More helpful tips.... If you need to bathe, and your only local resource is a nearby creek or river; ensure no one is upstream taking a shit or a sprinkle. A fish stringer works as a leash to easily retrieve a 6pk of unopened drinks chilling in a creek/river. Charcloth, flint, and steel are your best friends once you run out of matches or lighters - usually best to keep some tender (thin, dry, grass and small leaves) inside the tent so it stays dry overnight making an easier fire start in the morning. The colder it is outside, the less you should wear inside of your sleeping bag - once you start sweating its difficult to get warm again. Bat guano is rich in fiber AND it hides old pesky underwear stains (I cannot validate this particular camping tip, found it in Readers Digest.....so it has to be true:D)