{"id":297,"date":"2015-09-02T03:42:59","date_gmt":"2015-09-02T03:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/v2.mappyhour.org\/blog\/?p=297"},"modified":"2016-09-19T03:48:05","modified_gmt":"2016-09-19T03:48:05","slug":"camping-tips-tricks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mappyhour.org\/blog\/2015\/09\/camping-tips-tricks\/","title":{"rendered":"Mappy Hour: Camping Tips &#038; Tricks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last week we had the first of two D.C. Mappy Hours at REI&#8217;s new community space at Wunder Garten. The rain held and the night was beautiful allowing for us to hang out with cool beers in hand at the picnic tables spread throughout the beer garden for a perfect end of summer Mappy Hour.<\/p>\n<p>The theme for the night was Camping Tips &amp; Tricks and we were lucky to have REI&#8217;s Outdoor School experts there to teach us. They set up various stations with highlights including:<\/p>\n<h5>KNOT TYING 101:<\/h5>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-301\" src=\"https:\/\/mappyhour.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Mappy-Hour-REI-DC-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"mappy-hour-rei-dc\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mappyhour.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Mappy-Hour-REI-DC-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mappyhour.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Mappy-Hour-REI-DC-400x300.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/mappyhour.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Mappy-Hour-REI-DC-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mappyhour.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Mappy-Hour-REI-DC-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mappyhour.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Mappy-Hour-REI-DC-145x109.jpeg 145w, https:\/\/mappyhour.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Mappy-Hour-REI-DC-286x215.jpeg 286w, https:\/\/mappyhour.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Mappy-Hour-REI-DC-846x635.jpeg 846w, https:\/\/mappyhour.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Mappy-Hour-REI-DC.jpeg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<h5>SETTING UP A HAMMOCK:<\/h5>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-299\" src=\"https:\/\/mappyhour.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/OMappy-Hour-REI-DC-3-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"omappy-hour-rei-dc-3\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mappyhour.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/OMappy-Hour-REI-DC-3-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mappyhour.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/OMappy-Hour-REI-DC-3-400x300.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/mappyhour.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/OMappy-Hour-REI-DC-3-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mappyhour.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/OMappy-Hour-REI-DC-3-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mappyhour.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/OMappy-Hour-REI-DC-3-145x109.jpeg 145w, https:\/\/mappyhour.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/OMappy-Hour-REI-DC-3-286x215.jpeg 286w, https:\/\/mappyhour.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/OMappy-Hour-REI-DC-3-846x635.jpeg 846w, https:\/\/mappyhour.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/OMappy-Hour-REI-DC-3.jpeg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"block-yui_3_17_2_1_1441204167576_56790\" class=\"sqs-block html-block sqs-block-html\" data-block-type=\"2\">\n<div id=\"yui_3_17_2_1_1474256572379_370\" class=\"sqs-block-content\">\n<h5>BASIC COMPASS SKILLS:<\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-300\" src=\"https:\/\/mappyhour.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Mappy-Hour-REI-DC-2-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"mappy-hour-rei-dc-2\" width=\"840\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mappyhour.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Mappy-Hour-REI-DC-2-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/mappyhour.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Mappy-Hour-REI-DC-2-400x300.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/mappyhour.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Mappy-Hour-REI-DC-2-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/mappyhour.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Mappy-Hour-REI-DC-2-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mappyhour.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Mappy-Hour-REI-DC-2-145x109.jpeg 145w, https:\/\/mappyhour.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Mappy-Hour-REI-DC-2-286x215.jpeg 286w, https:\/\/mappyhour.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Mappy-Hour-REI-DC-2-846x635.jpeg 846w, https:\/\/mappyhour.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Mappy-Hour-REI-DC-2.jpeg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 840px) 100vw, 840px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>And on theme&#8230;<\/p>\n<h5>HOW TO OPEN A BEER WITH A CARABINER:<\/h5>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-298\" src=\"https:\/\/mappyhour.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Mappy-Hour-DC-REI-4-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"mappy-hour-dc-rei-4\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mappyhour.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Mappy-Hour-DC-REI-4-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/mappyhour.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Mappy-Hour-DC-REI-4-400x533.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/mappyhour.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Mappy-Hour-DC-REI-4-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/mappyhour.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Mappy-Hour-DC-REI-4-145x193.jpeg 145w, https:\/\/mappyhour.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Mappy-Hour-DC-REI-4-286x381.jpeg 286w, https:\/\/mappyhour.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Mappy-Hour-DC-REI-4-846x1128.jpeg 846w, https:\/\/mappyhour.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Mappy-Hour-DC-REI-4.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The full set of 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