The Right Tool For The Job

I’m preparing for my camping trip over the next week and in doing this, I have stumbled upon an interesting conflict. I’ve always been a proponent of the theory that you should always use the right tool for the job. If you need to cut a straight line on a peice of paper, you had damn well better use an exacto knife and a cork-bottom stainless steel ruler. If I catch you sitting on the couch holding the paper in mid-air hacking at it with a scissors, you’re going to hear about it.

Camping is nothing but an orgy of problem-solving scenarios, but you can’t pack up your entire garage and take it with you, hence, the conflict. You are forced to improvise and use tools that may not be designed for the task at hand. But maybe because of the circumstance, using your pocket knife to slice peppers (a blasphemous choice at home) becomes the right tool for the job.

Important camping tools and their uses:

1. Axe: serious wood cutting, removing branch debreis, pounding in stakes
2. Pocket Blade (most important tool of all): cutting rope, food preperation, tick removal
3. Large Ziplock Bags: food storage, ice packs, keeping socks dry
4. Tarps: under and over tents, shade lean-tos, keeping firewood dry
5. Duct Tape: repairs, waterproofing
6. Garbage Bags: waste removal, rain jackets
7. Rope: hanging lanterns, repairs, lean-to construction

Shopping list for murderer:

1. Axe
2. Pocket Blade
3. Large Ziplock Bags
4. Tarps
5. Duct Tape
6. Garbage Bags
7. Rope

You shouldn’t not do it you ain’t gonna not do it right.