Camping material

What we thought would be a fun, light hearted shopping trip to the camping store, soon turned into a mind blowing financial situation. Who would have guessed living in a little cramped up tent, sleeping on the ground, and eating rice over a little burner would cost an arm and a leg! It seems that you can always get something just that much better and of course everyone recommends that you get the most waterproof, most windproof, highest ever quality things ever to exist. Really how much ventilation do your armpits need? It's as if it was completely impossible for people to go camping 10 years ago. How far do you go in pursuit of comfort? is the ultimate question.

To make a long story short, we found this hairy guy on the internet that gives advice, so we just bought everything that he recommended. This is what we got:

• The MSR Velo tent, with an additional footprint. It stands up even without being anchored into the ground, has the possibility to put up only the inner tent, has two huge doors, is quite lightweight (4 kg), and of course it has enough space for our bikes (and our future dog)!
  

• The MSR Dragonfly liquid gas burner. It burns everything from white gas, to diesel, to kerosene, to regular gas... even whiskey!
  

• Wim also decided to buy a sleeping bag for fat women called the "big bertha". I don't really know what he's planning on doing in there.
  
• A therm-a-rest large sleeping mats and matching pillows.
  
• We also found these chair sleeves. You simply squeeze in your therm-a-rest sleeping mat, and it makes a nice chair!
  

• Another pretty cool thing is our folding dinner set. It is pretty much like origami: every dinner you just fold your own plates, bowls and cups. Ofter being used, they only take as much space as a sheet of paper.
  

So, thanks to the hairy internet guy, we close the chapter on camping materials.