OBX said:
My vote is for one of these guys
https://www.canstockphoto.com/images-photos/caveman-fire.html
No, I don't think so...
It's kinda relative I think.... relative to your "normal"
I have often thought along these lines... what is camping?
I think it has more to do with getting away from your "normal" and simplifying.
There is a component of getting out into nature as well....
and there is a component about doing it for recreation I think too...
but I think it's more about simplifying than anything else.
I recently read a biography by a Navajo code talker. When he grew up, they lived in a hogan, which as I understand from his description and photos in the book was basically a survival shelter made from logs. A step or two down form what most of us think of as a log cabin. No floor, just dirt with rugs....
They were sheep herders, so summers would be spent sleeping under the stars following the grazing herd.
Were they camping when they were in the Hogan?
Were they camping when they were working the herd?
My mom in fact was born in a log cabin in KY, and grew up in a basic house...water from a well or spring....and she remembers getting electricity and plumbing.
Dad grew up in a similar way.
Were they camping? By my standards they certainly were....but to them....nah, they were just living a normal life.