Crazy people?

[MOAK]

Last night we had my wife’s sister & husband over for dinner. They drag a big trailer around and that is camping for them. They asked about our last trip and as we were telling about how remote the Maze is, then traversing down into Glenn Canyon, setting up camp in the dark , in a sandstorm with sustained 40 mph winds and heavy gusts through the night. They gasped and remarked how horrible it must have been. You guys are crazy! No, not at all, says I, it was an exhilarating experience. The next morning we woke up to zero tent damage, to this, (see below) a great breakfast, packed up and continued on. The idea of camping like this, remotely with zero services, completely off grid is for crazy people. We’re pleased to be crazy says my wife and I. The conversation moved on very quickly to family gossip. LOL !!

 

[KonzaLander]

I am glad to be a 'crazy' person. Here in the Midwest most people perceive camping as a long weekend (or even weeks) in their big pull behind camper or motorhome at a lake in a well developed campground. When I explain that my goal for camping is to get as far away from people, amenities and communications as possible these people look at me confused and say something like, "That is NOT a vacation; that sounds terrible."

 

[Lou Skannon]

Just drop into the conversation a couple of phrases like; “Disaster Preparation” and “Zombie Apocalypse.” Embrace your craziness!

 

[Ubiety]

All of this "crazy talk" is awesome! Happy as a clam being part of the "crazy club" and seeking adventure outside of the campground.

 

[MMc]

MOAK I look at your rigs and think you are over accessorized. If I importing up for a while Ido bring the swap meet awning. other wise it's me running and gunning. We all camp the way that suits us.

 

[grubworm]

it is CRAZY...
that's why its so much fun!

 

[Autism Family Travels]

I said to one of my parents friends who dropped into work the other day that I would love to live remote off the grid completely. She said the exact same thing. You are nuts. NO.....I am not. Society is so messed up that being in the wilderness only having to deal with animals sounds like a beautiful life to me.

 

[MOAK]

MOAK I look at your rigs and think you are over accessorized. If I importing up for a while Ido bring the swap meet awning. other wise it's me running and gunning. We all camp the way that suits us.

Yup, I’m constantly doing away with stuff that we never use. Plastic wine glasses - gone! Seriously though, we have what we use & and use what we have and we’re good for 5 or 6 days off grid. Saftey kit, PLB and heavy tools are with us always and hopefully will never be used.

 

[Walkers]

Wow, you guys bring a rig and a trailer? We just hitch a ride to the forest boundary and walk in, …naked.

 

[MazeVX]

When we tell people how we taped shut the vents of the tent because of the freezing cold wind and woke up with a snow covered tent in March and frozen water in the tent they call us crazy and yes maybe we are crazy but it was a great experience and some kind of accomplishment.
We know now that we can get around bad conditions and it doesn't crash our holiday.

 

[grubworm]

Wow, you guys bring a rig and a trailer? We just hitch a ride to the forest boundary and walk in, …naked.

naked?
we couldnt afford skin growing up...

 

[Anak]

You were lucky.

We didn't have a forest. Just an empty spot in the dirt.

Honestly, I grew up off grid. We didn't get electricity until I was 6. I think the world that feels it has to be constantly connected is crazy. Trying to get away from all that is the effort to reconnect with sanity.

 

[Ubiety]

We didn't have a forest. Just an empty spot in the dirt.

Reminds me of a great line from Raising Arizona
...and when there was no meat, we ate fowl and when there was no fowl, we ate crawdad and when there was no crawdad to be found, we ate sand.

 

[old_man]

Over on NAXJA they put up a motion to change my login from old_man to crazy_old_man.

 

[Viking1204]

I guess I'm crazy too, more than once people who see my truck say I'm ready for the Apocalypse! I get asked almost weekly what the solar panel on the roof of my truck is for!

 

[MMc]

When I was mountaineering we were tent bound for 4 days in the sierras. Snowed 5 feet and keeping the snow from covering we had to shovel it off. It was cold keeping we kept a water bot in the sleeping bag so we could make water, none of my friends though we were crazy. I still hate green tents because of all that time in the F_ing green tent.

 

[grubworm]

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well...the thread is titled "crazy people"...

 

[smritte]

My voices keep telling me I'm not crazy

 

[MOAK]

well...the thread is titled "crazy people"...

I can’t wait to read the blog post!

 

[deagle]

What is and isn't crazy depends on your individual skills, ability, risk tolerance and situation. There are activities that are appropriate for my level of skill and knowledge that would be crazy for an untrained person to take part in, and the converse is certainly true as well. I think the key difference is that many people don't seem to want to learn new skills that allow them to deal safely with different situations.