Email: Camping as retreat [EH]

[Hurricane Katrina and ice storms] are disaster situations that don't compare to camping -- it sucks to be at home without power or water or heat -- though camping skills might help people survive those disasters better. The thing about camping is you have to love it to be good at it and if you're not then you'd better be with someone who is (knows what he is doing and has good gear) or you will be miserable. When I was in college I learned that camping brought out my impatience -- so I could better pray through and master it.