Australia & New Zealand Outdoor Adventure Forum

Gad wrote:Nothing excites me more than camping does.However,camping alone is a no for me.You cannot have fun all by yourself.You need friends or family.Another thing is security.What if you encounter some danger and you are all alone?People will never know what happened to you.If its about alone time I'd rather take a walk at some park or upcountry.

This reminds me of one camping trip when me and 5 of my close friends went to the woods for an overnight camping. For the whole day and until we fell asleep, talks were continuous with stories, jokes and anything. It was really one of the best bonding times I had experienced. And you cannot do that when you are camping alone because all you have is to commune with nature.

Even I do not like going for camping alone but I recall one interesting incident when my friend had to leave the camp suddenly after he got a call from home. I was left alone since he promised to come back and join me the next evening. I was walking along the river when I heard sound of music coming from a nearby camp. I walked up to them and they asked me to join. That was an unforgettable 3 hours' experience beyond description.

I have never camped alone, however, camping alone is my wildest dream. I would like to backpack, ride in a motorbike, go to the forest area where very few people have visited, set up a ten and live there for few days. Since safety is also my concern, I would like to go to the area that is connected to communication network. For example, I will only go the placer, where I can use mobile phone and internet.

Well I haven't camp alone, I guess those who camp alone purposely decided to do that and not that there are no persons to camp with. I am thinking such kind of an activity won't be thrilling at all. People make event entertaining and sweet and where you are alone it baffles me how it will turn out.