cybertruck camping
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-10 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Tesla owner Ben Levin went camping in Texas with the company's newest EV, the Cybertruck. AdvertisementTesla's rough-and-tumble Cybertruck might be perfect for camping, at least according to one owner, but it's missing one key feature — enough heat in the truck's bed for chilly nights. Levin identified several Cybertruck features that made it ideal for camping, including the spacious design of the truck. Cybertruck owner bought a truck tent to go camping. AdvertisementTo combat the cooler temperatures, Levin said he'd recommend Cybertruck owners consider bringing a heated blanket or portable heater for camping trips in colder weather.

Persons: Ben Levin, Levin, —, It's, VoyageATX, Elon Musk, Tesla, he'd Organizations: Service, Tesla, Campers Locations: Texas, Pace, Spicewood , Texas, Mode

☆ At Rally for Border Security in Texas, Fears of ‘Invasion’ and ‘Civil War’
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-03 | by ( J. David Goodman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

A line of trucks and campers, cars and vans — from South Dakota and North Carolina, Washington and Pennsylvania — snaked over farm roads on Saturday before gathering on the winter-brown grass of a ranch, steps from the Rio Grande, in the rural community of Quemado, Texas. The gathering marked the final stop of a days-long journey: a convoy of conservative Americans who drove to the border to demonstrate their frustration, fear and anger over what they saw as a broken immigration system. The location in Quemado had been chosen for its proximity to the city of Eagle Pass, a flashpoint in the pitched confrontation over border security and immigration between the Biden administration and Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas. Other convoys this week reached the border in Yuma, Ariz., and San Ysidro, Calif., all with the goal of spurring tighter controls on migrants crossing the border.

Persons: Biden, Greg Abbott of Organizations: Gov Locations: South Dakota, North Carolina, Washington, Pennsylvania, Rio Grande, Quemado , Texas, Quemado, Eagle, Greg Abbott of Texas, Yuma, Ariz, San Ysidro, Calif

☆ How Stanley went from making sturdy bottles for laborers to becoming an 'it' status symbol, and causing chaos at Target stores across the US
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-27 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +10 min

"Every time we linked it, it would sell out so quickly," LeSueur told The New York Times. The Buy Guide had to pay for warehouse space and shipping and handling fees, but was allowed to keep the profits, The Times reported. "It was a big risk," LeSueur told CNBC. AdvertisementThe Buy Guide placed another wholesale order for 5,000 – and they sold out in an hour, Retail Dive reported. Reilly told CNBC that Stanley was making more products available with each drop but still wanted "a little bit of scarcity" to create a buzz.

Persons: —, Stanley, They've, Alphas, William Stanley Jr, Grace Dean, restocking, Ashlee LeSueur, Taylor Cannon, Linley Hutchinson —, LeSueur, Emily Maynard, Maynard, Terence Reilly, Reilly, he'd, Crocs, Frederic J . Brown, TikTokers, Bon Appétit, Stanley's Quenchers, Lainey Wilson, aren't, Gen Zers, Alpha, Casey Lewis, Lewis, –, Zers, they'll, Grace Mary Williams, it's, Kaitlin Gostel, Barnes, Noble, Harry Potter, Gostel, I've Organizations: Service, Business, Instagram, New York Times, CNBC, Times, The Times, Wall Street, Getty, Target, Starbucks Locations: Brooklyn, workdays, Crocs, AFP, Pendleton

☆ The woman behind the Stanley Quencher's meteoric rise said she had to beg the company's executives to market to women
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-24 | by ( Erin Snodgrass | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Ashlee LeSueur, cofounder of The Buy Guide, told The Wall Street Journal that Stanley was resistant. AdvertisementStanley, which long marketed itself as an outdoorsy company for campers, construction workers, and — primarily — men, first introduced the Quencher cup in 2016. "Some of the executives had a really difficult time imagining a more female-leaning color palette on the Stanley products," LeSueur told The Journal. "I think the biggest difference when Terence came on was just that enthusiasm," LeSueur told the podcast. AdvertisementThe company's marketing shift worked: Stanley cups have become major status symbols at schools, sparked a collector's mentality around the mugs, and — in at least one case — led to a Stanley cup heist.

Persons: Stanley, Quencher, Ashlee LeSueur, —, Stanley Quencher, Terence Reilly, LeSueur, Lauren Solomon, Solomon, Reilly, Terence, Callum Borchers Organizations: Wall Street, Service, Street Journal, The, eBay, Stanley, Starbucks, Target Locations: Quenchers

☆ UC Berkeley is using a wall of shipping containers to block activists from the new site of its student housing complex
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-05 | by ( Matthew Loh | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

UC Berkeley is trying to build a new $312 million housing complex on the iconic People's Park. AdvertisementThe makeshift wall is around "15 to 16 feet high," UC Berkeley spokesperson Kyle Gibson told The Associated Press. People's Park on a night that UC Berkeley and other authorities prepare to cordon off People's Park on Wednesday, Jan. 3, 2024 in Berkeley, CA. In August, people in a mass protest pushed down a fence that UC Berkeley tried to use to cordon off the area. The empty shipping containers around People's Park echo the hundreds of containers set up to fill gaps on the Arizona-Mexico border in 2022.

Persons: —, UC Berkeley's, Kyle Gibson, Jason Armond Organizations: UC Berkeley, Service, UC, Associated Press, UC Berkeley's, Los Angeles Times, Getty, Berkeley, Guardian Locations: Berkeley , California, People's, Berkeley , CA, Park, California, Berkeley, Arizona, Mexico

☆ 3 things I wish I'd known before I tested out van life on an epic 13-day road trip
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-02 | by ( Monica Humphries | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Finding parking spots was easier than I imagined and daily tasks took more time than expected. AdvertisementLike any trip or adventure, I went into my recent 13-day van trip across the American West with expectations, fears, and assumptions. Monica Humphries/InsiderAs I hit the road for my 13-day van trip, I couldn't shake my stress. AdvertisementI feared finding last-minute parking spots would be a nightmare. And out West, I relied on Bureau of Land Management land, which is land free for public use.

Persons: —, Monica Humphries, didn't, FreeCampsite.net, van, Joshua, pullouts Organizations: Service, Land Management, Walmart, of Land Management Locations: Joshua Tree , California, La, Arizona

☆ I imagined spending my 2-week van trip in scenic campgrounds. The reality was sleeping in parking lots at Cracker Barrel and Walmart.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-29 | by ( Monica Humphries | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Sleeping outside Walmart and Cracker Barrel was free, convenient, and a true taste of van life. AdvertisementA Cracker Barrel parking lot full of RVs. Sure enough, in the review section of Google, plenty of people mentioned sleeping successfully in the parking lot at the Flagstaff Cracker Barrel. AdvertisementThe Cracker Barrel sign through the author's windshield. Knowing that so many other people were spending the night in the same parking lot was comforting.

Persons: —, Ram, Joshua, Monica Humphries, Williams, van Organizations: Walmart, Service, Google Locations: Colorado, Joshua Tree, California, Walmarts, Williams , Arizona, Jerome , Arizona, Williams, KOA, Flagstaff, RVs

The distinction is politically significant as the public has become increasingly frustrated over homeless camps in Los Angeles and other California cities, seeing them as a blight on neighborhoods and a threat to public safety. Some critics were quick this weekend to suggest that homeless campers might have been responsible for the latest blaze, which shuttered a freeway traversed by about 300,000 vehicles daily. “It’s an ongoing issue, but I don’t want to conflate it with the source of this fire,” Mr. de León said. “We need to see where the investigation goes.”Mayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles similarly urged caution and asked the public to refrain from jumping to conclusions about who had set the fire. There is no reason to assume that the origin of this fire or the reason this fire happened was because there were unhoused individuals nearby.”

Persons: Kevin de León, Mr, de León, Karen Bass, ”, “ Locations: Los Angeles, California, Angeles

☆ Since When Do Millennials Love to Sew?
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-09 | by ( Molly Collett | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

IN STITCHES High-tech, app-enabled machines have young Americans making their own clothes. Illustration: Sol CottiTHIS SEPTEMBER, Colin Meredith, a 29-year-old in Vancouver, Canada, went on a six-day camping trip with his brother. More impressive: Meredith, a freelance clothing designer with clients like Rapha, made his tent, sleeping bag and clothes on his home sewing machine. Freelance clothing designer Colin Meredith uses his home sewing machines to churn out a wide variety of jackets, pants and camping gear. When he started sewing this year, Amardeep Singh, 32, got away with using just such a family machine.

Persons: Cotti, Colin Meredith, Meredith, Colin Meredith Sewing, Amardeep Singh, ” Locations: Vancouver, Canada, Brooklyn, N.Y

☆ 82-year-old went on 'Shark Tank'—and landed a 5-figure offer: 'You're a star'
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-07 | by ( Ashton Jackson | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

The 82-year-old co-founder of hunting manufacturer Air Boss Outdoors joined up with his business partner, Keith Lindsey, to pitch a product called the Krapp Strapp on Friday's episode of ABC's "Shark Tank." The Krapp Strapp is a weatherproof strap designed to help hunters, campers and outdoorsmen relieve themselves more comfortably. Cuban gave Legg and Lindsey similar feedback, saying he'd only make them an offer if everyone else's proposals were "nasty." The Krapp Strapp duo accepted, garnering praise from Cuban. "Now, you two [Greiner and John] can say you help people do the deuce outdoors," Legg said, on his way out.

Persons: Bob Legg, Keith Lindsey, It's, Lindsey, Legg, Legg chimed, Mark Cuban's, Robert Herjavec, Kevin O'Leary, Strapp, Herjavec, he'd, Lori Greiner —, Daymond John, Greiner, Bob, Cuban, John, Warren Buffett Organizations: Air, Outdoors, CNBC, Cuban Locations: U.S, Jacksonville , Texas

☆ See inside the prototype for a new $24,000 Tesla Cybertruck camper attachment
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-05 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

A startup is looking to sell a $24,000 camper extension for the Tesla Cybertruck. NEW LOOK Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. AdvertisementAdvertisementThe Tesla Cybertruck is only weeks away from its scheduled delivery event — and some companies have already begun building accessories for the electric-pickup truck. Take a look inside the camper designed to seamlessly attach to the bed of the Cybertruck. The company has a physical prototype, but the pictures of the camper attached to the Cybertruck are digital renderings.

Persons: Tesla, —, Lee Wilkerson, Elon Musk, Wilkerson Organizations: Service, Space Campers, Elon

☆ California wildfire, fueled by desert winds, forces evacuations
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-31 | by ( Omar Younis | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/5] A firefighter works to extinguish the Highland Fire, a wind driven wildfire near Aguanga, California, U.S., October 31, 2023. REUTERS/Mike Blake Acquire Licensing RightsTEMECULA, California, Oct 31 (Reuters) - A Southern California wildfire fueled by desert winds burned 2,487 acres (1,010 hectares) and prompted evacuation orders for more than 4,000 people in Riverside County, officials said on Tuesday. The seasonal phenomenon occurs when dry desert air blows toward the ocean, creating a fire hazard in Southern California. Some 1,220 homes and 4,270 residents were under mandatory evacuation orders, with another 1,136 homes and 3,976 residents under evacuation warnings, Cal Fire spokesperson Thomas Shoots said. Southern California has had a mild fire year in 2023, after unusually heavy rainfall that included the first tropical storm to reach heavily populated areas in the state in 84 years.

Persons: Mike Blake, Thomas Shoots, Barb Bommarito, Robert Duke, Duke, Omar Younis, Daniel Trotta, Mary Milliken, Jonathan Oatis, Tom Hogue Organizations: REUTERS, Rights, Highland Fire, California Department of Forestry, Fire Protection, Fire, Cal Fire, Thomson Locations: Aguanga , California, U.S, Rights TEMECULA , California, Southern California, Riverside County, Santa, Temecula, Aguanga, Carlsbad , California

☆ The Natural, Unnatural Genius of America’s Trails - The New York Times
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-18 | by ( Peter Coy | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

Lately I’ve been hiking the 125-mile-long Paumanok Path in eastern Long Island in sections. I love that it extends uninterrupted from Rocky Point in the west to Montauk Point in the east. It’s the network effect, which says that a network grows in value as it adds nodes. A long trail becomes better when a short trail through a special piece of woodland is incorporated into it. Conversely, the short trail attracts new attention and visitors.

Persons: Robert Moor, “, tingle, ”, Walt Whitman Locations: Mount Washington, N.H, Maine, Georgia, Long, Rocky, Montauk, Chicago

☆ Thousands of plastic tents are being discarded at festivals. Could cardboard tents be the answer?
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-15 | by ( Rebecca Cairns | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Cardboard camping capsulesEnviroTent started as a school project in 2019, as part of the Young Enterprise competition. Enlisting the help of seasoned mentors, including designer Carsten Astheimer, Evans began taking the cardboard tent from concept to reality. EnviroTent‘It’s not something you need to last forever’EnviroTent isn’t the first to pitch cardboard tents as a solution to festival waste. Dutch company KarTent began producing cardboard tents in 2015, in response to the growing problem of single-use tents. While Heaps prefers people to rent and reuse tents (“The most sustainable items are the items we already own!” she adds), cardboard tents could be a great alternative to plastic tents that only get used once, “especially as the cardboard gets recycled and then reused,” she says.

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☆ Fact Check-Burning Man attendees weren't given posters warning of viral symptoms, says spokesperson
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-07 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

There is no evidence that attendees at the 2023 Burning Man festival were handed posters warning to stay inside if they experience certain viral symptoms. A spokesperson for the festival said to Reuters an image detailing viral symptoms is fake and that rumors of a transmissible outbreak at the festival are untrue. One user shared the image on the platform X, formerly known as Twitter, with a caption that reads: “Supposedly, these posters are being shared outside of people's campers at Burning Man” (ghostarchive.org/archive/zH1tg). A spokesperson for the festival said to Reuters that the image is fake. The image appears to be altered from a graphic uploaded to stock image websites detailing the symptoms of Dengue Fever.

Persons: ”, Read Organizations: Reuters, Burning, ” Reuters Locations: Black Rock, Nevada

☆ Thousands told to shelter in place at Burning Man fest in Nevada with access closed due to flooding
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-03 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

RENO, Nev. (AP) — Thousands of Burning Man attendees trudged in sloppy mud on Saturday — many barefoot or wearing plastic bags on their feet — as flooding from storms swept through the Nevada desert, forcing organizers to close vehicular access to the counterculture festival. Revelers were urged to shelter in place and conserve food, water and other supplies. More than one-half inch of rain is believed to have fallen on Friday at the festival site, located about 110 miles (177 kilometers) north of Reno, the National Weather Service in Reno said. At least another quarter of an inch of rain is expected Sunday. "If it really turns into a disaster, well, no one is going to have sympathy for us," Jed said.

Persons: Revelers, wasn't, celebrants, weren't, Mike Jed, Jed Organizations: U.S . Bureau of Land Management, National Weather Service, The Reno Gazette, Associated Press, Land Management, Sheriff's Office Locations: RENO, Nev, Reno, Pershing

☆ How to Go Camping: A Beginner’s Guide
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( Elaine Glusac | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

For first-time campers, spending the night outside presents a planning wilderness, including figuring out what to bring. Choose your camp styleCamping comes in many varieties, from car camping, meaning you drive to a campsite and pitch a tent, to overnight backpacking, in which you carry everything on foot. Starter-friendly, car camping allows travelers to bring things like coolers and camp chairs, and most campgrounds maintain toilets. Rental camper vans often come equipped with gear, including bedding, cookware and a camp stove. Companies such as Escape Campervans, Wandervans and Native Campervans rent modified vans that campers sleep in.

☆ Searching for Last-Minute Labor Day Plans? Try These Travel Tools.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Lauren Sloss | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +2 min

HotelTonight is a great resource for discount hotel rooms, with the home page search defaulting to “Tonight,” though you can book 100 days out. Unlocking the Daily Drop feature, available once a day for only 15 minutes, offers further discounts — but nonrefundable rates — on a specific hotel. Hotels.com shows deals directly on its home page, showing a range of destinations but limited to the upcoming weekend. Hipcamp has a dedicated Labor Day weekend section, or try your luck on ReserveAmerica and Recreation.gov, the booking site for the National Park Service and other federal lands. In general, Labor Day weekend centers on domestic travel, or three-day-friendly destinations, said Katy Nastro, a travel expert with Going.

Persons: HotelTonight, It’s, Hipcamp, Katy Nastro Organizations: Labor, National Park Service, Dyrt’s

☆ Tropical Storm Idalia is expected to intensify into a dangerous Category 3 hurricane as it churns toward Florida’s Gulf Coast
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-28 | by ( Nouran Salahieh Robert Shackelford Joe Sutton | Nouran Salahieh | Robert Shackelford | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Idalia is expected to intensify into a hurricane Monday and make landfall on Wednesday morning near the Big Bend of Florida as a dangerous major hurricane, according to the National Hurricane Center. As the storm intensifies, “life-threatening storm surge and dangerous winds” are “becoming increasingly likely for portions of Florida,” the hurricane center said early Monday. “Idalia has been moving erratically and is nearly stationary,” the hurricane center added. Tropical storm conditions are possible in the Dry Tortugas beginning late Monday and along the Florida Gulf Coast on Tuesday. The government of Cuba has upgraded the tropical storm warning for Pinar del Rio to a hurricane warning.

Persons: Idalia, Ron DeSantis, Floridians, “, ”, DeSantis Organizations: CNN, National Hurricane Center, Lower, Florida Gulf, Florida Division, Emergency Management, Pinar del, Florida Panhandle, Carolinas, Idalia Florida Gov, National Guardsmen, Patrol, Schools, Florida Department of Education, Hernando County Sunday, Facebook Locations: Florida, Bend, Cuba, Mexico, Coast, Englewood, India, Tampa, , Florida, Lower Florida, Florida Gulf Coast, Pinar del Rio, Georgia, Tallahassee, Hillsborough County, Citrus County, Citrus, U.S, Hernando, Hernando County

☆ Burning Man, tech bros' favorite party, is in jeopardy because of Tropical Storm Hilary
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-22 | by ( Jordan Hart | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Burning Man is facing challenges due to flooding from Tropical Storm Hilary. The gates to the Black Rock Desert event remained closed on Tuesday. AdvertisementAdvertisementBurning Man, the festival beloved by Silicon Valley's elite, is at risk of quenched by Tropical Storm Hilary. Nevada's Black Rock Desert, where the event takes place each year, closed its gate due to flooding caused by the rains of Tropical Storm Hilary, The San Francisco Standard reported. "Temporary gate closures are not abnormal," a Burning Man rep told Insider.

Persons: Hilary, Nevada's, Gerlach, we're, Sergey Brin, Larry Page, Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, Meta's Mark Zuckerberg, Elizabeth Holmes Organizations: Morning, Silicon, San Francisco Standard, Google, Amazon Locations: Tropical, —, Rock

☆ How to Pack an Entire, Comfortable Campsite Into a Backpack
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-19 | by ( Cassandra Brooklyn | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

MEETING OF THE MINDS While car campers and backpackers have slightly different needs when preparing for the woods, there are essentials that both groups will want. Photo Illustration: Serge BlochMIMI JI has spent the last decade summiting over 80 peaks in New York’s Adirondack and Catskill mountains, often camping for multiple nights to stay as close to the trail as possible. Hauling heavy gear over these peaks can get old quickly, so the 40-year-old corporate procurement director severely edited the list of supplies she crams into her backpack.

Persons: Serge Bloch MIMI JI Locations: Catskill

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