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- Camping, or outdoor living, is an important recreation
- activity for many people in America. Camping has its roots
- in the wilderness living of the pioneers. Camping includes
- everything from simply spending a night in a backyard tent,
- to that of living for weeks in the wilderness, miles from a
- town. The camper may travel on foot, horseback, or any way
- he wants. No matter how or where the camper goes, even the
- thought of camping makes him restless for the freedom which
- it offers. Camping can ignite within each of us an outdoor
- spirit, the likes of which motivated our American pioneers.
- The camper should give great care to the proper choice
- of clothing. The legs ought to be entirely covered by long
- trousers; a camper never wears shorts except while lounging
- around the camp. Wool shirts are always better than cotton
- ones in both winter and summer. They dry rapidly when wet,
- and they keep the body at a more even temperature. Camping
- shoes should be a trifle larger than street shoes. And two
- pairs of woolen socks should be worn for padding. You need
- to always wear a head cover in wooded areas. A narrow brim
- felt hat or a hunter type cap is generally said to be best.
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