if I bring a big plastic tarp with me and a (waterproof) picknig rag, can I comfortably stay /out/ one night in mild weather?
I know a spot but I'm going outside just to practice walking with a heavy rucksack, I want to know if I can not bother walking home until the morrow bc then I can make my bag heavier.
stuff I'm packing:
1L coffee
2L water
a bunch of bushcraft tools incl. a hatchet and knife
climbing gear (for in trees)
two jars of beans
trashbag
picknic rag
tarp
paracord
bread, jar of peanutbutter
spoon
phone & powerbank
a bar of chocolate
two apples
thick coat
a book

I don't plan to wash myself or anything so idc about that.
am I missing anything? I just need to make it through 1 night relatively comfortably, I'll probably walk home at 9 or 11AM after the wagies have gone into their cagies.

I just remembered I'm not this stupid, I have a tent that may still work.
so is a sleeping bag really necessary if I have a thin mat? I have leafy forest ground or grass to put my tent on.

>>2828944
Good day fren. Sleeping bag keeps you warm. Tent keeps wind and bugs off you. Tarp keeps you dry. For staying comfy/ warm I highly recommend a mat, an inflated pad, etc. If it's your first time, is it possible to test it in the backyard?

>>2828944
Sorry, I didn't answer your question. I'm a couple liquor drinks in. You'll probably be OK. Leafy forest ground and shorter grass will be uncomfortable and chill you out. Without knowing the specifics of your climate I can't provide a more accurate answer (Holy fuck I sound like chatgpt, I swear I'm not).

>>2828944
My car broke down and so I got dropped off to my summer job and camping in the woods on my off day since I can't stay at the station.
I'd say you really dont need much if the temp is above 50 degrees at night. Won't need to have your sleeping bag partially cover face to warm breathe or a sleeping mat.
Once you get to the 40s at night you'll want to look into both of those. Ive used a coarse sweater before over my face to preheat my breathe while i sleep down to 30s but most the mummy sleeping bags now go around your face now for that reason. If you dont have a sleeping mat you'll want to use a bunch of tall grasses to put under your tent. If on the ground make sure its relatively flat with your head at the higher elevation and clear any sticks or rocks underneath. You can also use a rock or a poop shovel to loosen up the dirt a bit.
Make sure to bring plenty of water and save yourself and start by water maxing until your stomach feels bloated and after about 15 mins of hiking you'll feel great.
You only need the tent to keep bugs out. My one concern cowboy camping is my neighbor had a rattle snake crawl into his sleeping bag for warmth and he ended up losing his legs.

>>2828954
I can have forest dirt floor, too.
I'd have the tent floor (some shitty plastic tarp) plus a padded waterproof picknick mat folded in twain + a thick jacket to sleep under.
It's 28deg celcius during the day and I don't believe it'll drop below 15 at night. I'm im the Benelux.

>>2828958
Oh yeah with those temps you'll be fine. At worst if you get cold you just get up and move a bit to warm up. You can also either use heated dry stones or a heated steal water bottle to heat your blanket up or wtv through the night if you can make a fire. But at 60 as long as you block the wind out you'll be good.
Send us a pic of your loadout.

>>2828957
>you'll want to use a bunch of tall grasses to put under your tent
smart, the one time I had to bc it was -10c I got those reflective+foam windshield protectors. under the tent if dry weather, in the tent if just above zero and wet I presume.
we don't have mean critters here thankfully, just some ticks sometimes and maybe a wolf but I'm not worried about the wolves.
>mat sleepingbag when
I'm keeping an eye on it, it'll be plenty hot for the next few months and I have a pretty stable home (rentoid) so I believe I'll find some good stuff when time is ripe.
>>2828960
I'll unpack on-site and take the picture there, I'm taking my phone and 4G and everything. it's already half packed, may go tonight. probably should go tonight and not put it off till tomorrow.
it's a bit of a poor mishmash but hey if it gets me out of the house for the night and nap too it'll have done.

>>2828953
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>>2828960
thanks for the advice anyway. I'll check back in when I've actually made it to a good spot /out/.

my bookkeeping apu is gone :(

>>2828939 (OP)
Yeah. I did this all the time when I was in the boy scouts, we'd go camping in the ozarks every year. I'd just bring a sheet of visqueen, some line, a couple cans of whatever, a bag each of rice and beans, fork, spoon, knife, and hatchet and a ferro stick and I was good for a week of camping. First day I'd set up the lean-to from the visqueen, eat the two cans of food, then use the cans for cooking and boiling water for the rest of the week. I'd make a makeshift bow and arrow and use that to get trout from the river, if I didn't get a fish that day then I still had the beans and rice on which to fall back.

If it got cold at night I'd just pull the visqueen down and cover up with it, then put it back up the next morning.

>>2829067
that sounds fun, I'll see if I can take some rice too but tbqh I'm probably going to have to head back in 24h bc I don't have renewable water
also my loadout is going to be inefficient and heavy asf lol

I went out to test my long Silky Nata and the Silky logo on the handle chipped a patch of skin off my thumb... so I switched hands and, surprise, chipped the exact same spot off on the other thumb.