When I started camping, hiking, and backpacking I was squarely in the bushcraft fold. My dad, brother, and I would go out in the woods and carve a place for the weekend. Distance was pretty much reserved for day hikes. Our gear included everything from any Army surplus shop. Shovels, hatchets, saws, lanterns, wool blankets, canvas sleeping bags, multiple knives, many many pots, etc.

Even when

TIL During the 1st live iPhone demo, Steve Jobs was secretly switching phones because they couldn't even play a song without crashing. Their displays were rigged to show 5 bars of signal strength and he had to use a portable cell tower just so they would seem reliable enough to make calls.