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Guerrilla Camping: Getting Off the Beaten Path
Camping and hiking are fun. But what if you took away the need to ever go home again? Researched over tens of thousands of miles walked, hitchhiked, biked, tramped and passionately explored, Guerrilla Camping is a one of kind guide to getting off the beaten trails and truly travelling.
No matter if you are a long distance cyclist who needs to shelter off the occasional roadside, a lifestyle nomad flying thumbs to get to the next town, an internet entrepreneur ready to see the world, or simply preparing for a possible need to get out of town in an emergency or disaster, Guerrilla Camping is a one-of a kind guide to everything you need to know for when the trip goes off the trails.
Inside you will discover:
Choosing campsites in cities, farmland and wilderness.
Staying fed when you’re hundreds of miles from the nearest freeze dried camp meal.
Hiding your camp and staying safe when travelling by roadside or camping in urban and rural areas.
How to navigate using topo, mass transit and phonebook maps.
How to avoid injury when you are your own mobile home.
How to hit the road for under $100.
Finding and treating drinking water in agricultural, industrial and urban areas.
Financing your journey, and finding work when on the road.
Staying clean, healthy and in shape when it can be weeks between showers.
With tips learned while travelling around the world on a barefoot budget, serving in the military, and cross hiking multiple countries, Guerrilla Camping is the camping book for when it’s not just camping anymore.
No matter if you are a long distance cyclist who needs to shelter off the occasional roadside, a lifestyle nomad flying thumbs to get to the next town, an internet entrepreneur ready to see the world, or simply preparing for a possible need to get out of town in an emergency or disaster, Guerrilla Camping is a one-of a kind guide to everything you need to know for when the trip goes off the trails.
Inside you will discover:
Choosing campsites in cities, farmland and wilderness.
Staying fed when you’re hundreds of miles from the nearest freeze dried camp meal.
Hiding your camp and staying safe when travelling by roadside or camping in urban and rural areas.
How to navigate using topo, mass transit and phonebook maps.
How to avoid injury when you are your own mobile home.
How to hit the road for under $100.
Finding and treating drinking water in agricultural, industrial and urban areas.
Financing your journey, and finding work when on the road.
Staying clean, healthy and in shape when it can be weeks between showers.
With tips learned while travelling around the world on a barefoot budget, serving in the military, and cross hiking multiple countries, Guerrilla Camping is the camping book for when it’s not just camping anymore.
112 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 9, 2016
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October 16, 2019
This book was fascinating. Lots of little practical advice on gear and how to interact with people when you get busted for camping in places that aren't exactly legal.
Not sure I'll ever camp in the way he describes, but I enjoyed getting details and living an imaginary vicarious adventure through his tales. I could imagine how I might go about doing what he suggested, and it provides good research for any kind of fiction writing I might want to do around this topic.
Not sure I'll ever camp in the way he describes, but I enjoyed getting details and living an imaginary vicarious adventure through his tales. I could imagine how I might go about doing what he suggested, and it provides good research for any kind of fiction writing I might want to do around this topic.
May 1, 2016
An expert with real road experience wrote this book. If you're interested in stealth camping or a life on the road, you want to either have a good, long sit-down with Spicer or pick this book up and pay close attention. It's a gem.
I've withheld that last star for a couple of important reasons, none of which should dissuade you from picking up this book. It's a bit short, and I'd love to see this fleshed out with more anecdotes. I don't believe the author understands how enjoyable and valuable those truly are to us. Secondly, I feel that more material should be added that relates directly to guerrilla camping, especially in terms of site selection for the timid. That's partly a personal opinion and partly a hunch. What I mean is, I suspect other readers are going to feel the same way. Spicer has a 6th sense by now, but we need more clues to know when it's worth trudging off a wilderness trail to find a spot. He focuses on the hard stuff, but most readers will be curious lightweights paranoid out of their mind about camping in a state park after dark in an unapproved section.
Definitely a worthy resource worth picking up.
I've withheld that last star for a couple of important reasons, none of which should dissuade you from picking up this book. It's a bit short, and I'd love to see this fleshed out with more anecdotes. I don't believe the author understands how enjoyable and valuable those truly are to us. Secondly, I feel that more material should be added that relates directly to guerrilla camping, especially in terms of site selection for the timid. That's partly a personal opinion and partly a hunch. What I mean is, I suspect other readers are going to feel the same way. Spicer has a 6th sense by now, but we need more clues to know when it's worth trudging off a wilderness trail to find a spot. He focuses on the hard stuff, but most readers will be curious lightweights paranoid out of their mind about camping in a state park after dark in an unapproved section.
Definitely a worthy resource worth picking up.
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