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hi
parents and campers welcome to the north
faces virtual summer camp
my name is hilary nelson i am a
professional athlete i've been
with the north face for a long time so
my job
is defined as a professional ski
mountaineer and what that means is i
travel all over the globe from mount
everest to my own backyard and telluride
colorado and i
carry my skis on my back i climb up
mountains and then when i get to the top
i put my skis on and i ski back down so
there's a lot of camping involved in
tents and
sleeping bags etc and so i probably
spend sometimes a hundred nights a year
sleeping outside under the stars in a
tent
that's why i am here with this camp to
show you guys how to
set up your own virtual base camp
so today we're going to talk about
different styles of camping
so whether you're camping inside your
house in your backyard or in the
wilderness
there are different ways to set up a
camp for each of those places for
campers who don't have a tent
you can use things from around the house
like
chairs a bed sheet a blanket a tarp
there's
all kinds of creative ways to make that
shelter for you to sleep in
for those of you who do have a tent
we'll go through setting up that tent
and the things you can put inside of it
everything that sort of
works to make it a really fun experience
to be out camping
this is the kind of tent that i would
use for expeditions on
to the big mountains even in the
himalaya this is a four season tent it's
it
packs a lot of punch but it withstands
storms and snow
and all kinds of stuff and you can see
here it's called a mountain 25.
and so what that means the two means
that it's a two-person tent
and the five means that it has five
poles that hold the tent together
this is the tent we're going to be
setting up today
this is a three season tent and it's
called the talus
two and that too means it's a two-person
tent
and there's actually only one pole for
this tin so it's really cool it's really
quick and easy to set up so this is the
one we're gonna use for backyard camping
because like i said it's a three season
tent and it's a lot lighter
and it's really good for looking at the
stars through this tent there's all
different kinds of sleeping bags
anywhere from
negative 40 below which is sometimes
what you need if you're going to like a
very cool place like antarctica this is
a summer sleeping bag it says right in
here
the temperature rating for the sleeping
bag so this is for
35 degrees fahrenheit if you don't have
a sleeping bag
blankets are amazing and really
comfortable just make sure you check
with your parents some blankets are
better to use for camping than
others okay next is a sleeping pad this
is a really nice sleeping pad because
it's indestructible it's not gonna pop
and it doesn't move around because it
sticks really well to the bottom of your
tent
but it's bulky so it's kind of hard to
fit on your backpack if you're actually
like hiking in to go camping
this is called an air mattress and you
can see how
how small it packs down it's really
little and you fill it by blowing air
into this thing it expands into this
really nice sleeping pad and it's more
comfortable and gives you more
insulation from the ground
so you don't get cold but you run the
risk of
popping and if you pop it you definitely
want to make sure you have
a repair kit for it okay and then let's
see what are some other things a pillow
camping pillows are great whoa this one
is got down in it and you can like pack
it really small but of course for
backyard camping
i prefer just the pillow right off my
bed
you want to have lighting inside your
tent
this is a headlamp which is really sweet
you just stick it on your head
and then wherever you turn wherever you
look it's on and so you can read your
books you can
find your water all kinds of stuff like
that this might be something that's a
little more accessible in your house is
just a little flashlight that you can
turn on and find your way around so in
addition to being a professional skier
i'm also a mother and i have
two boys ages 11 and 12 and i have my
younger son
here to help us throughout this
camping setup let's get started every
tent pretty
much has four parts to it first part the
most important part
is the tent body that's this piece right
here
the second part is what's called a rain
fly
so this also it's called a tarp
it's sort of your weather barrier from
your
tent which you can see has a lot of mesh
in it from the rain and the elements etc
so if you
think that you can spend the night
outside in your backyard and it's not
going to rain and you really want to
look at the stars
then the rain fly is optional the next
really important part of
the tent is the tent's
poles these are what
give structure to your tent right gratia
so they
yeah they're pretty cool because they
kind of just snap into place
keep doing them all and then it becomes
a structure for your tent
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once you have your tent set up like this
it's kind of pretty easy to pick up and
move around and you want to find the
most
level part of the yard or the patio
to put the tent on so that you're not on
the slope when you're inside
and you also want to move like any rocks
that are big or yeah
because you don't want to be laying down
on a rock we'll put the fly on just so
we can see it
boom and for this the tent has a red
corner where you stick to pulling and
that's the signal that
this because this also has a red corner
and that signals
that you're supposed to put the red on
the red and you just stick it
underneath now your tent is protected
from
rain wind etc so once you have found a
good
platform for your tent that's when you
want to use the stakes
or whatever else it is that you're
trying to hold the tent down to keep it
in place
you take these little things that hang
off the corners of your tent and you can
put the stake in there
and then i get it part way in and then
you just hammer it in
and you just want to make sure you stake
out all all four corners
let's start putting stuff inside our
tent so
let's do two sleeping pads so we can be
really comfortable we're gonna use
this one and then
we'll blow up this other one which i'm
gonna make graden do cause he's really
good at blowing up these
the air the air mattress we're gonna put
in a sleeping bag
another sleeping bag if you live in an
already warm place like it doesn't cool
off at night then it's easy to just use
a sheet you don't have to use a sleeping
bag or a blanket because you don't want
to be too hot either
then we're going to put all our pillows
in there
pillows another pillow
and then make sure you have your
lights in a place where you can find
them because you don't want it to be
dark and then not be able to find your
light secant
so you can't go outside one thing we all
have to
pledge to do is that once you are
outside and your backyard camping you
have to commit to staying
outside so leave all your electronics
inside the house
and come outside with everything that
you need
and then you only go inside if it's like
an emergency or you have to go to the
bathroom or something like that
okay now we're doing our little
makeshift for it but if you don't have
a tent yeah so mom okay
you're gonna take that end you're gonna
bring it over here
make sure it's not falling in so it
collapses
you wanna pull it tight okay you just
remember you wanna make it tight so then
you have more space
ah okay okay all right so that's good
and then for this
blanket you're going to want to put it
over there okay
like that and then you're also going to
want to make sure it's tight like i said
before
like just like this and this is just
like a quick easy for
and the way to get in and out is this is
basically a little doorway
and then you just crawl in and then you
got a bed
thanks for building a backyard base camp
with us now it's your turn
happy camping happy camping