Comments on: Stealth Camping is a Bad Idea

By: Drew Jacob

Drew Jacob — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 04:02:54 +0000

Absolutely Jason! Those places are great when you can find them.

And please do link out to the post on site; promote away my friend.

By: Jason Wynn

Jason Wynn — Sat, 20 Oct 2012 03:06:21 +0000

Keep in mind there are loads of free places to sleep that are safe. In the RVing world we call this ‘living off the cord’. Some of the best campgrounds in the world are free land from BLM, to National Forest, and public lands. They can be difficult to find sometimes, but many times they are worth the effort. One night we awoke to find our home on wheels surrounded by elk and mist rising from the grasses, another we were hit with first light popping out past the Grand Tetons! What an experience, and all free. We have a post on our site about living off the cord near Lake Tahoe, but out of respect i won’t hyperlink it here.
Benjamin is an inspiration to us for sure, but some (or many) may call him crazy! Thanks for sharing your take on stealth camping, hopefully one day you’ll give public lands another chance.

By: Drew Jacob

Drew Jacob — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 13:31:48 +0000

Beautiful. What a wonderful backdrop for an evening of dreams. I am there in spirit, laughing on the wind.

By: Sir Starr (@sir_starr)

Sir Starr (@sir_starr) — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 07:34:37 +0000

Yes I did get a spot to sleep for my first night at Good Hope Nursery. :)

As for churches, my trek is rather remote and there are only a few places along the way. I will be mostly sleeping in the mountains with no one around.

By: Drew Jacob

Drew Jacob — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 15:33:36 +0000

That’s excellent Starrzan! I hope they extended a welcome to you.

If not, I also find that calling churches or asking at a church door can lead to a place to camp out; and so can calling the local police and asking if there’s somewhere you can camp for just one night.

By: Sir Starr (@sir_starr)

Sir Starr (@sir_starr) — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 15:14:14 +0000

I now feel a lot more relaxed about my first night at least! :D

By: Sir Starr (@sir_starr)

Sir Starr (@sir_starr) — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 15:13:12 +0000

Howdy Drew. Just want to thank you for this post and inspiring me to first check ahead with some landowners for a spot to sleep on my upcoming 5 day trek from Cape Point to Cape Town, South Africa.

p.s. It be I, Starrzan!

By: Rua Lupa

Rua Lupa — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 15:31:14 +0000

I may have my hair down in photos, but since it is so long I usually have it done up in a tight bun and tucked through my ball cap so it doesn’t get caught up in things during outdoor excursions. I often enjoy the reactions people have when they see me with my hair down for the first time, since the bun makes it look like I don’t have as much as I actually do. I look forward to lopping it off this coming spring and donating what I’ve grown out from the shoulders down. Which is past my lower back – enough for the minimum donation and a bit extra (10 inches being the minimum). And then I could finally have my hair down on a more regular basis. I imagine I’ll feel light headed for a while. The last time I had any kind of cut was in 2009, so it’ll be fun to style it for once.

By: Drew Jacob

Drew Jacob — Fri, 12 Oct 2012 15:22:40 +0000

Ha, with the hair I’m surprised they made that assumption…

By: Rua Lupa

Rua Lupa — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 15:12:11 +0000

The funny things is that both times I was described as a man by those who’ve seen me at a distance (over hearing cop conversation). The woman from the second incident later laughed as her other neighbour told her that a guy was disturbing the dogs with my clothing description. So seeing that I was a young woman gave her a surprise (I dress for recreation which apparently is masculine?)