{"id":3998,"date":"2012-07-05T23:49:07","date_gmt":"2012-07-06T06:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=3998"},"modified":"2012-07-05T23:49:07","modified_gmt":"2012-07-06T06:49:07","slug":"i-went-for-the-extreme-so-that-i-could-say-i-dont-want-to-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/of.jennism.com\/?p=3998","title":{"rendered":"I went for the extreme so that I could say: I don’t want to camp"},"content":{"rendered":"

Camping? I have always said no<\/i>.<\/p>\n

Yet, last year I was the one who drove a trip to Macchu Picchu. Like any true traveler, I believed that I had to see it the right way\u00e2\u20ac\u201dby doing the 4 day trek along the Inca Trail. My former roommate had described the trek as amazing, mind-blowing, incredible. So despite always hating the idea of camping, I was committed.<\/p>\n

Granted, I knew what I was getting into. The discomfort. The potential of slowness. Anything was possible.<\/p>\n

And it was exactly that. Although I would not admit it for weeks after the trip, I eventually did conclude after the entire trip that I simply did not like camping. Or maybe the outdoors.<\/p>\n

I disliked:<\/p>\n

  • The idea of even hiking<\/li>\n
  • The idea of carrying anything<\/i> during hiking<\/li>\n
  • The idea of having to drink water during hiking<\/li>\n
  • Bug bites. Many bug bites.<\/li>\n
  • No possibility of clean toilets and showers<\/li>\n
  • My constant habit of being the slowest one in the group<\/li>\n
  • The payoff of seeing nature doesn’t do anything to me<\/li>\n
  • The payoff of being with<\/i> nature doesn’t do anything to me<\/li>\n
  • Lack of great food (although this obviously doesn’t happen on the Inca Trail\u00e2\u20ac\u201dthe group had incredible chefs)<\/li>\n
  • And probably more…<\/li>\n

    Nonetheless, I abhor the idea of car camping. To me, it’s not even camping. Why not just rent a cabin then? If I had to do camping, I would do it all the way. And yet, I would not do it. Period.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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