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For starting a fire, look for bits of birch bark on the ground, it is extremely flammable and is much better tinder than leaves.

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Put on some John Waters movies and load the karaoke machine with lots of Cher and Elton John.

I know some swear by the travel bidet (not for everyone), but for the masses, a pack of biodegradable “flushable” wipes are a great addition to your toiletry kit. Just one or 2 after you’re done with all of your other business leaves you nice and fresh for the day and can bury them if you’re backpacking.

Bring a battery powered fan.

Be prepared

The most effective way to start a fire, for me, is to use fire-starting candles that Yankee Candle make.

For most outdoors-people the terms camping and binge drinking are interchangeable so a couple of luxuries are needed for the next morning.

First up to take care of is the morning AGB (After Grog Bog) so a camping dunny and a toilet/shower tent is a must. Don't fool yourself into thinking a shovel and hole in the ground is good enough, you are not a cat.

Second is some wet bum wipes for cleaning the dags off your turd cutter after dropping off your AGB.

Third is an Aeropress (and a set of scales!) for making yourself a good coffee. This easy to use hardware is well known and the internet is full of peoples favourite recipe for creating the perfect coffee:

• 18g of coffee
• 90g of water
• 90 second brew time
• flip over and press into mug (should take about 10 seconds to press down)
• add more hot water and/or a little bit of milk to your personal preference

If it's really rainy protect your fire by having two people hold a plane up.

No matter what, don't go in the winter.

As someone who hates the cold with a passion, there's nothing worse than waking up cold in the morning because you either didn't have on enough to keep you warm during a cold winter night in a sleeping bag or had on too much and wake up cold from sweating throughout the night.

Winter campouts are the only camps I absolutely do not miss at all from my time at scouts. The cold mornings are enough for me to not suggest it, despite it not actually being that bad after you've warmed up.

Though, on a more serious note, one of the things I do remember being taught but never followed through with for various reasons is to put your clothes for the next day under your sleeping bag so that way the next day they should be warm or at least warmer so you aren't putting on freezing cold clothes. Especially good for things like jeans because there's nothing worse than putting on jeans with frigid cold metal buttons if your hands are already trembling a little from the cold winter morning in general.