[Sportsandrec] camping

Fri Feb 15 22:56:04 UTC 2013

Julie,
I like the idea of wind chimes as a clue.

-----Original Message----- 
From: Julie J.
Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2013 8:56 AM
To: Sports and Recreation for the Blind Discussion List
Subject: Re: [Sportsandrec] camping

Thanks!  I don't think I currently have anything that runs on batteries,
at least not the sort that you take out and replace. I haven't decided
yet if I will be taking my guide dog or not.  If I do I could pattern
him to locate some landmarks.  I thought of taking a small set of
windchimes and setting them up at the tent/cabin, but I think they might
be annoying to the other people around.  You have some good ideas about
using natural landmarks.

Thanks!
Julie

On 2/5/2013 6:47 PM, Kendra Schaber wrote:
> Hi Julie, I have gone camping many times. The camping that I have done is 
> the regular camping in tents and an ocational RV. Take along a slate and 
> styless or any other nonelectronical note taking item just in case you 
> need to take notes without relaying on electricity. Also take your cane or 
> guide dog so that you can use them to travel with. If you have something 
> that uses batteries that you don't charge up, go ahead and bring more 
> batteries than you think you need. Use such things like your tent or camp 
> fire for a land mark. Also use a body of water as a land mark in relation 
> to your camp site. Get to know where things like the bathrooms are or if 
> not a bathroom, where the spot to take care of bathroom duties is located. 
> As for no paths, use big land marks like the cabbins and a nearby body of 
> water. You can usually hear water running or moving when you are close 
> enough to it. Use open spaces in the treese as clues. You might have to 
> count them as you go along.
> Kendra
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> Sent: Tuesday, February 05, 2013 3:55 PM
> Subject: [Sportsandrec] camping
>
>
>> Heya!
>>
>> It's me with another adventure vacation question.  Last year it was sea 
>> kayaking, clam digging and fishing.  This year my teenage son and I are 
>> going camping.  Actually we are going to survival school where we will be 
>> learning how to build a fire without matches, tie knots, make rope from 
>> native plants, which plants are edible, how to make tools from natural 
>> materials at hand and all sorts of other stuff.  I'm affectionately 
>> referring to this adventure as my opportunity to learn independent living 
>> skills. *smile*
>>
>> I looked at loads of opportunities we could utilize to do this and 
>> settled on one of the less intense options.  We are going to be staying 
>> in a cabin and doing day hikes to learn and practice the survival skills 
>> we have been taught.  I'm not quite as adventurous as I once was. 
>> Sleeping under a hedge and being reliant on figuring out which mushrooms 
>> are edible won't be a part of this trip.
>>
>> Still it will be a lot of new things for me and a lot of skills I haven't 
>> used for around 15 years.  I don't anticipate having any particular 
>> difficulties because of my blindness, but I'm trying to figure out as 
>> much as I can ahead of time.
>>
>> I would love to hear from people who have been camping both the normal 
>> variety and the rougher sort of survival camping that is becoming 
>> popular. Also ideas on keeping oriented where there are no paths would be 
>> helpful. If anyone can think of specific non electronic blindness 
>> equipment I should take along that would also be helpful.
>>
>> I welcome all thoughts and ideas.  If you can think of something that I'm 
>> overlooking in preparing for this trip please let me know.
>>
>> Thanks in advance!  You guys always have awesome ideas and have been 
>> really helpful.
>>
>> Julie
>>
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