Warrior Camp is held in the summer, in hot and sometimes desert like conditions (depending on venue). Regardless, most people show up at Warrior Camp dehydrated to begin with and then through long and active days, become more dehydrated. To completely enjoy your experience, it’s highly recommened to hydrate yourself before you come and then keep hydrated while at Warrior Camp.

To perform at the peak of your athletic ability, proper hydration is of the utmost importance. During exercise, your heart increases the blood flow to the muscles (in use) and the skin (to cool your body down). Through perspiration, your body loses about 1-litre (32 oz) of water per hour based on moderate activity. If you don’t replace the water you lose, your body starts to become dehydrated. At a higher heart rate and core temperature, your body can’t produce more energy, leaving you weakened and much more vulnerable to heat illness (symptoms such as headaches, nausea and muscle fatigue)

My mother made me go to one of these Christian camps this year. Oh my God, can you say lame! First of all, I don’t even believe in religion. It is just some junk that people tell each other to try to control how to think. I mean, who is stupid enough to believe that there is some invisible all powerful God watching over all of us just to make sure that we don’t smoke cigarettes or stay out after curfew. But try telling my parents that. The more I do, the more they try to get me to go to church and to lame programs like Christian camps and Christian youth groups.

First of all, there has never been a bigger group of goodie-goodies than they have at the Christian camps. I mean, kiss ups every one. Every time that the counselors come by, these Christian camp kids start talking about the bible and Jesus, like they are bragging about how pure and holy they are. It is just like that movie saved. Whoever wrote it must have had a mother who sent him to Christian camps too!

But just wait until the Christian camp counselors are away. Then everyone has their true face come out. Boy are people back stabbing here. They talk about the word of Jesus, but they will all get you the moment that you turn your back. Christian camps are every bit as bad as any other summer camp, with the cool kids in this awful clique where they do nothing but bully the outcasts all day, and the act like they are all so high and mighty. Only it is even worse at Christian camps, because everyone pretends that their soul is oh so pure, and filled with the lord Jesus. God, give me a break.

If I ever have kids, I am never ever going to send them to Christian camps. They could get in to drugs, they could sneak out, they could do anything, and maybe I would punish them, but Christian camps are just too terrible a punishment. All of my friends get to spend their summers just hanging out, going to the beach, having parties. Heck, even going on family vacation would be better than the Christian camp scene. But my parents are so concerned about my immortal soul, that they don’t even care that I am miserable now.

Camping is a favorite activity among many families and groups.  It is a way for people to get in touch with nature.  It is amazing how the equipment for camping has advanced.  The old camping stoves made cooking a real challenge.  First you had to fill the camping stoves with liquid gas, which could really be a hassle if you forgot to bring the funnel.  It was also very dangerous if done close to the open camp fire.  Next you had to twist the rod that extended into the gas tank that attached to the camping stoves on the outside, just the right way so that you could pump the tank.  This involved covering the hole on the end of the rod and pumping until you could no longer get any more air into the tank.  Then you had to twist the rod the right way to get it to lock back into the tank.  This was to get the first burner going on the old camping stoves, the process needed to be repeated if the second burner needed lighting.  The fuel tanks on the camping stoves were not very large, so often times they needed to be refilled during the cooking process. This could cause even the hardiest of camper to turn to cold cereal for breakfast.

The new camping stoves are quite different.  There is a very large selection of camping stoves ranging from the old models described above, to stoves that are turned on as easily as your kitchen range.  The newer models of camping stoves have many burners that can be used simultaneously.  These camping stoves do not require the pumping and twisting like the old models.  The fuel sources have also changed in the new camping stoves.  Most are now in closed disposable canisters so you do not have to be handling highly flammable liquids while you are in the process of cooking.  The fuel tanks come in a variety of sizes also so you do not have to worry about running out of fuel in the middle of making a meal.

There are camping stoves that have ovens attached so you can bake on your camping trip.  There are so many helpful pieces of equipment for camping, that the food preparation no longer needs to take up as much of your time.  Instead of cooking on the old camping stoves for over an hour to prepare each meal, you can go explore the camp grounds, go swimming or hiking.  Convenient camping stoves help free up your time and make preparing a meal in the great outdoors fun.