Personal Narrative Essay: The Dangers Of Backpacking

I was a boy scout as a kid and my troop did a lot of camping. One outing, when I was a patrol leader (that 's when you 're in 8th grade or so), we went to a place we called Pinacles. It was going normally and we were all having a good time except for the next morning I woke up to a horrible surprise. While asleep this kid in my tent wet the bed for some duration of time that allowed the piss to soak through his sleeping bag and into the tent where it soaked into my duffel bag. This was the nastiest thing I have ever experienced. I couldn 't believe how much this 11 year old kid could piss while sleeping. My whole duffel was soaked and I didn 't want to touch anything in that tent. The other kids in that tent somehow avoided anything being soaked with piss. Now the troop I was in was very strict about leaving on time so it was get up, pack up, eat up, clean up, and get out. So all the seniors were getting on me because our tent wasn 't being taken down so I made a big deal about and this …show more content…
When car camping the storage of food is generally no big deal as the food can just be placed inside the car. Only in very active bear country is storing food in a car a bad idea. These areas generally provide storage containers that are bear proof for those using campgrounds. However, when you are spending the night camping along a trail when backpacking some precautions are needed to keep annoying and possibly dangerous animals away from your food supply and you. Though there are few truly dangerous animals in most of North America, many nights of sleep have been lost keeping raccoons and other critters out of the food. I have even had raccoons scratch on the side of the tent in pursuit of poorly stored food. For those who camp in bear regions, proper food storage is a matter of safety and not just convenience. These tips will help you to avoid mistakes in food storage, many of these I have learned the hard