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Where’d you sleep? Going wit the flow and enjoying life is admirable but that sounds like a pretty terrible camp site tbh.

throwaway0665 10mo ago
They moved the tents.
- Archelaos 10mo ago
  Yep. Slow reading of HN comments also has its benefits.
  - teekert 10mo ago
    I guess this person sees the same mental image as me: Tents with wet floor, moisture sucked into everything inside. A tent that’s been in a lake sounds like a throwaway to me. But maybe what you see as a tent is different from what I see. For me the story was also a bit weird. “Just take the tents out of the water”. Ok…
    - HPsquared 10mo ago
      Tents often are waterproof for the first few inches.
    - jibal 10mo ago
      Even if that were true (and it obviously isn't), what then would be the point of expending tremendous time and energy to "dam it off and keep it dry"? These are alternative ways to keep the tents dry ... which entails that they were never soaked in the first place. > A tent that’s been in a lake The tents were never in the lake. A few inches of the campsite was in the lake at high water. > sounds like a throwaway to me Do you have any experience with this? I've been on trips where tents and even sleeping bags ended up in a river. They don't dissolve ...they can be dried in the sun. And a tent with a wet floor can be wiped down. > “Just take the tents out of the water”. Those words don't appear anywhere. Try looking at the actual words and not just your mental images.
      - teekert 10mo ago
        I guess the term "tent" is pretty broad, this is what I see: [0], the cotton does not take being in water very well. But I guess a synthetic ultra light tent will do better. I also assumed the tents were already there when he arrived (complete assumption, but the term campsite conjures up a place with tents already there), and so must be of the more heavy more stationary kind. Anyway, the point is, I also had this question: Where do you go when you mess up your tent like that? How can a dam in a layer of water make it dry? Don't you need a dam and then pump it dry. This is going too far, I just wanted to defend the question. Maybe it's a cultural difference. [0] https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=de+waard+tent&ia=images&iax=images https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=de+waard+tent&ia=images&iax...
        jibal 10mo ago
        > the term campsite conjures up a place with tents already there You've never been camping. Ok.
        scott_w 10mo ago
        I think you’re viewing this through your own cultural lens where camping can be totally solo (in the woods?) In England, we can’t just pitch up a tent in the woods, we need to pay for a campsite where there’s other tents. I suspect, from their description, this person is from a different country again, where camping may happen in large open steppe with lots of other yurts.
        teekert 10mo ago
        Yeah, this.
        jibal 10mo ago
        Nothing you wrote contradicts anything I said about camping. Someone else suggested that "campsite" just means the area covered by a tent and its groundcover, which is closer to the "mental image" of the other person who wrongly believes that tents got waterlogged, but is the arch opposite of yours. I've camped in the woods, on open steppes, and in designated camping areas in French and English towns. In each of those cases I brought my own tent, but I've also "glamped" and stayed in existing canvas-sided structures, from Yosemite to Mont St. Michel. Also, this is about a campsite a few inches of which is in a lake, and people moving their tents. But apparently paying attention to the actual context is optional for some people.
    - bee_rider 10mo ago
      Thanks for the attempt at a generous reading, but the truth of the matter is I just skimmed the comment and missed that bit. These things happen, no biggie.
  - indrora 10mo ago
    They don't teach reading comprehension like they used to.
- bee_rider 10mo ago
  Do’h
delichon 10mo ago
Arizona, Lake Havasu, triple digit temperatures. We spent more time in the water than out of it. Us kids loved the flooded camp because of the tiny fish that would swim up and nibble on our toes. It tickled. The camp was boat access only, and there were a few million acres of desert wilderness higher ground to move up to. The water rose gradually and the tents never got wet. The bigger problem with that camp was the rattlesnakes. I killed one with the shovel and felt grown up.

throwaway0665 10mo ago

They moved the tents.

Archelaos 10mo ago
Yep. Slow reading of HN comments also has its benefits.
- teekert 10mo ago
  I guess this person sees the same mental image as me: Tents with wet floor, moisture sucked into everything inside. A tent that’s been in a lake sounds like a throwaway to me. But maybe what you see as a tent is different from what I see. For me the story was also a bit weird. “Just take the tents out of the water”. Ok…
  - HPsquared 10mo ago
    Tents often are waterproof for the first few inches.
  - jibal 10mo ago
    Even if that were true (and it obviously isn't), what then would be the point of expending tremendous time and energy to "dam it off and keep it dry"? These are alternative ways to keep the tents dry ... which entails that they were never soaked in the first place. > A tent that’s been in a lake The tents were never in the lake. A few inches of the campsite was in the lake at high water. > sounds like a throwaway to me Do you have any experience with this? I've been on trips where tents and even sleeping bags ended up in a river. They don't dissolve ...they can be dried in the sun. And a tent with a wet floor can be wiped down. > “Just take the tents out of the water”. Those words don't appear anywhere. Try looking at the actual words and not just your mental images.
    - teekert 10mo ago
      I guess the term "tent" is pretty broad, this is what I see: [0], the cotton does not take being in water very well. But I guess a synthetic ultra light tent will do better. I also assumed the tents were already there when he arrived (complete assumption, but the term campsite conjures up a place with tents already there), and so must be of the more heavy more stationary kind. Anyway, the point is, I also had this question: Where do you go when you mess up your tent like that? How can a dam in a layer of water make it dry? Don't you need a dam and then pump it dry. This is going too far, I just wanted to defend the question. Maybe it's a cultural difference. [0] https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=de+waard+tent&ia=images&iax=images https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=de+waard+tent&ia=images&iax...
      - jibal 10mo ago
        > the term campsite conjures up a place with tents already there You've never been camping. Ok.
        scott_w 10mo ago
        I think you’re viewing this through your own cultural lens where camping can be totally solo (in the woods?) In England, we can’t just pitch up a tent in the woods, we need to pay for a campsite where there’s other tents. I suspect, from their description, this person is from a different country again, where camping may happen in large open steppe with lots of other yurts.
        teekert 10mo ago
        Yeah, this.
        jibal 10mo ago
        Nothing you wrote contradicts anything I said about camping. Someone else suggested that "campsite" just means the area covered by a tent and its groundcover, which is closer to the "mental image" of the other person who wrongly believes that tents got waterlogged, but is the arch opposite of yours. I've camped in the woods, on open steppes, and in designated camping areas in French and English towns. In each of those cases I brought my own tent, but I've also "glamped" and stayed in existing canvas-sided structures, from Yosemite to Mont St. Michel. Also, this is about a campsite a few inches of which is in a lake, and people moving their tents. But apparently paying attention to the actual context is optional for some people.
  - bee_rider 10mo ago
    Thanks for the attempt at a generous reading, but the truth of the matter is I just skimmed the comment and missed that bit. These things happen, no biggie.
- indrora 10mo ago
  They don't teach reading comprehension like they used to.
bee_rider 10mo ago
Do’h

delichon 10mo ago

Arizona, Lake Havasu, triple digit temperatures. We spent more time in the water than out of it. Us kids loved the flooded camp because of the tiny fish that would swim up and nibble on our toes. It tickled. The camp was boat access only, and there were a few million acres of desert wilderness higher ground to move up to. The water rose gradually and the tents never got wet. The bigger problem with that camp was the rattlesnakes. I killed one with the shovel and felt grown up.