Should I go "camping" alone or with a friend?

[Member 5605]

Take the friend. You remain armed so you can shoot his knee cap if a bear comes.

Somebody has to make it out of the woods alive. I saw that move Backcountry.

 

[Stomper]

Take your friend unless his name is Ben Dover

OOPS! Excuse me.... I seemed to have dropped my... "compass".

 

[cookie]

Buddy dive and buddy camp it is safer.

 

[User 1234]

You used to take your girlfriends camping but now you are single? Don't take the next girlfriend camping!

 

[wired]

I used to camp alone a lot. Two weeks at a shot when I was between wives/girlfriends. Great way to get the head in order, do some reading and some good shooting. Perfected my .22 LR mid air starling dispatching that way.

 

[ferret427]

I think you should absolutely take him along. You are talking about getting the most out of your training, and think you should go solo. I believe that is not the way to think.
Do you think a SHTF means you will peace out and never meet someone who needs help? If you do meet someone, will you ignore them, prey on them, or help them?
Take your friend. He will learn self-reliance from you and you will learn how to augment your survival effectiveness by teaching others what you know, eventually being able to work as a team. The efficacy of a group working together can be more than the sum of their capabilities.

 

[powersbj]

Go easy, 3 miles in, have him navigate. Go gear heavy so hes comfortable leave the Rambo game out of it till hes comfortable in the woods. If you throw everything at him all at once he will retain nothing and never go again. Training goes from the simple to the complex over time with experience.

 

[HighlandLofts]

Get a dog.

If you get a dog to take you always have fresh meat if the need arises.

 

[USMC1911]

 

[DunRanull]

Get a dog.

Yep. Faithful dogs have kept me company on several occasions when camping alone. Only problem I had with them was them rooting out skunks and porcupines...

 

[SUPER X]

If you teach him you will know what to expect from him in a real situation

 

[No_Regerts]

Gonna take the urban altoid box with the condoms?

 

[Kruel J]

Gonna take the urban altoid box with the condoms?

God forbid stank appears on a hang low.

 

[The Heretic]

I usually go alone - I have no problem doing that - but usually no harm in taking someone along, and a number of benefits as others have point out.

 

[Kruel J]

OP what "training" are you going to do? And where did you learn these "training" techniques? Some type of service? A book? Call of Duty?

Sorry but this thread reads like a bad movie.

 

[powersbj]

Oh man, I hope I never end up in the woods or a jail cell with you boys..... I think I'd feel safer in a Seattle camp with a pound of oxy in my pocket.

 

[Member 52301]

Taking a tenderfoot camping in the middle of winter and expecting him to tag along while you play G.I. Joe, along with the threat to ditch him if he "slows you down" sounds like a recipe for disaster and a great way to end a friendship.

^^^

This!

Especially if the friend hates the COLD and adding wet weather to the cold only makes it worse. Snow, rain, ice and/or wind.

Cate

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Not sure if I'd be better off training alone so that 1) I get more used to being alone out there since that's how I'll likely be in SHTF 2) am not slowed down by him.

Speaking only for myself here...and please note that I am not attacking the OP....

One should teach others , if they wish to learn and not worry about being "slowed" down by them.
If one teaches well , two learn.

Everyone needs to start somewhere....You yourself , at one time did not know and do the things you post about in your OP...Remember what that was like and have patience with your friend.

As for being alone in a SHTF situation....To be blunt :
You gotta sleep sometime....and its difficult to be all tactical when :
Eating...
Making camp...
Washing /cleaning /packing up..
Taking a dump...
Someone needs to provide security at such times.
Andy

 

[revjen45]

"He recently lost his job and is going through an UGLY divorce....hmmmmmmmm...."

Well, just think of Chris Kyle.
Maybe you don't want to turn your back.
I have no idea what motivated the dude to do that - no overt signs that he was koo-koo.

 

[Member 34319]

Lol, I used to camp at Browns Camp until I met a few folks like the OP roaming around at night all geared up wearing NODs @ 2am "patrolling" peaceful camping areas.

Tactical Tom it up my friend!

No offense, sounds like solo is the best way to go, unless you find another similar minded person.