Do you consider staying/renting a cabin to be "Camping?"

madbuck · Post by **madbuck** » Thu Oct 17, 2019 4:38 pm

Alright, I've heard several cases recently of friends and coworkers talking about "camping" and then it turns out they rented a cabin. Which is fine, and fun, but it's strange to me to mention it as "camping."

What say you?

Mtnman200 · Post by **Mtnman200** » Thu Oct 17, 2019 4:50 pm

Sleeping in a bed is not camping.

SkaredShtles · Post by **SkaredShtles** » Thu Oct 17, 2019 4:53 pm

Yeah... no.

Taking an RV into the woods: also not camping
Taking a pop-up into the woods: also not camping

Of course, they can call it anything they want. They should know, however, that WE know better.

WildWanderer · Post by **WildWanderer** » Thu Oct 17, 2019 5:28 pm

When we do that we call it "cabin camping" and always include 'cabin' when talking about the experience. But no, I wouldn't consider it camping.

bergsteigen · Post by **bergsteigen** » Thu Oct 17, 2019 5:52 pm

I lived in a waterless cabin for 4 years in Alaska. I was not camping, even if I did have an external outhouse to visit when it was -50F.

Broken Knee · Post by **Broken Knee** » Thu Oct 17, 2019 6:03 pm

It depends on how many rats crawl across your face per night.

Wildernessjane · Post by **Wildernessjane** » Thu Oct 17, 2019 6:42 pm

Ummm definitely not. Even with rats running across the rafters I still wouldn't call it camping.

John619 · Post by **John619** » Thu Oct 17, 2019 9:03 pm

Maybe if it's Janet's cabin in the Summit hut system...

WishIWasInTheMts · Post by **WishIWasInTheMts** » Thu Oct 17, 2019 9:20 pm

I’m guessing the people who say that staying in a cabin is the same as camping also believe they can count a summit if the made it “close enough”.

peter303 · Post by **peter303** » Thu Oct 17, 2019 9:27 pm

WishIWasInTheMts wrote: ↑Thu Oct 17, 2019 9:20 pm I’m guessing the people who say that staying in a cabin is the same as camping also believe they can count a summit if the made it “close enough”.

Or driving up Pikes or Evans.

hotrod · Post by **hotrod** » Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:13 pm

If you aren't in a sleeping bag and in a tent (or none), then it's not camping! A roof over your head is cheating.

Broken Knee · Post by **Broken Knee** » Fri Oct 18, 2019 7:03 am

Wildernessjane wrote: ↑Thu Oct 17, 2019 6:42 pm Ummm definitely not. Even with rats running across the rafters I still wouldn't call it camping.

I guess you missed it. If rats are in a cabin, I'm not in it with them. Then I'm outside, camping.