How to prepare for a camp... a survival camp.

Similar to how UPCAT reviewers are so effective in passing all College entrance exams, I'll make a Camp-out preparation guide to help you get the most out of the forest, without much stuff brought.

So here's a checklist of the stuff you need to bring and other preparations for camp.

Sunglasses- not just a fashion statement but the glare of the sun reflected by running water can be so blinding.

Pocketknife with fold-away blades- heat the blades over open fire then rub them against bermuda grass or other leaves.

A machete-Quite frankly, a machete, aka bolo or sundang are definitely needed. Cutting bamboo for one can only be quickly done with a machete. Not by sawing through with a pocketknife.

Learn the Wiffle knot, reef knot and taut-line hitch- If you can't learn all these, just at least learn the reef knot. If you still won't learn the reef knot, don't go out into the wild.

Camera- Record stuff you see. Who knows, you might discover a thought-to-be-extinct animal. Plus, you can record clips of yourself crossing a river, or... building bamboo shelter or even eating fried grasshoppers.

Learn a few insect recipes- No joke. Insects lurk in the wild to essentially help people. They pack in thrice the amount of protein as compared pound-for-pound with meat. So, 100g of chicken has lesser protein content than 100g of insects. Here's the cooking recipe for insects in general:

1. Heat sand over your open fire while putting your non-hippie looking insects in a jar.

2. Over 5-minutes, mix the heated sand with the insects. For ants, remove the body or boil them to remove the formic acid sting; same goes with bees.

3 There goes your insects. Now that way of cooking preserves all the nutrients. Together with the acid. So take the body off of insects that are known to bite/sting.

Loads and loads of rope- for lashings and knots. But if worse comes to worse, learn how to make a grass rope (basically about binding grass, pulling them against each other then twisting them and then drying them under the sun. The thicker, the stronger).

4. Get fish hooks for stakeouts, bamboo stakes or learn this:
a. Do this at night. Create a U-shaped trap high enough that you think fishes won't be able to jump over it.
B.Stand in the water and shine your torch over the water.
C. This attracts fish. When some fish are attracted to the light, block the U-shaped trap with some stones.
D. Then, clobber the fish (you heartless monster).

That's basically all the stuff you need to know as everything else is plain common sense. Got outdoor questions? Ask away. hahaha