Countdown to Festival Seaon: Survival Guide!!

eskimo

Hehehe.... I just read this on the Oxegen site in their tips and advice section for campers.... Bring a torch, this will help you find your way back to your tent while avoiding tripping on guide wires and possibly collapsing someones tent (yes this can happen). Ooh this is gonna be fun!!

[read more: http://www.oxegen.ie/info/camping.php]

Ok so I'm a camping-at-festivals virgin, and I need some tips and tricks for making it out alive, and general survival advice for Oxegen and Electric Picnic!
So please post whatever advice you can! What to bring? What to NOT bring?! Areas of the campsite to avoid? Etc.. etc... Post your tips to compile a great survival guide for everyone going!

Civilian_Target

Essentials:
Ticket and ID
Sleeping bag and ground mat (you'll get very cold without *both* of these)
Tent, or use of someone elses tent
Water, at least 2 litres, with a small and big bottle
Rain gear, for the worst case scenario
Suncream and condoms, for the best case scenarios
Change of socks and underwear

Recommended:
Plenty of cold snacks (nutrigrain bars are always good)
Bog roll
A full change of clothes
Booze (in non-glass containers)
Plasters & Paracetemol
A torch

Read this thread: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=273787

Toast

Try this thread.


A torch is useful and yes you can trip on wires in the dark and fall on someones tent if you are unfortunate. However heres a little PSA on "Guide wires":

They are called Guy ropes/wires (I know this is oxegens mistake not yours but its a common one) and they shouldnt be deployed in a campsite like Oxegen. They are meant for additional support in high winds. Even if you do get those sort of winds in Oxegen theyd be broken by the large amount of other tents in the campsite anyway. The only exception is for very large tents (6 men + ) which catch the wind easily. Anything smaller wont go anywhere short of a heavy gale.

Dont listen to people who say they are to keep the sides of the tent seperate from the inner lining and stop condensation.. this is nonsense. This only happens when something is resting on the side of the tent and if this is happening guy ropes wont stop it.

Having them out unnecesarily is just asking for someone to trip on them and fly into your tent.

honru

I'm seriously considering an investment in a beer cooler this year.

melekalikimaka

Toast wrote:

Try this thread.


A torch is useful and yes you can trip on wires in the dark and fall on someones tent if you are unfortunate. However heres a little PSA on "Guide wires":

They are called Guy ropes/wires (I know this is oxegens mistake not yours but its a common one) and they shouldnt be deployed in a campsite like Oxegen. They are meant for additional support in high winds. Even if you do get those sort of winds in Oxegen theyd be broken by the large amount of other tents in the campsite anyway. The only exception is for very large tents (6 men + ) which catch the wind easily. Anything smaller wont go anywhere short of a heavy gale.

Dont listen to people who say they are to keep the sides of the tent seperate from the inner lining and stop condensation.. this is nonsense. This only happens when something is resting on the side of the tent and if this is happening guy ropes wont stop it.

Having them out unnecesarily is just asking for someone to trip on them and fly into your tent.

if the outter sheet touches the fly sheet it does cause the inside to get wet if its raining

Toast

melekalikimaka wrote:

if the outter sheet touches the fly sheet it does cause the inside to get wet if its raining

Yes but guy ropes dont stop this. This shouldnt happen if youve pegged the outer sheets into the ground properly and nothing is deforming the tent by something pushing on the walls of it from the outside or inside.

melekalikimaka

i would think they do to an extent, a shrong breeze on a rainy night, could cause them to come into contact, and sometimes they stick...but really with the amount of drink ya go through ya'd hardly notice

Toast

Well its condensation not rain that gets on the inside of the outer tent. Its waterproof.. water doesnt go in or out. So its all the water vapour from the air that gets up there. You wont get soaked but you'll get a little damp.

Your tents outer sheet should be very very taut with little room to be blown against the inner sheet. This is all acheivable with pegging the outer sheet down properly.


Edit: Its all irrelevant to me anyway... Im getting me one of these