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Small Tent Survival Kit
Me? I slept like a baby!
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Having recently endured the "joy" of camping with my children, as some twisted sort of father-children 'bonding ritual' dreamed up by the well-meaning administrators of their school, I realised there are a few things that would make the experience more "joyous", especially in a two-man tent.

Because it was raining and windy we had to keep the tent closed up. No problem, you think, until you realise that the kids had consumed copious quantities of beans on toast for dinner, before turning in.
Invention number one: A breathing apparatus that delivers a steady stream of compressed air to the mouth and nose, all night.

Because it was raining and windy we were cold. Though dry inside, there was a very damp chill in the air. I spent most of the night with two shivering, farting kids on top of me.
Invention number two: A heated floor in the tent, with long, inflatable troughs, for bedspaces.

Because it was raining and windy we had to keep the tent closed up. This meant that vast amounts of condensation built up, on the inside of the roof of the tent. Every decent gust of wind precipitated a light shower of "rain", inside the tent.
Invention number three: A liner of mosquito netting, suspended just inside the surface of the tent. May also keep mosquitoes out, if it's down and the tent is left open.


UnaBubba, Oct 17 2005

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       October's no good for camping, is it, [UB]?

Cedar Park, Oct 17 2005
  

       Not here. We had a lot of fun otherwise, but a rainy night in a tent with 2 cold, flatulent 3 - 4 year olds is... interesting.

UnaBubba, Oct 18 2005
  

       [ I spent most of the night with two shivering, farting kids on top of me]   

       I can tell you love your family :-)   

       I'd like this in a small, tube affair, maybe as a hat that unfolds into a survival shelter.

normzone, Oct 18 2005
  

       That's gonna be a bloody big hat, but I'm with you.   

       The most sensible part of it is the heated floor in the tent. There must surely be a way.

UnaBubba, Oct 18 2005
  

       I dunno. I don't think there's *anything* you can do to make camping fun.

DrCurry, Oct 18 2005
  

       Y'see, this is precisely why they invented houses.

Ian Tindale, Oct 18 2005
  

       I suspect both of you are perfectly correct.

UnaBubba, Oct 18 2005
  
      
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