Tips for Camp Part 2
1. Plan your gadgets and campsite layout on paper e.g. how many gadgets, how they should look like, and where should each gadget be positioned. Example, noticeboard should be situated near gateway (pintu gerbang). Space should be allocated for falling-in and morning inspection.
2. If you're not used to hard labour with hands, best bring gloves (cotton) to camp. Bring a few pairs. Use it especially when digging trench etc. Never wear gloves when using parang.
3. If you've got a penknife with you, label it clearly with your name and hang around neck using a lanyard. That way, if anyone wants to borrow (within your patrol, let's say) pass it to him/her and he/her can wear around neck and use it. This decreases your penknife from getting lost.
4. Make sure each person brings either sleeping bag, sleeping mat (the blue foam one also can), or sleeping mat (the ones you use in picnic). Keep these dry all the time.When sleeping at night, make sure sleep ON or IN sleeping bag/mat/sleeping rug. Wear a windbreaker. Do not sleep directly on groundsheet. When you wake up, it will be freezing cold. The cold will deplete you of energy and make you numb. Remove shoes and keep socks on while sleeping to ensure good circulation while keeping feet warm. Worse comes to worse if you got nothing, sleep on newspapers and use some as blanket (but you will look like dead body or beggar).
5. Light a fire each night near your backdoor or in the middle of camp ground to illuminate campsite and also to provide warmth. This fire can be used to dry stuff e.g. wet shoes, clothes. You can cook simple supper snacks e.g. potatoes, roast garlic etc while doing your work in campsite.
6. When you pack, remember the principle, FIRST IN - LAST OUT. The stuff that you first pack in your bag/harversack will be the last to come out. Make sure all your essential items are reachable e.g. toiletries, raincoat, torchlight, etc. and packed in compartments reached easily (like side compartment).
2. If you're not used to hard labour with hands, best bring gloves (cotton) to camp. Bring a few pairs. Use it especially when digging trench etc. Never wear gloves when using parang.
3. If you've got a penknife with you, label it clearly with your name and hang around neck using a lanyard. That way, if anyone wants to borrow (within your patrol, let's say) pass it to him/her and he/her can wear around neck and use it. This decreases your penknife from getting lost.
4. Make sure each person brings either sleeping bag, sleeping mat (the blue foam one also can), or sleeping mat (the ones you use in picnic). Keep these dry all the time.When sleeping at night, make sure sleep ON or IN sleeping bag/mat/sleeping rug. Wear a windbreaker. Do not sleep directly on groundsheet. When you wake up, it will be freezing cold. The cold will deplete you of energy and make you numb. Remove shoes and keep socks on while sleeping to ensure good circulation while keeping feet warm. Worse comes to worse if you got nothing, sleep on newspapers and use some as blanket (but you will look like dead body or beggar).
5. Light a fire each night near your backdoor or in the middle of camp ground to illuminate campsite and also to provide warmth. This fire can be used to dry stuff e.g. wet shoes, clothes. You can cook simple supper snacks e.g. potatoes, roast garlic etc while doing your work in campsite.
6. When you pack, remember the principle, FIRST IN - LAST OUT. The stuff that you first pack in your bag/harversack will be the last to come out. Make sure all your essential items are reachable e.g. toiletries, raincoat, torchlight, etc. and packed in compartments reached easily (like side compartment).
