db wrote on Jun 15^th, 2013 at 7:31am:

Anyone remember back when a chair or a tarp or a stove and and yes, even a map in some circles ... was "for wussies"? ;D

Patrick McManus, Field & Stream wrote; "Half the fun of camping in those days was looking forward to getting back home.  When you did get back home you prolonged the enjoyment of your trip by telling all your friends how miserable you had been.  The more you talked about the miseries of life in the woods, the more you wanted to get back out there and start suffering again.  Camping was a fine and pleasant misery." ;D ;D ;D

starwatcher