4 Essential Items To Bring Camping For Your Safety

Getting away from it all is important for your health, both mentally and physically. Camping is one way to get back to nature and clear your mind and recharge the batteries.

One thing about getting away from it all, however, is that things can happen and you are on your own to get yourself out of a jam. When things go well, it is nice to be alone. When they don’t you’ll wish that you had some help.

When you are out camping, you need to be prepared for just about anything. From bad weather to accidents, you have to be ready to help yourself.

In this article, I will give you a list of some of the must have safety gear to have when you go camping. This list is not in order of importance, though.

1 – Knife 

Things get tangled up very easily and can put you in danger. Whether you get trapped in some rope while boating on a lake, or you get trapped in a tent, you will need to cut your way out of it.

There are a lot of scenarios in which you need to cut something to ensure your safety and a good knife is essential. You should have at least a small pocket knife to do little things and a larger Bowie type knife like these from Lamnia.com for anything more serious.

2 – Warming gear

One of the greatest dangers when camping is hypothermia. You can get wet and not be able to dry yourself or find that it is much colder than you expected.

To make sure you don’t fall victim, make sure that you have ways of staying warm. If you venture away from your tent you should always have a way to make fire and an emergency blanket to keep warm.

A flint and stone is necessary in case your matches get wet or lighter doesn’t work. And the blanket can keep you dry if it is raining.

3 – Water filter

You should always make sure you bring enough water with you, but things happen and you may need to drink the water you find around you.

The problem there is that there could be bacteria or parasites in the water that end up making you sick.

Bring along a small water filter to be able to purify the water from streams or ponds in case your water supply runs out. They can come in the form of a straw or even a water bottle with a built in filter. These are small and easy to bring along.

4 – Mini fire extinguisher

Fires are a major concern since you will no doubt have a campfire going. If it ends up spreading outside the pit, then putting it out quickly is a challenge. Instead of using your water, or trying to dump enough sand to put it out, have a mini fire extinguisher. They can be as small as a can of bug spray and put out a fire in seconds.

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